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<blockquote data-quote="adm" data-source="post: 141294" data-attributes="member: 26425"><p>Quick update on this so far is that after 2 months, I'm now settling into a routine that seems to be working.</p><p></p><p>My BG numbers have been steadily dropping and I'm now averaging high 4's to low 5's on waking, with post meal numbers not normally going over high 6's or low 7's. </p><p></p><p>The Contour USB has been a big help here...apparently my last month's average pre meal BG is 6.0 and my average post meal BG is 7.0</p><p></p><p>Post breakfast is always the highest reading of the day - I've been eating 30g of Lizi's granola, with 100g of natural yoghurt and 100g of berries, which is a lovely breakfast, but takes me up into the high 7's two hours afterwards. My levels seem to drop from there onwards and tend to be high 5's or low 6's two hours after dinner.</p><p></p><p>I've also just done a Boots home cholesterol test and that came out at 3.9. I've no idea how accurate these are, but my total cholesterol level when I started this was 6.7 - so I have to give kudos to a low carb diet, excercise and Lipitor!</p><p></p><p>I've also lost 10Kg in weight, and increased my fitness substantially - I'm now trying to swim at least 1Km 3 or 4 times a week and cycle 10 miles or so off road twice a week at least.</p><p></p><p>I'm really looking forward to my next set of blood test results to see what the real numbers are. I'm pretty sure the A1c will still be fairly high (it was 13.8 on the 14th April when I started this journey) as it's a longer term average, but it should certainly be waaaay down from the 13.8, and the one three months after that should hopefully be in the 6's.</p><p></p><p>Anyway......I just wanted to show my progress and thank everyone here for all the help and advice over the last couple of months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adm, post: 141294, member: 26425"] Quick update on this so far is that after 2 months, I'm now settling into a routine that seems to be working. My BG numbers have been steadily dropping and I'm now averaging high 4's to low 5's on waking, with post meal numbers not normally going over high 6's or low 7's. The Contour USB has been a big help here...apparently my last month's average pre meal BG is 6.0 and my average post meal BG is 7.0 Post breakfast is always the highest reading of the day - I've been eating 30g of Lizi's granola, with 100g of natural yoghurt and 100g of berries, which is a lovely breakfast, but takes me up into the high 7's two hours afterwards. My levels seem to drop from there onwards and tend to be high 5's or low 6's two hours after dinner. I've also just done a Boots home cholesterol test and that came out at 3.9. I've no idea how accurate these are, but my total cholesterol level when I started this was 6.7 - so I have to give kudos to a low carb diet, excercise and Lipitor! I've also lost 10Kg in weight, and increased my fitness substantially - I'm now trying to swim at least 1Km 3 or 4 times a week and cycle 10 miles or so off road twice a week at least. I'm really looking forward to my next set of blood test results to see what the real numbers are. I'm pretty sure the A1c will still be fairly high (it was 13.8 on the 14th April when I started this journey) as it's a longer term average, but it should certainly be waaaay down from the 13.8, and the one three months after that should hopefully be in the 6's. Anyway......I just wanted to show my progress and thank everyone here for all the help and advice over the last couple of months. [/QUOTE]
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