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<blockquote data-quote="Snootybutnice" data-source="post: 1266663" data-attributes="member: 330477"><p>Hi Priam - I think for you this is absolutely true - and for me as well as I am very overweight and in the 'obese' range so need to lose weight <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. I started my diet prior to my operation and they found out 2 days before that I had Type 2 and cancelled my op. My HbA1c said 50. I continued dieting and switched to low carb - and then waited several weeks to have my next HbA1c and it had gone down to 44. The second reading was to check first results and to attend the clinic with the diabetic nurse. Due to these results, the doctor said I was pre-diabetes which suits me. I'm hoping to lose more weight and to drop down the scale further and it certainly seems that it's going to work. </p><p></p><p>I do however believe I'm type 2 and will return to raised levels if I eat what I want. I'm making a conscious life changing decision to eat better to avoid it. If I go low enough i hope that I can reverse it. But all of this is about 'us' ...a person slightly overweight and a person majorly overweight. It doesn't unfortunately account for skinny or normal weight people who also have this issue where something else has caused Type 2. I guess it's a little like a car. Working parts aren't being lubricated because you have an oil leak ...or because you have run out of oil as you forgot to top it up, or there is a blockage somewhere. Same problem....but lots of different reasons! I also think T2 may have started after a personal shock (either of stepping on the scales or having a brain haemorrhage!). </p><p></p><p>As to monitoring - I suppose it's personal preference. I am analytical so I like to look at what foods spike me. I see many people able to eat porridge on this forum and many people saying it spikes them too much. It's so interesting that different people have different results. When I spike I can't honestly seem to tell the difference from when i'm 7.5 or 8.9 or 12.2 ...but if I want to avoid damage then I really need to know what 'does' and 'doesn't' work for me personally (in my humble opinion!) to keep figures as low as possible.</p><p></p><p>So glad you've managed to turn things around hon :-D xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snootybutnice, post: 1266663, member: 330477"] Hi Priam - I think for you this is absolutely true - and for me as well as I am very overweight and in the 'obese' range so need to lose weight ;). I started my diet prior to my operation and they found out 2 days before that I had Type 2 and cancelled my op. My HbA1c said 50. I continued dieting and switched to low carb - and then waited several weeks to have my next HbA1c and it had gone down to 44. The second reading was to check first results and to attend the clinic with the diabetic nurse. Due to these results, the doctor said I was pre-diabetes which suits me. I'm hoping to lose more weight and to drop down the scale further and it certainly seems that it's going to work. I do however believe I'm type 2 and will return to raised levels if I eat what I want. I'm making a conscious life changing decision to eat better to avoid it. If I go low enough i hope that I can reverse it. But all of this is about 'us' ...a person slightly overweight and a person majorly overweight. It doesn't unfortunately account for skinny or normal weight people who also have this issue where something else has caused Type 2. I guess it's a little like a car. Working parts aren't being lubricated because you have an oil leak ...or because you have run out of oil as you forgot to top it up, or there is a blockage somewhere. Same problem....but lots of different reasons! I also think T2 may have started after a personal shock (either of stepping on the scales or having a brain haemorrhage!). As to monitoring - I suppose it's personal preference. I am analytical so I like to look at what foods spike me. I see many people able to eat porridge on this forum and many people saying it spikes them too much. It's so interesting that different people have different results. When I spike I can't honestly seem to tell the difference from when i'm 7.5 or 8.9 or 12.2 ...but if I want to avoid damage then I really need to know what 'does' and 'doesn't' work for me personally (in my humble opinion!) to keep figures as low as possible. So glad you've managed to turn things around hon :-D xxx [/QUOTE]
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