Speaking as a lay person, what I am gleaning, trying to understand and fix my Type 2 diabetes: So much of the discussion on this forum is on diet and lowering carbs to manage diabetes. But T2D is part of a metabolic or insulin resistance syndrome, and other factors impact it.
For a good while, I was baffled as to why my strategies of low carb and 16/8 intermittent fasting which I began in October 2024 weren't working as well. True, I have lapses, but I'd always had lapses - worse ones - and my body forgave and my HbA1c went down from 88 to 52 in 5 months. Then, in March, I noticed it started falling apart (not totally) when I had surgery with ensuing pain and a perhaps consequential health problem, which persists. Was chronic stress contributing to my raised glucose level? And poor sleep? No food after 6 p.m. began to make me feel very hungry, also waking me up. Plus, I have little subcutaneous fat, but my waist remains stubbornly large. I have to assume it is visceral fat. From what I read, it is this fat, not so much subcutaneous fat, which triggers insulin resistance and diabetes. It looks like these factors are driving up my glucose levels, even with my low carb diet.
So, I won't despair, but the task is harder than I thought. Anyone else in the same boat?
For a good while, I was baffled as to why my strategies of low carb and 16/8 intermittent fasting which I began in October 2024 weren't working as well. True, I have lapses, but I'd always had lapses - worse ones - and my body forgave and my HbA1c went down from 88 to 52 in 5 months. Then, in March, I noticed it started falling apart (not totally) when I had surgery with ensuing pain and a perhaps consequential health problem, which persists. Was chronic stress contributing to my raised glucose level? And poor sleep? No food after 6 p.m. began to make me feel very hungry, also waking me up. Plus, I have little subcutaneous fat, but my waist remains stubbornly large. I have to assume it is visceral fat. From what I read, it is this fat, not so much subcutaneous fat, which triggers insulin resistance and diabetes. It looks like these factors are driving up my glucose levels, even with my low carb diet.
So, I won't despair, but the task is harder than I thought. Anyone else in the same boat?