I was diagnosed at the end of April with an hba1c of 96. Three months later and it was 41. The doctor agreed to cut my metformin to two a day from four. I had my 6 monthly blood test on Friday and my doctor phoned me today with the hb1ac result of 39. I’m so excited. I’ve now lost nearly 5 stone on LCHF and the Dr has agreed to letting me stop all medication and retest in three months time.
The only thing was he mentioned taking a statin as he thought my cholesterol was a little high but I’ve declined. I’ve no other health issues.
Thank you to all the support on this website. I certainly couldn’t have done it without this website and its contributors, and am eternally grateful that I found it when first diagnosed.
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This is awe inspiring. What fantastic results. Are you LCHF with a limit on cals/and or carbs? Do you fast at all?
Thank you
Congratulations, do you have details of your latest Cholesterol results?
LCHF usually raises HDL and Lowers Triglycerides (both very good), but especially during the weight loss phase it can raise the LDL.
Higher LDL is not necessarily a risk factor( the Triglyceride/HDL is much more so). However in many cases once the weight stabilises, then the LDL figure also comes back down.
It is up to you as to whether you feel comfortable taking Statins (in some cases they raise Blood Glucose in addition to the other well-known side-effects such as muscle pain and brain fog).
I don’t count calories at all which I’ve found to be liberating. I was focusing on the effects of blood sugar and have treated the weight loss as a side effect of the diet. It’s slowed a little but is still coming off. I weighed 18st 2lb at the end of April but now weigh 13st 6lb. I feel that it is the reduction in the bg levels that improved my health more than the weight loss if that makes any sense.
My carb intake varies from around 50g to 70g per day and I don’t fast although I don’t eat if I’m not hungry. I have 3 meals a day but no carbs at lunchtime . I’m still learning and adapting and am trying various different low carb recipes to find new favourite foods to replace old ones. I’m also lucky in that I’ve a supportive family and so far have managed to adapt meals that we can all enjoy. Also I no longer crave which is an added bonus.
The important thing for me though is that if I hadn’t found this website I may well have not been able to achieve these results
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