Wow! Well done on your HBA1c results! And well done on your weight loss too, 13 pounds is a good loss, but I agree it's annoying when the weight just seems to fall off others.
Wow! Well done on your HBA1c results! And well done on your weight loss too, 13 pounds is a good loss, but I agree it's annoying when the weight just seems to fall off others.I just found this thread. I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in the same boat but I'm glad I'm not alone.
In 3.5 months of LCHF, cutting out sugar, swimming, etc. I've only lost 13 pounds. Still a loss but hardly the "Weight is just falling off!" that some people talk about. It's all belly fat and I'm menopausal, and I know that doesn't help.
Reduced my A1C from 11.8% to 6.1% in that time? Who cares?
Reduced my blood glucose from 16.2 mmol to the 4-5 mmol range? Unimportant!
It's all about the weight loss!
I just found this thread. I'm sorry so many of us seem to be in the same boat but I'm glad I'm not alone.
In 3.5 months of LCHF, cutting out sugar, swimming, etc. I've only lost 13 pounds. Still a loss but hardly the "Weight is just falling off!" that some people talk about. It's all belly fat and I'm menopausal, and I know that doesn't help.
Reduced my A1C from 11.8% to 6.1% in that time? Who cares?
Reduced my blood glucose from 16.2 mmol to the 4-5 mmol range? Unimportant!
It's all about the weight loss!
Well, those results are amazing, so I hope you are congratulating yourself!
And 13 pound weight loss in 3.5 months is still nearly a pound a week.
Not too shabby!
I gave you the 'Winner' tag, because I think you deserve it.
Wow! Well done on your HBA1c results! And well done on your weight loss too, 13 pounds is a good loss, but I agree it's annoying when the weight just seems to fall off others.
You will get there.Thank you. And yep. I'm 5'3" and 180 pounds (started at 193) so it's not like I don't have a little amount to lose. With my blood results I'm obviously doing something right. I just wish it translated to faster weight loss!
Aw, welcome to the club. It seems like a lot of us are women. Everyone I've asked about my slow weight loss seems to say the same thing, that it's harder for women, especially middle-aged ones. It sucks.i guess i get to be on this thread too
as sad as it makes me
nothing i do makes weight budge
it just goes off then on again
even if i stay consistent
with all my current measures
to reduce the weight
i had decided before i try OMAD
(began sept9) that it was the last thing
i would try
so i lost 7 lbs and with no changes
in my routine 6 are back again
soon giving up the weight loss game
its a no win
no matter what i try
i binge too
for many years now.
i used to purge but got help
to stop that (purging)
i used to weigh 100 pounds less than i do now
and people
would say your fat or are u pregnant
i was living a highly active lifestyle(minimum 4 hours strenuous daily activity)
and dieting to lose weight
but could only maintain that weight
and since have tried everything under the sun
nothing works
and i used to hope and hope
but now i dont hope
Aha! Thanks for this thread. I was thinking of starting one about failing to manage diet and weight but hesitated because I didn't want to be a moaner in a sea of positive threads... but if there are more of us in the same boat, sign me up!
I suffer with binge eating disorder, and in 2015 was diagnosed with T2. Initially had some success with diet and exercise but bellyflopped (ah, yes, literally) and gained, becoming more ill as I went along.
I'd also tried pretty much everything but I can't last more than a few hours on lchf, fasting or any other methods others find useful. With diet clubs I lost a stone or two then always regained it with more besides.
I was started on Trulicity last April, and I am genuinely surprised at the results, stable almost-normal sugars, other levels back in the normal range and a very slow but steady weight loss. The best I had been able to do before was maintain.
It does seem that the appetite reducing effects are wearing off now, though. I've returned to feeling false hunger and being unable to stop thinking about food, and clearing my plate then looking for more.
I feel as though I've been given a glimpse of life without my eating disorder, and it felt wonderful. I could leave food on my plate, feeling full and knowing I wouldn't be hungry again in an hour. No cravings, no obsessive thoughts about eating every waking minute.
I am going to do my utmost to use that experience to continue doing well, but already I feel bereft of the gift of feeling satisfied with an appropriate amount of food.
I feel as though this is a cliff edge, or a point of no return. As so many on this thread already know, no amount of positive thinking can help me, no little mind tracks like a small plate, drinking a glass of water, etc. will change what happens.
One thing, and one thing only, made me realise what it must be like to be able to say the things successful weight losers say, and that was this brief time my appetite changed to what could be called "normal".
Yes, I have been taking metformin since 2015 - I didn't find it suppressed my appetite at all... gained weight, maintained and gained until going on trulicity this April. Following that, I've lost steadily. It's very slow and getting slower but I still notice a difference in appetite.Jpscloud - Do you currently take, or have you ever taken Metformin? Many people find it suppresses their appetite, although it doesn't have a big impact on blood glucose. It also seems it can be taken in conjunction with lots of other medications very safely.
I have had the pregnancy thing quite a bit, because most of my fat is around my middle. I've had people whisper behind my back rather tactlessly discussing whether to ask me if I'm pregnant or not and how embarrassing it would be for them if I was just fat! You have to smile, really.i binge too
for many years now.
i used to purge but got help
to stop that (purging)
i used to weigh 100 pounds less than i do now
and people
would say your fat or are u pregnant
i was living a highly active lifestyle(minimum 4 hours strenuous daily activity)
and dieting to lose weight
but could only maintain that weight
and since have tried everything under the sun
nothing works
and i used to hope and hope
but now i dont hope
Sometimes I worry about those who will be carrying my coffinim going to die someday
still FAT
so be it
i guess
What does this mean exactly and what tests did you have to confirm this?I have a type 1/type 2 hybrid
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