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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1325858" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>You have the right attitude, and you are being proactive, so you will get there. You are already doing well. You just need a few tweaks to your carbs. Reducing your HbA1c from 71 to 44 is excellent, and the weight loss is stupendous.</p><p></p><p>You are right that the HbA1c is not an ideal way of measuring, but it is all doctors have at the moment. It will never show the highs (or lows), just the averages. We can catch the highs by experimenting with testing at different times post meal. People that use the Libre continuous sensor discover all kinds of interesting things. I know I do.</p><p></p><p>If you try to avoid the starchy carbs (including sweet potato) and grains (including sweet corn), you will see a difference. There are 2 ways of reducing carbs. We can either go cold turkey and do it all at once, or take it slowly, reducing them bit by bit over a period of time. I did the latter. By organised testing before and after I found my personal threshold, which is around 30g a day with none at breakfast, some at lunch, and the rest at evening meal. You may find you are different because you do gym exercise. I just walk the dog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1325858, member: 94045"] You have the right attitude, and you are being proactive, so you will get there. You are already doing well. You just need a few tweaks to your carbs. Reducing your HbA1c from 71 to 44 is excellent, and the weight loss is stupendous. You are right that the HbA1c is not an ideal way of measuring, but it is all doctors have at the moment. It will never show the highs (or lows), just the averages. We can catch the highs by experimenting with testing at different times post meal. People that use the Libre continuous sensor discover all kinds of interesting things. I know I do. If you try to avoid the starchy carbs (including sweet potato) and grains (including sweet corn), you will see a difference. There are 2 ways of reducing carbs. We can either go cold turkey and do it all at once, or take it slowly, reducing them bit by bit over a period of time. I did the latter. By organised testing before and after I found my personal threshold, which is around 30g a day with none at breakfast, some at lunch, and the rest at evening meal. You may find you are different because you do gym exercise. I just walk the dog. [/QUOTE]
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