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<blockquote data-quote="JulieR" data-source="post: 74425" data-attributes="member: 14340"><p><strong>Re: Success stories</strong></p><p></p><p>Back in Feb...</p><p></p><p> I posted a big thank you to all the guys who had contributed to the posts on low carbing. I have been t2 for 4 years (4 x 500g Glucophage last thing at night)and following the advice of my diabetic nurse my HBA1c continued to get higher after each test, my weight did not really change either...couple pounds gained..couple of pounds lost. </p><p></p><p> My Dec/Jan test showed my HBA1 at 8.5 my first 4 years ago was 7, so no improvements there and yet again the diet advice I was given was to have carbs at every meal ( potatoes, bread, rice or pasta) but keep the portion size roughly the size of my fist.</p><p></p><p>I came out of there thinking what a waste of money to keep getting tested and no improvement.....anyway <strong>finally </strong>I decided I should find out more (I know I ask myself the same...what took me so long..doh) and I found Diabetes.co.uk. </p><p></p><p>I read around the site, it felt a bit like I was snooping as I never contributed but finally I decided that I would test, test, test and give the low carbing ago.</p><p></p><p>I have never looked back......it was difficult for a couple of weeks, having previously been a carb junkie, but my cravings went, I was in control, my food now is Sue's rainbow, Fergus' bread, meat and fish, I can have full fat creme fraiche to make delicious sauces, I love caully mash!!! I could go on and on and on about food, about how I know I can eat potatoes but bread and rice are poison to me..and pasta looks so slimy now, so I dont want that anymore..but I wont.</p><p></p><p>No, I want to just give my results and ask advice. My results last week showed my HBA1 as 6.5, my nurse was impressed and asked me, " what on earth have you been upto", and I passed on my experience of low carbing, lets hope she too passes it on. I have also lost 18Ilbs (7Ilb first week and about 1 every week since I started) my LDL is 1.9, Cholesterol 3.3, trig 1.8 all down, down. The only worrying thing I think, is my HDL is 0.6. this is a slight improvement on last time of 0.5. Does anyone know how to improve this, I do take high dose of Omega 3 everyday.</p><p></p><p>All advice very welcome, keep up the good work, I dont contribute, but really appreciate the diversity of ideas on here, oh and the recipes...kind regards Jule..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JulieR, post: 74425, member: 14340"] [b]Re: Success stories[/b] Back in Feb... I posted a big thank you to all the guys who had contributed to the posts on low carbing. I have been t2 for 4 years (4 x 500g Glucophage last thing at night)and following the advice of my diabetic nurse my HBA1c continued to get higher after each test, my weight did not really change either...couple pounds gained..couple of pounds lost. My Dec/Jan test showed my HBA1 at 8.5 my first 4 years ago was 7, so no improvements there and yet again the diet advice I was given was to have carbs at every meal ( potatoes, bread, rice or pasta) but keep the portion size roughly the size of my fist. I came out of there thinking what a waste of money to keep getting tested and no improvement.....anyway [b]finally [/b]I decided I should find out more (I know I ask myself the same...what took me so long..doh) and I found Diabetes.co.uk. I read around the site, it felt a bit like I was snooping as I never contributed but finally I decided that I would test, test, test and give the low carbing ago. I have never looked back......it was difficult for a couple of weeks, having previously been a carb junkie, but my cravings went, I was in control, my food now is Sue's rainbow, Fergus' bread, meat and fish, I can have full fat creme fraiche to make delicious sauces, I love caully mash!!! I could go on and on and on about food, about how I know I can eat potatoes but bread and rice are poison to me..and pasta looks so slimy now, so I dont want that anymore..but I wont. No, I want to just give my results and ask advice. My results last week showed my HBA1 as 6.5, my nurse was impressed and asked me, " what on earth have you been upto", and I passed on my experience of low carbing, lets hope she too passes it on. I have also lost 18Ilbs (7Ilb first week and about 1 every week since I started) my LDL is 1.9, Cholesterol 3.3, trig 1.8 all down, down. The only worrying thing I think, is my HDL is 0.6. this is a slight improvement on last time of 0.5. Does anyone know how to improve this, I do take high dose of Omega 3 everyday. All advice very welcome, keep up the good work, I dont contribute, but really appreciate the diversity of ideas on here, oh and the recipes...kind regards Jule.. [/QUOTE]
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