Yes, you have done really well but I have to tell you I have been diabetic for 35 years and my last Hba1c test was 6.1 and my specialist said I am keeping my sugar level to low, he told me diabetics do better with a range of 7-9， It would be interesting to see what everyone else is told.Well as you all can see from below I was diagnosed a week before Christmas just 3 months or so ago with an HBA1c of 91mmol/mol (10.5%) and a fasting of 9.4 mmol/L
So today I toddled down to see my DSN to get the results from a blood test I had taken on 26th March and it was hard work not to ring up at the beginning of the week to get the results. So my DSN was very pleased to see me and was really happy.
My HBA1c result has reduced to 40 mmol/mol (5.8%).
I showed her my fasting readings plotted alongside my percentage weight loss graph and she couldn't believe it either. You can see that I have lost over 20% of my body mass and managed to hit my target of being below 14 stone at the review (I am now 13st 13 lbs and 12 Oz as of this morning) . I have lost 3 stone 10 pounds (52lbs 24kgs) in the 3 months. She now doesn't want to see me until my annual review
Sorry I know it is a little bit of showing off but actually I'm quite proud. Another 2 stone to go though so will let you know when/if I ever reach it.
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Yes, you have done really well but I have to tell you I have been diabetic for 35 years and my last Hba1c test was 6.1 and my specialist said I am keeping my sugar level to low, he told me diabetics do better with a range of 7-9， It would be interesting to see what everyone else is told.
Anyway, keep up the good work, it will pay dividends later on in life.
My unplanned (initially) panic driven approach has really boiled down to 2 things
1. Calorie restricted rapid weight loss
2. Increased exercise and also targeted exercise to ensure my BG levels are always in safe zone and that my livers glucogen stores are always depleted so it is continuously converting fat.
I do not low carb but neither do I high carb. In the beginning I did about 60g of carb/day but now I do about 150g/day. I have also introduced bread back into my diet (around beginning of march) although bergen soya and linseed and rye but I have also had the occasional crumpet. The first time this spiked me up to 10 but now I don't even see it on the meter and that is because my pancreas is "programmed" for higher carb levels than it was.
Hope that helps somebody - it is my wacky individual approach which has worked for me
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You are an absolute inspiration to us, Andrew. I wonder whether you have indeed reversed your diabetes as Borofergie suggests. Reading about your approach to make yourself the project of investigation shows me that I could do better than I am doing now. Although I have also had good results with low carbing, I have somewhat relaxed it over the last week or two, especially when I was on holiday.
Note to self: Must do better.
Gudrun,
You are allowed to relax a bit on holiday!
Hi @Karbstruck and @borofergie
If anyone wants my abomination of a spreadsheet let me know and I will create a clean version or even a java application as I think this would be more manageable in the long run as the spreadsheet is a little fiddly at times
So that'll be a dog guarding each of the fridge, freezer, pantry and beer store, and your wife confiscating your wallet?Thanks @IanR
@Vinay123 wow you have done well too and very well done for getting yourself back in control. I have a great team behind me (my wife and 4 dogs) who are keeping me on the straight and narrow.
@Gudrun I agree with blue tit you can relax on holiday and you are doing the right thing before the big D so you will do great. Keep it up.
Have you seen the application I have written. This is what my graphs morphed into. You can find the link to the thread in my signature and another link to where it can be downloaded from. There is also a link to a short video showing a fairly old version in action.
The latest does blood glucose, weight and blood pressure measurements and several types of statistical graphs on these measurements
Do you use a PC? If so just double clicking the file will run the application. Then you can type your times and values in directly. It remembers everything you enter the next time you open it up
Try it. If you can't get it to work then you haven't lost anything.
Ok click the 2nd URL in my signature and click on blood.glucose.0.2.6.jar file and it will say no preview so you can download it. When you have downloaded it you can double click it from your computer
Ok click the 2nd URL in my signature and click on blood.glucose.0.2.6.jar file and it will say no preview so you can download it. When you have downloaded it you can double click it from your computer
You need to set your height in the options menu (it assumes 170cm if nothing is set)@Andrew Colvin Thanks for that. It is working now, but on the weight page it shows a BMI that isn't mine!
You need to set your height in the options menu (it assumes 170cm if nothing is set)
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