stephenharold
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS AND POSSIBLY BEING OVERMEDICATED NOW AS I'M COMING DOWN IN WEIGHT/GLUCOSE
Hello, beautiful people at Diabetes.co.uk.
I think it's time I checked in - I have made progress since last posting here, and in between that time and now - many times I have thought about this group, occasionally checked the site for information and advice on specific issues, and now am dealing with a new one, but it's probably a sign of progress.
I have lost more weight and am in total down 55 lbs since starting my weight loss journey. I started at 233 lbs, and am now 177.8. Probably 177, as last night I attended a staff dinner, and it was a curry meal full of carbs...I didn't restrain myself too much, really. So, we'll say...I'm down 56 lbs. I was yo-yo-ing considerably until about two weeks ago when I decided to get it together and re-focus myself, back to keto eating and intermittent fasting with long stretches between mainly one meal and a smaller meal about the size of a good snack. So, I eat daily, but go long into midday before eating again and then I do dinner. That's it. Maybe a coffee with cream, maybe not.
I have been ramping up my exercise hard, as I'm seeing results and want to bodybuild/train. I've noticed now after 3 hours of dancing, one day, and then a 50 lap swim (1000m?) followed by upper body bodybuilding the next day (my normal routine is 2-3 workouts a day on the days that I workout - a workout is a minimum of about 40 min, more typically 1 hour each) that my glucose readings which have been falling all the past two weeks since dropping below 180 lbs again (my goal is to get to 130 lbs or close to). So, I'm seeing my morning fasting readings go from 138 in the morning to 118, where they sat stubbornly until I got serious two weeks ago, and now the readings have been 107, 105, and then dropped right to 98, 95 and stayed that way all day long for days this week.
Reading up on exercise and hypoglycemia, because yesterday afternoon I had a reading of 85 midday by 3 PM, after fasting much of the day but...I had an egg in the morning and coffee/cream midday...I was caught off guard by this reading, and decided to study up on hypoglycemia. It seems there is the 24-hour-effect after strenuous exercise for diabetics. Who knew? I sure didn't.
I am starting to wonder if I should be coming off Metformin and Victoza. Or off Metformin, particularly. Thoughts, folks?
Thanks,
MM
Can you reverse Type II diabetes? Not if you don't do anything about it. Testing and amending your diet can delay it and give you better numbers now.
Can you come off Metformin? You should figure out whether any side effects make them difficult to live with and talk to your doctor about it. If you can tolerate it then most doctors seem loathe to stop them for some reason.
The link between cholesterol and heart disease is very weak. There is a graph that shows that more people die with low cholesterol. The optimum is about 5.4 or so.
It is controversial but many people have adverse side effects from Statins. The evidence either way is very murky indeed. Only you can decide since it is another pill that the doctors hand out like sweets. I am intolerant of them.
HBA1c 68 - can't be right. What measurement are you using? Mmol or mg/dl?Can you reverse Type II diabetes? Not if you don't do anything about it. Testing and amending your diet can delay it and give you better numbers now.
Can you come off Metformin? You should figure out whether any side effects make them difficult to live with and talk to your doctor about it. If you can tolerate it then most doctors seem loathe to stop them for some reason.
The link between cholesterol and heart disease is very weak. There is a graph that shows that more people die with low cholesterol. The optimum is about 5.4 or so.
It is controversial but many people have adverse side effects from Statins. The evidence either way is very murky indeed. Only you can decide since it is another pill that the doctors hand out like sweets. I am intolerant of them.
The HbA1c is either measured in mmol/mol (ie. not mg/dl or mmol/l) - in which case 68 is a valid number that it can be though definitely showing diabetes (48+ is classed as diabetes, 42-47 is pre-diabetes), or in an old school percentage format (68mmol/mol = 8.4%) .HBA1c 68 - can't be right. What measurement are you using? Mmol or mg/dl?
Use a book? With a writing quill and blotter?
Time to join the 21st century
Stay off statins, research statins or join some of the facebook statin user groups. There are very strong food and pharmaceutical lobbies that are exploiting our health. My gp who put me on the regular Simvastatin dose told me they were "perfectly safe" when I complained that I struggled to walk 4 miles and climb stairs whereas previously a 12 mile hike was my norm. Spotted I was limping and long series of test with consultant saying I would need a knee replacement as the pain increased. I was on 8 Tramadol (opiod) a day when I quit statins and had a quick recovery That was 6 years ago. I can now walk 12 miles again, I changed surgery and finally got a decent gp who found I was prediabetic. I have lost a stone with a minimum dose of Metformin and following Jason Fung's fasting advice and the advice on reducing inflamation in Giulia Enders book Gut
I wrote that post you quoted 3.5 years ago and had forgotten it. If you are referring to the 68 in my signature then it is in mmol and dated 2009 when I was diagnosed. The other Hba1c results show what low carbing can do.HBA1c 68 - can't be right. What measurement are you using? Mmol or mg/dl?
This is good advice. I am really curious about the scientific research about women and statins. Any idea what's out there? I felt the same way on Simvastatin. - rubbish. Terrible. I was getting leg cramps in the night and that was IT. I will definitely get more focused on this and look at your suggestions.
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