How did you get your HbA1C under control?
I was DX December 2014 with a FBG of 10.4 and told to take medication, also told the normal things like you dont need to test eat what you like but cut down on sugary things.
I then decided i did not want to be dependant on drugs so researched about type 2 and how people are controlling it, Straight away i cut out rice potatoes pasta and bread and anything that contained sugar, i lived on meat fish cheese leafey veg lots of salad.
typical breakfast would be 3 egg omelete with cheese and a ccup of tea followed by a cup of coffee, Lunch would be chicken salad or any type of fish including prawns with a salad, and a cup of tea, evening meal would be any meat any amount i wanted and as much veg including carrots cabbage spinach cauliflower brocoli etc, dessert would be sugar free jelly full fat greek yoghurt and a handfull of mixed nuts, if i felt hungry anytime i would snack on cheese or 85% chocolate.
i exercised daily which might just be a 20 walk or a 10 mile bike ride, i tested before each meal and 1 & 2 hours after meals if i found anythin that i think caused a spike ( i always tried to keep below 7.8 after 2 hours and very rarely went over, my morning readings were **** and still are mid 6s most of the time but drop after i eat,
To be honest i played it like a game that i very much wanted to win i found what i could eat, what spiked me (getting angry sent me to 8.3) testing after sex had me at high 7s dont know why i tested just wanted to see if it had any effect and it did, the more i controlled it resulted in me adding more foods like indian take away without the rice and bread, i also have a beer or wine if i want and that has no effect.
My diet is still fairly low carb and i will never go back to eating anything starchy i now know why i used to feel so lethargic i cut out the carbs and got a lot more energy strange but true (ialways thought you needed carbs for energy).
I am not saying what i have done will work for everyone, i do believe the most important thing you can do is test and find what works for you, perhaps i was lucky and was found early. You do need determination when all around you are having chips cake ice cream etc. but i just think about my eye sight and my limbs and the feeling of wanting to eat rubbish soon goes away.
I also set myself targets get below a certain number and stay in that range for a certain time, ie bg average of 6.2 for 30 days would result in me buying myself something. also the way i started feeling to the way i was feeling was all the motivation i needed.
I hope this can be of some help to you
Mark
