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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 424853" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>The doctor is doing what most doctors do, write out prescriptions. My HBA1c was 83 or similar and he wanted to put me on metformin. I said no and that I would see if I could get it down with diet and exercise. I told him I wuld aim for 48, he laughed and said it would be a miracle if I was 54 or 54. 8 weeks later, I was 48.</p><p></p><p>Since then, I consider that I have got my blood sugars under much better control. I am most of the day in the 4s and 5s and feel bad about getting readings in the 6s. If I get a 7, I get depressed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> They won't give me another HBA1c but if I did have one, it ought to be a lot better than 48.</p><p></p><p>Lose more weight, eat fewer carbs or at least stick to complex carbs or low GI carbs and do more exercise and down you'll go. You've seen it for yourself. You've seen that it works. 50 is too high anyway. Aim to be below 40. In the words of the good professor from Newcastle:</p><p></p><p><em>"The extent of <strong>weight loss required to reverse type 2 diabetes is much greater than conventionally advised</strong>. A clear distinction must be made between weight loss that improves glucose control but leaves blood glucose levels abnormal and weight loss of sufficient degree to normalize pancreatic function."</em></p><p></p><p>Your GP is simply aiming at getting you to around 50. It's good, but not good enough. You can do better with a determined effort. Just keep at it, you're on the right track. It doesn't matter if it takes you another year. It's not a time trial.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 424853, member: 55568"] The doctor is doing what most doctors do, write out prescriptions. My HBA1c was 83 or similar and he wanted to put me on metformin. I said no and that I would see if I could get it down with diet and exercise. I told him I wuld aim for 48, he laughed and said it would be a miracle if I was 54 or 54. 8 weeks later, I was 48. Since then, I consider that I have got my blood sugars under much better control. I am most of the day in the 4s and 5s and feel bad about getting readings in the 6s. If I get a 7, I get depressed :-) They won't give me another HBA1c but if I did have one, it ought to be a lot better than 48. Lose more weight, eat fewer carbs or at least stick to complex carbs or low GI carbs and do more exercise and down you'll go. You've seen it for yourself. You've seen that it works. 50 is too high anyway. Aim to be below 40. In the words of the good professor from Newcastle: [i]"The extent of [b]weight loss required to reverse type 2 diabetes is much greater than conventionally advised[/b]. A clear distinction must be made between weight loss that improves glucose control but leaves blood glucose levels abnormal and weight loss of sufficient degree to normalize pancreatic function."[/i] Your GP is simply aiming at getting you to around 50. It's good, but not good enough. You can do better with a determined effort. Just keep at it, you're on the right track. It doesn't matter if it takes you another year. It's not a time trial. [/QUOTE]
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