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Hi @Goonergal
Have just seen your post right now. Absolutely tremendous achievement and a lot of hard work.
Have a merry Xmas.
Thanks! Merry Xmas to you too.
Hi @Goonergal
Have just seen your post right now. Absolutely tremendous achievement and a lot of hard work.
Have a merry Xmas.
What is ur age ??? And u have type 2 right ? Do u take any meds ??? If not how did u manage to control it without taking meds???
In celebration mode today as just over a year since diagnosis I have hit the weight loss goal I set myself.
On diagnosis I weighed 101.1kg for a BMI of 38.4.
Today I am at 63.5 kg - BMI 24.1 so 37% of body weight lost for a BMI of 24.1
More importantly my HbA1c is down to 34 (September) from 108.
All down to advice on this forum, eating very low carb with intermittent fasting and a lot of walking!
A great Christmas present to myself and very motivating to not stray too far over the festive period.
In celebration mode today as just over a year since diagnosis I have hit the weight loss goal I set myself.
On diagnosis I weighed 101.1kg for a BMI of 38.4.
Today I am at 63.5 kg - BMI 24.1 so 37% of body weight lost for a BMI of 24.1
More importantly my HbA1c is down to 34 (September) from 108.
All down to advice on this forum, eating very low carb with intermittent fasting and a lot of walking!
A great Christmas present to myself and very motivating to not stray too far over the festive period.
In celebration mode today as just over a year since diagnosis I have hit the weight loss goal I set myself.
On diagnosis I weighed 101.1kg for a BMI of 38.4.
Today I am at 63.5 kg - BMI 24.1 so 37% of body weight lost for a BMI of 24.1
More importantly my HbA1c is down to 34 (September) from 108.
All down to advice on this forum, eating very low carb with intermittent fasting and a lot of walking!
A great Christmas present to myself and very motivating to not stray too far over the festive period.
Oh, it is so fantastic to read something like this! Very well done you! I was diagnosed recently with HbA1C of 112! After 8 weeks on Metformin it has started to make me so ill and miserable, I wished I never started taking it. I have stopped now. GP wants me to start on Glicazide, but I don't want this, as I already suffer from anxiety, and Glicazide is said to make you put on weight as well as increase anxiety.You are an inspiration, Goonergal! I do wish I could follow your example, just diet alone ... tell me more ...!In celebration mode today as just over a year since diagnosis I have hit the weight loss goal I set myself.
On diagnosis I weighed 101.1kg for a BMI of 38.4.
Today I am at 63.5 kg - BMI 24.1 so 37% of body weight lost for a BMI of 24.1
More importantly my HbA1c is down to 34 (September) from 108.
All down to advice on this forum, eating very low carb with intermittent fasting and a lot of walking!
A great Christmas present to myself and very motivating to not stray too far over the festive period.
In celebration mode today as just over a year since diagnosis I have hit the weight loss goal I set myself.
On diagnosis I weighed 101.1kg for a BMI of 38.4.
Today I am at 63.5 kg - BMI 24.1 so 37% of body weight lost for a BMI of 24.1
More importantly my HbA1c is down to 34 (September) from 108.
All down to advice on this forum, eating very low carb with intermittent fasting and a lot of walking!
A great Christmas present to myself and very motivating to not stray too far over the festive period.
Amazing progress Goonergal. I am fascinated by what a 20 gms carb diet looks like in practice and how it would fuel 14K steps. Whenever I go below 30 gms seems to cause me real problems sleeping beyond 3.00- 4.00 am. Any tips as your progress is clearly worth learning from.
Oh, it is so fantastic to read something like this! Very well done you! I was diagnosed recently with HbA1C of 112! After 8 weeks on Metformin it has started to make me so ill and miserable, I wished I never started taking it. I have stopped now. GP wants me to start on Glicazide, but I don't want this, as I already suffer from anxiety, and Glicazide is said to make you put on weight as well as increase anxiety.You are an inspiration, Goonergal! I do wish I could follow your example, just diet alone ... tell me more ...!
Thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail - very helpful.Thanks @ianpspurs
The exercise is definitely fuelled by fat = typically my macros are around 75-80% fat, 5% carbs and the rest protein. I don’t eat breakfast (or at least extremely rarely) and at least 2-3 times a week I eat only one meal a day (dinner).
Thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail - very helpful.
I follow very similar regime of 1 meal and hit same macros but find it hard to go below 30 gms carb average over a 3 month period. Do you or any other members have similar problems with sleeping - 4.00 am again today(5 hrs) thank heavens for The Ashes to watch!
I had read similar on Keto forums and people tried magnesium and all sorts to solve the problem. Studying my average sleep hrs from Fitbit does seem to show less sleep since clocks changed. Maybe Dr Chattergee's theory about sunlight has legs - definitely less time outside in the garden and even 2 hr dog walks see me wrapped up like nanook of the north rather than gym vest and shorts in good weather! Did sleep much better in Cyprus in November having spent 8 hrs in the sun. Is it a vitamn D problem?I’m not a great sleeper - also up at 4am today! Bed around 11 (which is late for me) and woke up in the night. However I do have plenty of energy during the day....