Oldvatr
Expert
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
I went from around 18 stone down to 10 stone within a couple of months, and then I plateaued at that. I weighed 64.5 kg almost solidly for about 3 years since on a lowish carb regime (non-keto) which is my sweet spot for BMI too.
Then I went into hospital last month and had to eat Eatwell. My weight plummeted down to 58kg in a week or so, but since coming home it is creeping back up, even though I am doing strict LC to get my sugars down again. So t seems LC will find its own plateau which should be ok.
One thing I discovered is that my scales lie to me. Especially, the first step on reading, which I now ignore. I take 3 readings and find on my scales that while readings 2 and 3 come to the same value, reading 1 is almost always about 1 kg higher. It is a quirk of my scales but explains why I disagreed with the practice nurses when they weighed me. Now we agree.
Then I went into hospital last month and had to eat Eatwell. My weight plummeted down to 58kg in a week or so, but since coming home it is creeping back up, even though I am doing strict LC to get my sugars down again. So t seems LC will find its own plateau which should be ok.
One thing I discovered is that my scales lie to me. Especially, the first step on reading, which I now ignore. I take 3 readings and find on my scales that while readings 2 and 3 come to the same value, reading 1 is almost always about 1 kg higher. It is a quirk of my scales but explains why I disagreed with the practice nurses when they weighed me. Now we agree.