Hi everyone
Well I just saw the thread on monday and wanted to put an update but I could not type it all.
So I had one a1c done in june and I was 40 on that I think if i am not wrong.
I kept doing low carb and 16:8 IF, I think that has really helped me a lot.
If I see from may(which is when my ND finished) till now, I gained about 4 kilos as soon as I stopped ND, but I have kept my weight maintained very well with a variation of 1 kilo up or down, which can easily be down to water retention. For me IF has worked wonders and I combine it with HIT.
In last 3 months I shifted to moderate carb, about 100g per day and not a lot of exercise, then during Christmas I went for holidays to India and there for a month and all hell broke loose, I just could not have anything or get anything low carb, so I ate normal food, I started having carbs 3 times a day and had icecreams every night, I was quite concerned about my a1c so I went for a test and I came back at 39. I know it is high but I literally lost myself to carbs there, I gained about 2 kilos there and then came back to UK.
I have still not managed to start HIT but I have started walking about 2 to 3 miles a day as I was not walking at all so slowly building up, I had to eat what I could get but now i am back on low carb and low fat for now to get rid of some weight.
While I was in India I did not see my bloods going above 6.8, I did have a period of about 3 months where I had let myself loose for various reasons, but my a1c behaved, but that does not mean I am going back to the old ways of eating, I have got back on the low carb diet.
Fasting is between 4.5 to 5.3
2 hours after meal is below 6 if low carb and below 7 if high carb.
@Steve50 since you are looking to go back on nd for a couple of weeks, I saw an advert few days ago of slimfast with reduced sugar, you could give that a go. Please check if the nutritional info is the same as i am not aware of it.
What
@Pipp said is spot on, we cant go back to old ways of eating, this is what we did in the first place and got here.