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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 2308552" data-attributes="member: 93179">Well done on both your weight loss and improved glucose levels. I imagine though that however great our initial improvements may be, our doctors probably want some evidence that such good results can be kept up before committing to reducing medications - which appears to have been so in my case!   After all T2 diabetes IS  progressive - isn't it...  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head    :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head    :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?    o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />   It took my GP about three years worth of my stable low end of pre-diabetic  HbA1cs to decide that I'd be OK without metformin. which was my only diabetic medication. So he jut stopped prescribing it and I just stopped taking it, and nothing's really changed over the 3+ years since.I only ever (early on) lost about half the weight I should, and weight appears to have had little to do with my reduced glucose levels - their major reduction came  in the first 2-3 months just from me cutting out all obvious high carb foods, and before I was losing weight.  However my GP did also suggest the Atkins diet for weight loss, and using the induction stage of the diet to ensure I was in ketosis was probably what helped most with triggering that  loss which happened very quickly.  I never actually stayed on the induction daily 20-25g carbs recommended for very long.  I've just aimed to keep to below 50g which I sometimes exceed, but I do also go down to 20g or less depending on what or how often I eat   I've been  more interested in controlling glucose than losing weight, and as an old woman who now feels the cold I tend to want to keep my extra layers of fatty insulation. I'm fortunate with my GP as he has  always supported me with my LCHF diet and with my glucose testing, though he admits that as a T2 our Practice won't fund my test strips for finacial reasons.  But they do now offer low carbing as an option for diabetes management.</blockquote>

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