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Sharon2373

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Hi , never posted on here before but read lots of advice on getting back on track tips .
Last year I lost several family members in a short space of time and neglected myself in the grief . I ate whatever I wanted and rarely took my medication . Come November I decided enough was enough and went to doctors and to my horror my hba1c was 86 increased my metformin to 2000mg a day . I found this forum and looked into low carb diet . I’ve since managed to loose 3 stone and just rang for my latest blood results to find my hba1c is now 35 !!! . All my hard work has finally worked but I’m sure the hardest part is to keep on track now . So thank you for allowing me to be part of group and reading everyone’s posts it really has helped
 
Sharon2373 said:
Hi , never posted on here before but read lots of advice on getting back on track tips .
Last year I lost several family members in a short space of time and neglected myself in the grief . I ate whatever I wanted and rarely took my medication . Come November I decided enough was enough and went to doctors and to my horror my hba1c was 86 increased my metformin to 2000mg a day . I found this forum and looked into low carb diet . I’ve since managed to loose 3 stone and just rang for my latest blood results to find my hba1c is now 35 !!! . All my hard work has finally worked but I’m sure the hardest part is to keep on track now . So thank you for allowing me to be part of group and reading everyone’s posts it really has helped
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Congratulations and so pleased for the fantastic turnaround. Obviously sorry for the losses last year otherwise what a story.
 
Welcome to the forum! Nice to meet you and thanks for telling us your great news.
 
Sorry to hear you had a tough year last year but very well done for turning things around health wise. Stunning results!
 
Sharon2373 said:
All my hard work has finally worked but I’m sure the hardest part is to keep on track now .
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Hi Sharon, Congratulations on getting back on track.
Personally I disagree that the hardest part is to keep on track - if you allow for a few small excursions!

Certainly life can throw you something that is hard to deal with, but you have already proved that it isn't so hard provided that you acknowledge this and are so able to both recognise this and to forgive yourself if you find yourself temporarily off track due to grief, stress, illness or even family celebrations.

Do you enjoy your Low Carb 'way of eating'? It should (eventually) be a way of eating, not a calorie restricted diet. When you are hungry, eat form your 'safe' foods until you feel satiated, when you aren't hungry don't eat, even if this means skipping a meal.
Do your utmost not to snack - it is better to slightly overeat at a meal than to under-eat and then eat a snack before the next meal.
Constant spiking of Insulin is bad, so just eat 1 or 2 or 3 meals per day- whatever you need.

For me (so far) it is enjoyable and feels completely sustainable - just as well since I'm sure if I went back to my old (NHS advised) way of eating, I would be back to high Blood Glucose quite quickly.
 
Hi and welcome @Sharon2373
You have done so well in getting your life back on track and addressing your diabetes. You have taken the first step in posting on the forum. Do please read everything that interests you here and ask lots of questions. We have all been where you are now, and I hope we can help you as others have helped us. All the best, NMD.
 
Fantastic! I love these stories!
It's so easy to stop looking after yourself when life becomes tough for what ever reason. Well done for taking control!
 
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