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HBa1c from 8.2 to 5.8 in 60 Days ... Is the test wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 1730298" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Hi there! Thank you for the compliment about my weight loss. I lost the weight purely as a happy side effect of the low carb eating which I started to control my blood sugars. I started at under 100g of carbs per day then after six weeks I dropped to 50 - 70g per day. This avoided me getting carb or keto flu, not real flu but a similar feeling as your body objects to a sudden drop in carbs. These days I usually have under 60g per day. On diagnosis I wasn’t exercising due to my arthritis but the weight was coming off anyway. Just before Xmas I had an operation on my foot so was even less mobile for around ten weeks and my weight loss had stalled. However these last couple of weeks I’ve altered my diet in that I’ve reduced the fat content a little, been careful with the amount of cream, cheese and such like that I’m using and watched my portions sizes a bit more. Having lost weight and recovered from my foot op I’ve taken to going on a twenty minute walk every day and this has helped me start losing weight again, I still have over 2 stone to go to get into healthy BMI bracket. </p><p>I agree I’ve not suffered feeling ravenously hungry like I used to before I was diagnosed, since I’ve started low carb eating. I think increased snacking just crept up on me over the years, I didn’t realise what was going on as I know now. I had a borderline blood sugar test in 2013 which I didn’t know about until I saw the Dr about my HbA1c but hey ho that’s water under the bridge and I don’t dwell on it.</p><p>I actually feel that my diagnosis was the kick up the bum that I needed to get healthier, I didn’t realise how poorly I had been feeling til I started to feel better. I am very happy with my wellbeing now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachox, post: 1730298, member: 400972"] Hi there! Thank you for the compliment about my weight loss. I lost the weight purely as a happy side effect of the low carb eating which I started to control my blood sugars. I started at under 100g of carbs per day then after six weeks I dropped to 50 - 70g per day. This avoided me getting carb or keto flu, not real flu but a similar feeling as your body objects to a sudden drop in carbs. These days I usually have under 60g per day. On diagnosis I wasn’t exercising due to my arthritis but the weight was coming off anyway. Just before Xmas I had an operation on my foot so was even less mobile for around ten weeks and my weight loss had stalled. However these last couple of weeks I’ve altered my diet in that I’ve reduced the fat content a little, been careful with the amount of cream, cheese and such like that I’m using and watched my portions sizes a bit more. Having lost weight and recovered from my foot op I’ve taken to going on a twenty minute walk every day and this has helped me start losing weight again, I still have over 2 stone to go to get into healthy BMI bracket. I agree I’ve not suffered feeling ravenously hungry like I used to before I was diagnosed, since I’ve started low carb eating. I think increased snacking just crept up on me over the years, I didn’t realise what was going on as I know now. I had a borderline blood sugar test in 2013 which I didn’t know about until I saw the Dr about my HbA1c but hey ho that’s water under the bridge and I don’t dwell on it. I actually feel that my diagnosis was the kick up the bum that I needed to get healthier, I didn’t realise how poorly I had been feeling til I started to feel better. I am very happy with my wellbeing now :) [/QUOTE]
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