I am currently being tested for diabetes. I am a 27 year old female and have always been a healthy and slim weight.
My Hba1c in October was 48 (plus elevated liver enzymes) and in December was 47 (liver enzymes improved). The doctor has requested to retest in March due to being borderline.
I have been working very hard to improve my diet and have been exercising 2-3 times a week for the past few years. My diet has never been ‘bad’ however I do love chocolate. I initially greatly reduced sugar intake and only ate wholewheat carbs, now I am on a Keto diet, consuming maximum 70g of carbs a day but most days a lot less than this. Having bought a fit bit it has become rather easy to track my macros.
Although I am eating high fat foods I am constantly hungry and have unintentionally lost 1 stone in weight since the change in diet. I am now classed as underweight.
The most frustrating thing is I have purchased a blood glucose monitor and my fasting blood sugar in the mornings is consistently mid to high 6 and 2 hours after my evening meal I am reaching between high 9 and more recently as high as 12.
What am I doing wrong here and does anyone have any advice for me. Will I start to see improvements the longer I try this? As you can imagine cutting out most chocolate also carbs has been tough in itself and frustrating that I am still not seeing normal scores since doing Keto.
My Hba1c in October was 48 (plus elevated liver enzymes) and in December was 47 (liver enzymes improved). The doctor has requested to retest in March due to being borderline.
I have been working very hard to improve my diet and have been exercising 2-3 times a week for the past few years. My diet has never been ‘bad’ however I do love chocolate. I initially greatly reduced sugar intake and only ate wholewheat carbs, now I am on a Keto diet, consuming maximum 70g of carbs a day but most days a lot less than this. Having bought a fit bit it has become rather easy to track my macros.
Although I am eating high fat foods I am constantly hungry and have unintentionally lost 1 stone in weight since the change in diet. I am now classed as underweight.
The most frustrating thing is I have purchased a blood glucose monitor and my fasting blood sugar in the mornings is consistently mid to high 6 and 2 hours after my evening meal I am reaching between high 9 and more recently as high as 12.
What am I doing wrong here and does anyone have any advice for me. Will I start to see improvements the longer I try this? As you can imagine cutting out most chocolate also carbs has been tough in itself and frustrating that I am still not seeing normal scores since doing Keto.