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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lobsang Tsultim" data-source="post: 2605658" data-attributes="member: 554942">As was said above, your doctor sees a monitor as a device to prevent low blood sugar(hypo) for people on insulin or other blood sugar lowering medication. We instead use it to assess our response to a meal: we test immediately before, and then 2 hours after. If our blood sugar level has returned to no more than 2 mmol above the pre-meal reading, then our bodies probably handled that meal okay (sometimes the blood sugar spike can come later than 2 hours è.g. A pizza with lots of cheese).Don’t think about losing weight, just concentrate on controlling your blood sugar levels by controlling your carbohydrate intake. If you can do some light exercise then doing some is good, for our mental health as much as anything. Hard, long workouts will cause your blood sugars to surge (your primitive response systems presume you’re running for your life from a bear or something and try to help by releasing  glucose for instant use) so keep it light and gentle.If you’re drastically reducing your carbohydrates, you need to compensate by increasing the other macro nutrients: protein and fat. Protein can also raise your blood sugar levels a bit, so keep to moderate amounts. Fat has almost no effect on blood sugar levels, so you can eat as much as you need to avoid feeling hungry. Don’t avoid fatty meat, fat is not your enemy, it is your friend. A fatty cut of meat will satiate you more than a lean cut, cause a smaller blood sugar rise and help you lose weight.I’ve been eating low carb and high fat for just over a year since my diagnosis. In that time, I’ve lost 20kg, my blood pressure has dropped to normal levels and so have my lipid levels. My HbA1c has gone from 74 mmol/l to 37 mmol/l.  You’ve experienced what just relying on metformin does personally, and you’ve seen what comes next with your mum. Time to try a different approach I suggest. Check <a href="http://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html" target="_blank">Jo’s Nutritional Thingy</a> blog post; it‘s a great crib sheet with all the information you to get started.</blockquote>

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