Remission

[Teessideguy66]

Woohoo within 6 months of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes I'm now in remission

 

[Antje77]

Congratulations!
Care to tell us some more about what you did to achieve that? It may well be helpful to others

 

[Teessideguy66]

Took the medication (metformin) I was prescribed, ate more healthily and majorly did so much more exercise

 

[HSSS]

ate more healthily

By what definition? It varies.......

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Woohoo within 6 months of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes I'm now in remission

Just out of interest, what were your before and after hba1c results to get you into "remission".

 

[Teessideguy66]

Just out of interest, what were your before and after hba1c results to get you into "remission".

Not sure what my results were but I've lost 2 stone since April and 4 stone in the last 12 months

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Not sure what my results were but I've lost 2 stone since April and 4 stone in the last 12 months

I lost the weight I needed to loose, but I did not class myself in "remission" till I had a string of low hba1c results in the mid 30 mmol/mol range.

That is why I enquired what your before and after hba1c blood tests where...

 

[VashtiB]

Has your doctor confirmed that your HbA1C is in the non-diabetic range?

I'm also interested in what you define as a healthy diet- there are many on this site looking for ways to approach their diagnosis- if your HBa1C is in the non -diabetic range it would be nice to know what dietary changes you have made. You talk about a lot of exercise what is great but they say you can't outrun a bad diet.

Congratulations on your achievement.

 

[Teessideguy66]

Has your doctor confirmed that your HbA1C is in the non-diabetic range?

I'm also interested in what you define as a healthy diet- there are many on this site looking for ways to approach their diagnosis- if your HBa1C is in the non -diabetic range it would be nice to know what dietary changes you have made. You talk about a lot of exercise what is great but they say you can't outrun a bad diet.

Congratulations on your achievement.

 

[Deleted member 475901]

Congratulations!
How long did it take you get off metformin? were you on a low dose at first then stopped or did you need to reduce slowly?

 

[Teessideguy66]

Think we all know "bad diet choices", healthy eating is lot of fresh vegetables and fruit (avoiding the high sugar fruits such as grapes) fibre and protein rich foods, avoiding high fats and sugar foods. It's simply sensible eating and drinking and common sense portion control

 

[Teessideguy66]

Congratulations!
How long did it take you get off metformin? were you on a low dose at first then stopped or did you need to reduce slowly?

I was on 3 500mg metformin per day, then was reduced to 1 a day for one week, then taken off them completely

 

[bulkbiker]

Think we all know "bad diet choices", healthy eating is lot of fresh vegetables and fruit (avoiding the high sugar fruits such as grapes) fibre and protein rich foods, avoiding high fats and sugar foods. It's simply sensible eating and drinking and common sense portion control

That's not what I as mainly carnivore would say was eating healthily though.

 

[Teessideguy66]

That's not what I as mainly carnivore would say was eating healthily though.

I eat meat also but mainly fresh meat not processed I even eat quorn (it's not the best to be honest)

 

[HSSS]

Think we all know "bad diet choices", healthy eating is lot of fresh vegetables and fruit (avoiding the high sugar fruits such as grapes) fibre and protein rich foods, avoiding high fats and sugar foods. It's simply sensible eating and drinking and common sense portion control

Many of us in here find most fruits and a lot of fibre rich foods send our glucose rocketing and the fats keep us full and our cholesterol and weight drops despite them. It’s not as clear cut as the powers that be would have us believe, hence why we asked what you did. Some need bigger changes than others. Congratulations on finding what works for you.