shrinking_violet
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hello all!!
Less than a year ago, I posted my success story! I reduced my weight by 3 stones, HBA1c to 35 and took my no longer required Metformin back to the chemist!!! Doctor and DN so very pleased with me! Me pleased with me!! A wardrobe full of new clothes (Size 12 - just sayin' !!) Happy, happy, happy!
What is that sage old saying? "Pride comes before a fall"
It so does!
Whilst I have maintained a low carb lifestyle - I'm a diabetic so carbs are sooo bad for me,right - my previous attention to detail (logging food, weighing myself and daily BG testing, 30 mins brisk walk daily) fell by the wayside. Stupid, stupid woman
Facing up to the fact that my clothes were a little "snug" and that I just didn't feel "right", I dragged the scales back out, blew the dust off and jumped on. Of the 3 stone I had lost, all was back larded all over me, bar 8lbs. Stupid, stupid woman
My mind raced with tactics to get rid of this weight PDQ. A week's fast? Shake VLCD? SW? WW? I lost it before, I can do it again PANIC!
Clinic appointment early last week - HBA1c now 53 - gulp! DN insisted that there is no need to restart meds. Suggested that it probably wasn't necessary to go shake/bars route as "you know what you're doing - just get back on track, do what you did for results that you had" She suggested that I chatted with GP (who is very supportive) before I splash out on the shakes.
Chat with GP has re-focussed my mind. I am a post-menopausal woman. My lowest weight (9st 8lbs - sigh) whilst appealing to my vain self, is probably too difficult to sustain (it has proved to be so) With her help, my new target is 10st 7lb. A healthy BMI which should yield a "non-diabetic" HBA1C. Hopefully, I'll look ok too (I know, I know, I'm a vain, recent 60 year old!!) I've also realised that my lifelong carb addiction is still lurking and that I will always need to "watch what I eat" I'm now back to logging, maintaining a daily 1200 1300 calorie intake as well as by passing all obvious carbs - accepting that there is a certain amount in leafy greens which is sustaining me along with the other amazing foods that we CAN have!
The reason for this rambling post (sorry) I just wanted to put it out there that, even with amazing successes, there are occasions when blips occur that knock us for six! I've just described mine. Part of the "journey" in beating this condition may well be littered with disappointment and setbacks. We just need to drag ourselves back up on the wagon and keep on rolling on - the alternative (for me, anyway) is just too awful to contemplate!!
PS - weight loss now resumed - onwards and downwards - again!!
PPS - watch this space........................
Less than a year ago, I posted my success story! I reduced my weight by 3 stones, HBA1c to 35 and took my no longer required Metformin back to the chemist!!! Doctor and DN so very pleased with me! Me pleased with me!! A wardrobe full of new clothes (Size 12 - just sayin' !!) Happy, happy, happy!
What is that sage old saying? "Pride comes before a fall"
It so does!
Whilst I have maintained a low carb lifestyle - I'm a diabetic so carbs are sooo bad for me,right - my previous attention to detail (logging food, weighing myself and daily BG testing, 30 mins brisk walk daily) fell by the wayside. Stupid, stupid woman
Facing up to the fact that my clothes were a little "snug" and that I just didn't feel "right", I dragged the scales back out, blew the dust off and jumped on. Of the 3 stone I had lost, all was back larded all over me, bar 8lbs. Stupid, stupid woman
My mind raced with tactics to get rid of this weight PDQ. A week's fast? Shake VLCD? SW? WW? I lost it before, I can do it again PANIC!
Clinic appointment early last week - HBA1c now 53 - gulp! DN insisted that there is no need to restart meds. Suggested that it probably wasn't necessary to go shake/bars route as "you know what you're doing - just get back on track, do what you did for results that you had" She suggested that I chatted with GP (who is very supportive) before I splash out on the shakes.
Chat with GP has re-focussed my mind. I am a post-menopausal woman. My lowest weight (9st 8lbs - sigh) whilst appealing to my vain self, is probably too difficult to sustain (it has proved to be so) With her help, my new target is 10st 7lb. A healthy BMI which should yield a "non-diabetic" HBA1C. Hopefully, I'll look ok too (I know, I know, I'm a vain, recent 60 year old!!) I've also realised that my lifelong carb addiction is still lurking and that I will always need to "watch what I eat" I'm now back to logging, maintaining a daily 1200 1300 calorie intake as well as by passing all obvious carbs - accepting that there is a certain amount in leafy greens which is sustaining me along with the other amazing foods that we CAN have!
The reason for this rambling post (sorry) I just wanted to put it out there that, even with amazing successes, there are occasions when blips occur that knock us for six! I've just described mine. Part of the "journey" in beating this condition may well be littered with disappointment and setbacks. We just need to drag ourselves back up on the wagon and keep on rolling on - the alternative (for me, anyway) is just too awful to contemplate!!
PS - weight loss now resumed - onwards and downwards - again!!
PPS - watch this space........................
