This post is just kind of an observation I'd like to jot down.
When I first was diagnosed with prediabetes (Jan 2018), I reduced my carb intake significantly, but kept it moderate (50-100g).
**This level made the weight drop off (I lost 15 pounds right away, then gradually have KEPT losing for the past 2 years). BMI now 21.5
**My blood pressure dropped so much that now I have to be careful to get enough salt in my diet!
**My joints stopped hurting and I love to run now!
**My postprandial glucose levels don't spike if I eat this way. Lovely numbers.
However, my fasting blood glucoses wouldn't budge (in fact, they even got worse after quitting alcohol last April).
So. I think with the encouragement of this forum and the wake-up call of my CGM, I finally pushed over into what I'd now call very low carb eating. I'm down to less than 20g carb a day - but no side effects because I have been gradually evolving to this point, lol. And my fasting levels are FINALLY inching downward. They are actually peeking into the upper range of normal some mornings.
I post this because it has been surprising to me to find that my particular (healthy weight) body really needs a very low carbohydrate intake at this point, either due to long-standing genetic predisposition, damage to my metabolism over the years, or a combo of those.
I would love to discover that I can "heal" my metabolism and allow greater flexibility into my diet. But for the time being, I'm going to stick with what is working.
When I first was diagnosed with prediabetes (Jan 2018), I reduced my carb intake significantly, but kept it moderate (50-100g).
**This level made the weight drop off (I lost 15 pounds right away, then gradually have KEPT losing for the past 2 years). BMI now 21.5
**My blood pressure dropped so much that now I have to be careful to get enough salt in my diet!
**My joints stopped hurting and I love to run now!
**My postprandial glucose levels don't spike if I eat this way. Lovely numbers.
However, my fasting blood glucoses wouldn't budge (in fact, they even got worse after quitting alcohol last April).
So. I think with the encouragement of this forum and the wake-up call of my CGM, I finally pushed over into what I'd now call very low carb eating. I'm down to less than 20g carb a day - but no side effects because I have been gradually evolving to this point, lol. And my fasting levels are FINALLY inching downward. They are actually peeking into the upper range of normal some mornings.
I post this because it has been surprising to me to find that my particular (healthy weight) body really needs a very low carbohydrate intake at this point, either due to long-standing genetic predisposition, damage to my metabolism over the years, or a combo of those.
I would love to discover that I can "heal" my metabolism and allow greater flexibility into my diet. But for the time being, I'm going to stick with what is working.