Hi all,
Not been on for a while as been putting off Hba1c following a holiday seeing my brother in Australia over Christmas, which was lower carb than last time, but not exactly best behaviour.
Anyhoo - Diagonised Sept 17 with Hba1c of 92, got that down to 43 in December test, with LCHF diet.
Agreed with doc in December to come off statins, reduce Metformin to 2 x SR per day, and re-test after 3 months.
Just had results from blood test in mid-April and am now down to 41 which I'm rather happy with, as this falls into "normal" range - high normal admittedly.
Will arrange a follow up with doc to discuss Metformin. I've been a bit lax with the evening one and if I'm honest probably only take that one 3 out of 7 nights. So, will probably suggest to him that I go down to 1 per day and assess at next test.
I've not been an angel since December, having the occasional off-night and sometimes 1 or 2 beers at the weekend (genuinely 1 or 2, i.e. 1 per night), but 90+% of the time I'm LCHF and bad bits were within the Hba1c period.
Some things I have been doing - Lidl protein rolls a couple of times a week (well until they stopped doing them) or HiLo bread a couple of times a week, and a small glass of red wine most week nights (larger ones at the weekend).
Just started running again, had my gym intro this morning, and entered a team for a mud/obstacle run in September - find I need a specific event goal to get me exercising I'm afraid.
Hope the reduced numbers gives some of you some inspiration to keep at it.
Thanks to the forum again for help and guidance.
Mark
Not been on for a while as been putting off Hba1c following a holiday seeing my brother in Australia over Christmas, which was lower carb than last time, but not exactly best behaviour.
Anyhoo - Diagonised Sept 17 with Hba1c of 92, got that down to 43 in December test, with LCHF diet.
Agreed with doc in December to come off statins, reduce Metformin to 2 x SR per day, and re-test after 3 months.
Just had results from blood test in mid-April and am now down to 41 which I'm rather happy with, as this falls into "normal" range - high normal admittedly.
Will arrange a follow up with doc to discuss Metformin. I've been a bit lax with the evening one and if I'm honest probably only take that one 3 out of 7 nights. So, will probably suggest to him that I go down to 1 per day and assess at next test.
I've not been an angel since December, having the occasional off-night and sometimes 1 or 2 beers at the weekend (genuinely 1 or 2, i.e. 1 per night), but 90+% of the time I'm LCHF and bad bits were within the Hba1c period.
Some things I have been doing - Lidl protein rolls a couple of times a week (well until they stopped doing them) or HiLo bread a couple of times a week, and a small glass of red wine most week nights (larger ones at the weekend).
Just started running again, had my gym intro this morning, and entered a team for a mud/obstacle run in September - find I need a specific event goal to get me exercising I'm afraid.
Hope the reduced numbers gives some of you some inspiration to keep at it.
Thanks to the forum again for help and guidance.
Mark
