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<blockquote data-quote="Prem51" data-source="post: 1961043" data-attributes="member: 209498"><p>I can't really comment on Keto as I don't do it. For me the main problem would be preparing food from scratch. I'm not into cooking and usually eat easily prepared stuff. I think the advantage is that Keto does give faster results in lowering bg levels and weight loss.</p><p>When I was first diagnosed I was terrified of the possible complications, and by the possibility of having to inject insulin - I have a severe injection phobia. So I went on a quite spartan eating regime, eating just one small meal a day, in the evening. It would be something like a bowl of soup, or a tinned salmon/mayo sandwich, or a couple of hard boiled eggs, or a couple of onion bhajis. I think that would have been a Keto diet.</p><p>I was also walking around 15-20,000 steps a day.</p><p>I did lose 23 lbs in weight and lowered my HbA1c from 49 to 44 by my 3 month retest, then another 15 lbs and a reduction to an HbA1c of 39 at my 12 month retest.</p><p></p><p>I have gained weight and my HbA1c has gone up since then, though it's still a bit lower than when I was diagnosed - if you are accessing the forum on a pc you should be able to see my results in my sgnature below my posts.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As to the meter, unless cost is not a problem it's best to use one that has cheaper testing testing strips as that is the biggest ongoing expense. I used to use a an Accuchek Mobile, but each test costs about 40p. I now use a TEE2+ as the test strips are about 15p each.</p><p>I think you are in the US so I don't know the cost of meters and testing strips there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prem51, post: 1961043, member: 209498"] I can't really comment on Keto as I don't do it. For me the main problem would be preparing food from scratch. I'm not into cooking and usually eat easily prepared stuff. I think the advantage is that Keto does give faster results in lowering bg levels and weight loss. When I was first diagnosed I was terrified of the possible complications, and by the possibility of having to inject insulin - I have a severe injection phobia. So I went on a quite spartan eating regime, eating just one small meal a day, in the evening. It would be something like a bowl of soup, or a tinned salmon/mayo sandwich, or a couple of hard boiled eggs, or a couple of onion bhajis. I think that would have been a Keto diet. I was also walking around 15-20,000 steps a day. I did lose 23 lbs in weight and lowered my HbA1c from 49 to 44 by my 3 month retest, then another 15 lbs and a reduction to an HbA1c of 39 at my 12 month retest. I have gained weight and my HbA1c has gone up since then, though it's still a bit lower than when I was diagnosed - if you are accessing the forum on a pc you should be able to see my results in my sgnature below my posts. As to the meter, unless cost is not a problem it's best to use one that has cheaper testing testing strips as that is the biggest ongoing expense. I used to use a an Accuchek Mobile, but each test costs about 40p. I now use a TEE2+ as the test strips are about 15p each. I think you are in the US so I don't know the cost of meters and testing strips there. [/QUOTE]
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