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This evening I tested my non-diabetic wife . . . I had a lower postprandial than she had
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<blockquote data-quote="Daphne917" data-source="post: 2390205" data-attributes="member: 124172"><p>[USER=85197]@zand[/USER] I was similar in that my mother was T2 diabetic so, in the early days, I assumed low fat, no sugar, whole meal everything was the way to control my diabetes as she had tried to until I researched for information, found this forum and cut down on carbs although I still average approx 130g per day. I did manage to lose weight but not much. Accordingly to an endo I saw about 40 years ago I have a very efficient metabolism and unstable thyroid and have struggled to lose weight since my teens as dropping too many calories makes me ill so I probably only lost 2.5 stone since diagnosis but it became easier to lose weight once my thyroid decided to make up its mind ie underactive and I was finally started on medication - up until that point for approx 35 years it was either under, over or ok but, luckily, my then GP insisted on testing it every 6 months. I probably average a weight loss of 3-4 lb a year now if I’m lucky! I may have also been lucky in that my hba1c was 48 on diagnosis so only just on the cusp of diabetes but increased significantly thanks to statins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daphne917, post: 2390205, member: 124172"] [USER=85197]@zand[/USER] I was similar in that my mother was T2 diabetic so, in the early days, I assumed low fat, no sugar, whole meal everything was the way to control my diabetes as she had tried to until I researched for information, found this forum and cut down on carbs although I still average approx 130g per day. I did manage to lose weight but not much. Accordingly to an endo I saw about 40 years ago I have a very efficient metabolism and unstable thyroid and have struggled to lose weight since my teens as dropping too many calories makes me ill so I probably only lost 2.5 stone since diagnosis but it became easier to lose weight once my thyroid decided to make up its mind ie underactive and I was finally started on medication - up until that point for approx 35 years it was either under, over or ok but, luckily, my then GP insisted on testing it every 6 months. I probably average a weight loss of 3-4 lb a year now if I’m lucky! I may have also been lucky in that my hba1c was 48 on diagnosis so only just on the cusp of diabetes but increased significantly thanks to statins. [/QUOTE]
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