Larissima
Well-Known Member
I was diagnosed in February with Type 2 diabetes, at my highest ever recorded weight to boot. I spent a couple of months pretending it was nothing, and going through the shock, anger, denial and acceptance phases. At the end of April I managed to turn my mindset around and asked for advice and support on here. I got it in spades, read a couple of books, started a very low carb diet, and here are the results after 4 months.
HbA1c: Feb = 49 Sept = 36 (non-diabetic)
Trigs: Feb = 2.36 Sept = 1.06 (in normal range)
HDL: Feb = 1.13 Sept = 1.48
BMI: Feb = 40 Sept = 34 (still a way to go, but in the right direction)
I am especially happy with my HbA1c as at this stage I am simply unable to reduce my fasting blood glucose to non-diabetic values (which are 3.9 - 5.5; mine are somewhere within 5.7 - 7.1). This means that it's more important to control daytime/ post-prandial values (through LCHF) then worry about the dawn phenomenon...
My GP said that my HbA1c result was puzzling, as it had been steadily climbing in the last 5 years from a pre-diabetic value of 42. I told her that I achieved it through low carbing and she was surprised but positive - told me to keep it up, which I certainly intend to!
A big thank you to everybody on here for your support, advice, commiserations and funny pics (you know who you are!)
HbA1c: Feb = 49 Sept = 36 (non-diabetic)
Trigs: Feb = 2.36 Sept = 1.06 (in normal range)
HDL: Feb = 1.13 Sept = 1.48
BMI: Feb = 40 Sept = 34 (still a way to go, but in the right direction)
I am especially happy with my HbA1c as at this stage I am simply unable to reduce my fasting blood glucose to non-diabetic values (which are 3.9 - 5.5; mine are somewhere within 5.7 - 7.1). This means that it's more important to control daytime/ post-prandial values (through LCHF) then worry about the dawn phenomenon...
My GP said that my HbA1c result was puzzling, as it had been steadily climbing in the last 5 years from a pre-diabetic value of 42. I told her that I achieved it through low carbing and she was surprised but positive - told me to keep it up, which I certainly intend to!
A big thank you to everybody on here for your support, advice, commiserations and funny pics (you know who you are!)