Hi All. I am a 51 year old overweight female recently diagnosed T2. No other health issues, with diabetes in the family but previously no personal knowledge of the condition. Just had my first three month review to find I have reduced hbA1C from 63 (30.09.16) to 54 today. All other blood results are fine. A big thanks to all the information and motivation from this web site which I found the day of diagnosis.
I had been prescribed 1 x metformin daily but given only two months supply. I had immediately cut sugar and began LCHF- as per learning from this forum - aiming for between 20g to 50g carbohydrates per day. When the metformin finished three weeks ago I opted to see how I would manage without it and have had no problems with my eating regime. I have lost 16 lbs to date - the most weight I have managed to lose in 17 years! I have been delighted to find LCHF really straightforward and can honestly say I have little or no urge to eat sweets, snacks etc. which were previously my downfall. I even find myself on occasion comfortably leaving out breakfast to continue fasting until early afternoon, bar the morning coffee with a spoonful of double cream!
I have to say I left my Dr's surgery a little deflated at his lack of enthusiasm or congratulations. He did remark that I had made an effort and was well on my way. Interestingly, he also stated that they are not too concerned at pushing diabetics to get their numbers in the 40s! When he went to prescribe more metformin I suggested I would continue without it until then next review. So....I am very happy to have achieved so much in three months and quite confident I will continue to lose weight and bring down the blood sugar still further. I am using the SD codefree meter and am hitting between 5 and 6.5 during the days for the past two weeks and first test of the day is usually 7, never higher so I am definitely going in the right direction.
Without all the information from here, I would have been floundering. So thank you all for sharing and motivating me. Let's al keep up the good work.
I had been prescribed 1 x metformin daily but given only two months supply. I had immediately cut sugar and began LCHF- as per learning from this forum - aiming for between 20g to 50g carbohydrates per day. When the metformin finished three weeks ago I opted to see how I would manage without it and have had no problems with my eating regime. I have lost 16 lbs to date - the most weight I have managed to lose in 17 years! I have been delighted to find LCHF really straightforward and can honestly say I have little or no urge to eat sweets, snacks etc. which were previously my downfall. I even find myself on occasion comfortably leaving out breakfast to continue fasting until early afternoon, bar the morning coffee with a spoonful of double cream!
I have to say I left my Dr's surgery a little deflated at his lack of enthusiasm or congratulations. He did remark that I had made an effort and was well on my way. Interestingly, he also stated that they are not too concerned at pushing diabetics to get their numbers in the 40s! When he went to prescribe more metformin I suggested I would continue without it until then next review. So....I am very happy to have achieved so much in three months and quite confident I will continue to lose weight and bring down the blood sugar still further. I am using the SD codefree meter and am hitting between 5 and 6.5 during the days for the past two weeks and first test of the day is usually 7, never higher so I am definitely going in the right direction.
Without all the information from here, I would have been floundering. So thank you all for sharing and motivating me. Let's al keep up the good work.
