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Weekly weigh in - Fridays

I have started weighing myself at the weekends - so I thought I would add a small comment on this thread....

I have lost approximately 20kg to date - that has taken me 2 years as my approach was to do it slowly (I was not diagnosed when I started) and I have continued because it has worked for me but amended more recently to LCHF and that is also working but still very gradually (most likely because I am away from home a lot and sometimes what is on offer is not the best options).

So this week I lost 0.3kg - I am happy with it because it is going in the right direction and for me that is what matters - I still do not feel I could cope with large weight loss (my thoughts are that if I feel deprived I will not stick with it and it has to be a change for the rest of my life). It also took me some 30+ years to get to where I was so I am just happy to be 20kg lighter and starting to see the blood glucose levels coming down - albeit very slowly.
 
Another 2lb off so now 12st 1.75lb, sticking to it despite some days with terrible cravings :eek:
 
Welshman1952 said:
Woohoo! Just broke the 15st barrier and I'm now 14st 13lbs - that means since diagnosis 2.5 months ago I've lost 36lbs!!!

Change of lifestyle, more exercise and a beautiful wife that feeds me gorgeous healthy foods are all to blame. Think I might like being fit and healthy again
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Can we borrow your good wife? lol
 
I fell off the low carb wagon recently.
I'm posting my restarting weight today at 128.80kgs fully on metformin today.
Just had a hypo and water retention too.

See you next week! :)
 
KevinPotts said:
Keep your chin up....:)


Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

6/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 11lbs, waist 30".

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
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Thanks @KevinPotts it means a lot.
I need some encouragement lately.
I want to do 20g again but afraid incase ill again but i felt good on it.
 
I think I could just repeat last week's post - so up another 2-3 kilos again, and feeling fat, burpy, bloaty on and off, and now also not feeling very well since Wednesday...

But, my trousers don't feel tight round my hips or bum - and they tend to be my real weight loss and gain "thermometer!! :D

Everything else is nice and well behaved: my glucose levels have come back down a bit again, my blood pressure is as low as it's ever been, and I'm nicely in ketosis, so who am I to complain!

Robbity
 
Up to 10st 3lbs yesterday.:( I haven't been eating more, but I didn't walk much during the week as grass pollen levels have been high, and hayfever, or the anti-histamines, make me feel tired. I didn't go out at all yesterday.
I hope to get back down to 10st by next Friday.
 
Down to my target Personal Fat Threshold of 11st (70kg), might even be a tad lower when I get to the doc next Thursday for my second blood work post diagnosis 3 months ago.

So may now have to think about maintaining weight:)

So I've lost my final 16kgs in the last 12 weeks, no doubt helped by my intermittent fasting. Now with a I of 21.1


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One thing I did not reckon on was that coming of metformin has affected my weight so have actually gained a couple of pounds and am back up to 12st 3Lb also being taken off furosemide has caused me to start having a problem with water retention again so will suggest to doctor going back on the diuretics. hopefully system will adjust to the absence of metformin and I will get back on track soon.
 
JohnEGreen said:
One thing I did not reckon on was that coming of metformin has affected my weight so have actually gained a couple of pounds and am back up to 12st 3Lb also being taken off furosemide has caused me to start having a problem with water retention again so will suggest to doctor going back on the diuretics. hopefully system will adjust to the absence of metformin and I will get back on track soon.
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I've just started back on metformin and I've noticed water retention in my arms but legs look thinner. Swollen sticking out stomach pouch has gone. No more looking pregnant. I just need to lose or try to lose insulin injections, which is the hardest part. Any weight loss I'll be happy with.
 
Sunday is my weigh in day and so I can report I have lost 1kg this week - really pleased with that!
 
I weighed myself yesterday and I've lost another pound - just 1 more pound and I'll have lost a stone :)
 
Anoher 2lb off this week now 11st 13.75lbs, no longer obese, just slipped into the overweight category :)
 
Down 2lbs from last Friday to 10st 1lb today. Better, but I still want to get back to 10st or below.
 
I seem to be back down to my 95 kilos again this week! I think perhaps my ups and downs at the moment are due to my current unfortunate combination of fluid and bloat - though I'm not actually retaining fluid just rather frequently "disposing" of it...:eek: I have done a few 12-16 hour fasts when I've not felt at all hungry but other days I've eaten well.

Robbity
 
I have neither lost or gained

Perhaps next week ....

I will be trying some meal replacement things for lunch for a few days and when I do get off the glic, will be trying 5:2 ....
 
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