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Type 2 Hbac1 57 After Coming Off All Meds 12 Weeks Ago

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urmita

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After being on Meteformin & Glizicide for 11 years as a T2D - 12 weeks ago i came off all my meds and decided to follow a LCHF diet as a vegetarian eating eggs but no fish which has been very hard. My previous HbAc1 reading back in July 2017 was 50 this was on the meds. After 12 weeks it's gone up to 57. I've lost 5/6kgs and feel better within myself exercise regularly following a Low Carb diet proving difficult at times due to limited veggie options without carbs. I'm disappointed with my HbAC1 results after the diet/lifestyle changes was hoping for better results or at the very least stay at the same reading as 50 - any thoughts on keeping me motivated I've come along way in my efforts to make the lifestyle changes the thought of going back on Meds fills me with dread. Anyone else tried this ???
 
I think you have done a magnificent job there! I am well impressed. You have managed to buck the trend of increasing dosages of meds and possibly insulin therapy to the point of being med free, that alone is worth a trophy but to do it as a vegetarian is doubly impressive. Well done.
As to the rise in A1c, it is early days in terms of improving insulin resistance, this can take some time so please keep doing what you are doing because you are getting there.
 
My last HbA1c was an impressive 34, BUT I am on 2000mg Metformin per day. According to Dr Jason Fung in his book the diabetes code, Metformin moves glucose out of the blood where it can be seen, back into the body and organs where it can't.
 
urmita said:
After being on Meteformin & Glizicide for 11 years as a T2D - 12 weeks ago i came off all my meds and decided to follow a LCHF diet as a vegetarian eating eggs but no fish which has been very hard. My previous HbAc1 reading back in July 2017 was 50 this was on the meds. After 12 weeks it's gone up to 57. I've lost 5/6kgs and feel better within myself exercise regularly following a Low Carb diet proving difficult at times due to limited veggie options without carbs. I'm disappointed with my HbAC1 results after the diet/lifestyle changes was hoping for better results or at the very least stay at the same reading as 50 - any thoughts on keeping me motivated I've come along way in my efforts to make the lifestyle changes the thought of going back on Meds fills me with dread. Anyone else tried this ???
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Hang on a minute.. you were on two blood glucose medications that you stopped taking 12 weeks ago and your HbA1c has only gone up by 7 mmol/m I would say that after 11 years on meds that is a completely stunning result. Well done you. If you do another 12 weeks of low carb just think what the next HbA1c will be.. Give your body a chance to recover from the medications I bet that the intail weeks off the meds will have shown far higher bloods than you are getting now? Or were you not in a position to measure?
 
urmita said:
After being on Meteformin & Glizicide for 11 years as a T2D - 12 weeks ago i came off all my meds and decided to follow a LCHF diet as a vegetarian eating eggs but no fish which has been very hard. My previous HbAc1 reading back in July 2017 was 50 this was on the meds. After 12 weeks it's gone up to 57. I've lost 5/6kgs and feel better within myself exercise regularly following a Low Carb diet proving difficult at times due to limited veggie options without carbs. I'm disappointed with my HbAC1 results after the diet/lifestyle changes was hoping for better results or at the very least stay at the same reading as 50 - any thoughts on keeping me motivated I've come along way in my efforts to make the lifestyle changes the thought of going back on Meds fills me with dread. Anyone else tried this ???
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For much of my life I was strictly vegetarian and very happy to be. Then I compromised by adding in oily fish, in the hopes that the Omega 3 oils might protect me from the heart disease and arthritis that plagues my family. I salved my conscience and health concerns by restricting myself to wild fish caught in Alaska (salmon and pollock). Then, about a year ago, came the bombshell of raised bg. I discovered that in my case I had to restrict my carbs to 20+grammes daily and also discovered that the only carb free foods are fish, flesh, fowl and fat. I could foresee that with such a restricted diet, monotony is my enemy and could lead to my feeling nauseated at the idea of certain foods if I eat them too often. I have now widened my diet to include free range chicken and, occasionally, pheasant and turkey. I still draw the line at eating battery eggs or intensively reared animals. From the point of view of animal welfare, I am not particularly happy with these choices. However, I tell myself that eating low carb is necessary for my very survival and no living creature sacrifices itself for other species. I can survive on 20-30g carbs daily because I eat a lot of carb-free foods. For a vegetarian, the only carb-free foods are fats.

IMO imposing too many restrictions on one's diet makes it too difficult to live with, given that this diet is for life. To my mind, cutting out most of one of the three macro-nutrients almost entirely is already a huge restriction. Imposing yet another huge restriction in vegetarianism would be altogether too much. Some people are lucky and can lower their bgs while eating >100g carbs daily. For them perhaps vegetarianism is an option. But for those of us eating 20+g carbs daily, IMO we oould grant ourselves a dispensation to eat at least ethically sourced meat. It's not how I want to live, but I want my feet cut off even less!
 
Hi @urmita welcome to the group.:) I will tag @daisy1 for her welcome pack. Have to agree with what @bulkbiker has said. After all those years on the meds your body will need to adjust. You have done a fantastic job so keep going.:singing: There is plenty of help, advice and support on here should you need it.;)
 
@urmita - I have to strongly agree with @bulkbiker that your modest shift in A1c, having come off 2 medications - on of which is known to have a significant impact on blood sugars, is very good.

It isn't fair to yourself if you are comparing your outcomes with someone changing their way of eating from carbier to LC, where they haven't taken any medication.

Gliclazide works by making your body increase its insulin production, so you're no longer having the pharmaceutical support.

If you are concerned about things, then do have a discussion with your medical team, and agree a way forward.
 
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I'm disappointed with my HbAC1 results after the diet/lifestyle changes was hoping for better results or at the very least stay at the same reading as 50 - any thoughts on
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You have done amazingly well to come off meds after 11 years on them and your HbA1c was still a good result so keep doing what you are doing and I am sure it will be even lower next time
 
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