Thankyou.I have been diabetic for many years.was over the moon at reduced hba1c but family are right,I am a bit too thin.DN said hba1c should be 50-60 so perhaps i can afford to eat more.I had the same over the first 18 months or so, then without trying about 7 or 8 lbs crept back on over the next 12 months. I don't like them, but no one says I'm too thin any more.
I didn't think I'd changed anything but suppose I must be eating bigger portions overall. I'd like to skip more meals, my tummy and appetite say I could but my family want to eat 3 times a day and I find it difficult not to eat when they are.
Maybe just eat more low carb food, ie bigger portions?
Thankyou.I have lost a lot of this weight from round my middle which is good?At my heaviest i was 13 st so of course i look different but i cant make them understand I am not doing it for how I look,but to get my numbers down! They just dont get it.Hi @flonvic. First of all - well done you for getting your HBA1c down such a lot. This is very good indeed.
Second up - it seems I have been answering these too thin threads that pop up from time to time in much the same way for a while, and I am perfectly happy to do this, as it has certainly gotten easier to present a case. Hope the Forum is happy for me to do so too?
OK - how weight looks on our frame is definitely all relative - in our case when significant weight loss is involved - and yours is 20 lbs/nearly 10 kg, and you are tall. So your friends and family, and you? Probably just need to adjust to your new body composition.
According to the personal fat threshold theory - losing weight when it comes to getting better with type two is a good thing, as long as you are getting enough nutriton to be as healthy as you can be with type two. A good way to track your health and body composition numbers is to look at your waist height ratio, and put in in a ratio calculator online (my favourite is health-calc.com, where I also ran your numbers for your BMI). This should reassure you. Your medical professionals will be looking at your BMI to make sure you are a healthy enough weight (their definition of too thin is a BMI of under 18.)
I popped your peramters into a BMI calculator and you apparently have a BMI of 20. Perfectly healthy normal weight, according to the BMI calculator.
What I suggest is - watch a few old movies from the 1950s, the 60s, and all the way up to the 70s and early 80s. You will see that your too thin was the norm of yesteryear. Get your friends and family to have a looksie too. When you look at the waist sizes of both men and women on your TV set my belief is you will be reassured that you are not in fact too thin.
I hope thus reassured you can concentrate on your nutrition needs, and not needing to plumpen up, which is super important for getting healthier for sure.
Those around us can't ever totally get it. I have stopped expecting them to.Thankyou.I have lost a lot of this weight from round my middle which is good?At my heaviest i was 13 st so of course i look different but i cant make them understand I am not doing it for how I look,but to get my numbers down! They just dont get it.
Thanks for your input.flab isnt the problem.Its the wrinkly skin! To be expected I suppose.I am happy so sod the lot of them! Heres hoping hba1c has gone down a bit more.Due at the end of this monthIf you can sit in the bath and not go Ouch!!! then you are sufficiently padded in your Glutinous Maximal region (derriere) I too am 64kg and had similar comments from family, but I have maintained that weight fairly steady for 8 years now. So with my BMI of between 21 and 22 I am happy, the doc is happy. You have the option of turning excess fat into muscle which weighs more. (eat protein and up the exercise) It looks better than flab.
Waist to height 0.47?Hi @flonvic. First of all - well done you for getting your HBA1c down such a lot. This is very good indeed.
Second up - it seems I have been answering these too thin threads that pop up from time to time in much the same way for a while, and I am perfectly happy to do this, as it has certainly gotten easier to present a case. Hope the Forum is happy for me to do so too?
OK - how weight looks on our frame is definitely all relative - in our case when significant weight loss is involved - and yours is 20 lbs/nearly 10 kg, and you are tall. So your friends and family, and you? Probably just need to adjust to your new body composition.
According to the personal fat threshold theory - losing weight when it comes to getting better with type two is a good thing, as long as you are getting enough nutriton to be as healthy as you can be with type two. A good way to track your health and body composition numbers is to look at your waist height ratio, and put in in a ratio calculator online (my favourite is health-calc.com, where I also ran your numbers for your BMI). This should reassure you. Your medical professionals will be looking at your BMI to make sure you are a healthy enough weight (their definition of too thin is a BMI of under 18.)
I popped your peramters into a BMI calculator and you apparently have a BMI of 20. Perfectly healthy normal weight, according to the BMI calculator.
What I suggest is - watch a few old movies from the 1950s, the 60s, and all the way up to the 70s and early 80s. You will see that your too thin was the norm of yesteryear. Get your friends and family to have a looksie too. When you look at the waist sizes of both men and women on your TV set my belief is you will be reassured that you are not in fact too thin.
I hope thus reassured you can concentrate on your nutrition needs, and not needing to plumpen up, which is super important for getting healthier for sure.
Some DN panic a bit too much about lows in non medicated people imo. Sure it’s a concern if the lower hba1c is achieved by way of hypos particularly as we age for fear of falls etc whilst hypo but if thats not the case there’s nothing wrong with having a lower number all the way down to normal below 41mmol. In fact the NICE guidelines say that it is to be encouraged if you are safely achieving those lower numbers without hypos and eating enough food. Their targets also make allowances for what they think is achievable for the general population using their eatwell advice, rather than just what’s most desirable or achievable with lower carb to reduce complications. That includes people unwilling to take a dietary option and rely solely on medication.Thankyou.I have been diabetic for many years.was over the moon at reduced hba1c but family are right,I am a bit too thin.DN said hba1c should be 50-60 so perhaps i can afford to eat more.
Thankyou.Like you say they will get used to it.I just hope its not been for nothing.I will know hopefully by the end of the month.Weight loss has stalled so perhaps no improvement.We will see.fingers crossed.Some DN panic a bit too much about lows in non medicated people imo. Sure it’s a concern if the lower hba1c is achieved by way of hypos particularly as we age for fear of falls etc whilst hypo but if thats not the case there’s nothing wrong with having a lower number all the way down to normal below 41mmol. In fact the NICE guidelines say that it is to be encouraged if you are safely achieving those lower numbers without hypos and eating enough food. Their targets also make allowances for what they think is achievable for the general population using their eatwell advice, rather than just what’s most desirable or achievable with lower carb to reduce complications. That includes people unwilling to take a dietary option and rely solely on medication.
I agree people have had their view of “normal“ weight distorted by a generation of widespread overweight and obesity images. That coupled with being accustomed to seeing someone a particular and changes of mental image to match physical change takes time. Ignore ‘em for now and they’ll get used to it.
My derriere is now like a cherry and not a (big) peach!Thanks for your input.flab isnt the problem.Its the wrinkly skin! To be expected I suppose.I am happy so sod the lot of them! Heres hoping hba1c has gone down a bit more.Due at the end of this month
Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise - all over.Thanks for your input.flab isnt the problem.Its the wrinkly skin! To be expected I suppose.I am happy so sod the lot of them! Heres hoping hba1c has gone down a bit more.Due at the end of this month
Can you buy it by the litreMoisturise, moisturise, moisturise - all over.
Whilst once we pass our 40s, our skin isn't quite so elastic as before, I'd wager your skin will also improve over time. Juat look after it.
We buy it by the kilo - literally.Can you buy it by the litre
I too lost a lot of weight (reduced to 44kg) esp after time restricted eating which I started in Jan'23. Now due to perimenopause, am gaining weight ...gained 3.5 kg so far. Some of my old clothes aren't fitting me anymore.I had the same over the first 18 months or so, then without trying about 7 or 8 lbs crept back on over the next 12 months. I don't like them, but no one says I'm too thin any more.
I didn't think I'd changed anything but suppose I must be eating bigger portions overall. I'd like to skip more meals, my tummy and appetite say I could but my family want to eat 3 times a day and I find it difficult not to eat when they are.
Maybe just eat more low carb food, ie bigger portions?
But that too, Oldvatr, is just a body composition issueIf you can sit in the bath and not go Ouch!!! then you are sufficiently padded in your Glutinous Maximal region (derriere) I too am 64kg and had similar comments from family, but I have maintained that weight fairly steady for 8 years now. So with my BMI of between 21 and 22 I am happy, the doc is happy. You have the option of turning excess fat into muscle which weighs more. (eat protein and up the exercise) It looks better than flab.
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