My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop?

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis

How many grams of protein is in your diet compared to your weight in kilos?

I have had a similar thing happen for a bit, and I have found that increasing the amount of protein I eat a bit has helped me control hunger and avoid losing muscle mass.

Are you muscular or not? I think in your case, I would consider doing more weight training to try and build on a bit more muscle and attempt to keep the weight stable in the process. Muscle takes up less space than fatty tissue does and also it help with insulin sensivity.

How is your waist looking? If it is more than 40 inches/94 cm for a male, you may wish to lose a bit more.

How is you BMI? weight divided by (height in meters squared). If you are very muscular, your BMI could be 27-28 and still acceptable, if you are average, 25 is a normally the upper limit for normal.

There is an ongoing discussion on here whether cholesterol should be as super-low. Do you have the individual components that the total figure is made up of? HDL, LDL, Trigs and a Ratio would perhaps help see if it is good or could use a tweak.

I think the hba1c is cool. You may wish to lower it further if you can without it making you feel carpy or miss out on too much. Can't really be too low, I think.

Well done - it must have taken quite some work to get to this point? Bet you feel a whole lot better, too? It isn't just maths, eh?

-M

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop

Hi. The numbers are good and don't really need to be reduced any lower but if you are still a bit overweight then perhaps keep trying to get near to the right BMI figure? A really good result and with no medication.

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop

Well done on your latest results and weight loss Ian :clap:

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop

Well done Ian :clap: . Don't see why you need to get the numbers better unless you want to. Just be a bit careful upping the protein too much. The RDA for protein is around 16% I think. I find it difficult on low carb to keep at that and probably do around 20 - 22% so I end up at about 15% carbs, 20% protein and 65% fat. Too high protein can cause kidney problems so if you go "high" I'd make sure you get regular kidney function tests from your doc. Also remember that because 1g of fat equal 9 calories as opposed to 1g of protein (or carbs) equals 4 calories you don't have to up the fat that much to get a boost in calories. Fats also are the things that tell your brain to switch off the "I'm hungry" feelings.

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop

It sounds like you have medically reached your target (BMI) and psychologically you have as well. :thumbup: Now you have arrived perhaps you could do some weight training which will allow you to maintain weight, eat a little more, transfer the weight you have and reduce body fat. I find weight training really brings down my numbers as well (aerobic sports not so much)

Congrats on your progress
Paul

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop

well done from me as well Ian. Mind you, you did say you were worried about eggs and their effect on cholesterol. The powers that be recently changed their minds on this and declared eggs don't effect cholesterol, so eat as many as you like.
With the hunger bit, I took to grazing on healthy nuts when I was hungry. Walnuts and hazelnuts are both very good, add protein and some fat to your diet, and definiteky seem to help with the hunger bit.