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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChristieM" data-source="post: 2377804" data-attributes="member: 364613">Hi.When I was diagnosed in September 2017, I weighed about 12.5 stone. I’m not sure what my Hba1c was. I immediately went on Metformin and a low carb diet of a maximum of 130 g of carbs a day. Controversially I also kept an eye on calories. I lost 3 stone over the next 9 months and my Hba1c reduced to pre-diabetic then non-diabetic levels. Last reading in January 2021 was 39 even my weight has gone up a bit over lockdown. Anyway enough about me. The point I’m making is you can lose weight and reduce your Hba1c on 130g carbs a day. You do need to test though because some things affect your blood glucose more than others. I allowed myself  about 30g for breakfast, 30g for lunch and 30g for dinner, and 30 g for the odd snack although I often ate less carbs than this particularly for lunch. There are so many delicious things you can still eat but you do need to exercise portion control as well as carb counting. Lots of advice on food ideas on this forum and online generally as well as some great books. Sarah Flowers Sugar Free book and Annie Bells’s Low Carb Revolution are both good and Jamie Oliver’s more recent books have nutritional info including carbs, as do Justine Pattinson’s ‘without the calories’ books. These are my bibles! As is the Carbs and Calories book. Good luck!</blockquote>

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