CherryAA
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Whilst pregnant I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, due to my GTT results they suspected I may have been T2 before without knowing.
Sure enough my 3 month post partum Hba1c was 53 so they gave me three months to try and reduce this...
So for 13 weeks I've strictly cut out all sugars, followed a LCHF diet alongside 16:8 fasting...
I've lost 15 & 1/2 lbs and 5 inches which I'm really pleased with, but just got my Hba1c and it hasn't changed... at all!! I've been testing myself at home and generally all but my fasting readings have been either normal or prediabetic so was hoping for at least a little decrease.
Feeling very disheartened, pleased with my weight loss and plan to continue as would like to loose another stone but gutted there has not been any reduction in my sugars.
Am I hoping for too much too soon? Any positive advice welcome
You may find that the metabolic disruption caused by pregnancy, also disrupts your lipid profile
If you are losing weight, and feeling healthier then you ARE getting healthier. it may well be that for some reason you are one of the people that records a high hba1C because of the way your body works.
You might also like them to test your fasting insulin, you may find that this comes down over time even if the hba1C doesn't. Its thought by many that it is the insulin that causes the damage - the glucose is a marker for it.
What are you doing on proteins?
