Weight loss not working - should I give up?

@Sally_8873 - How long have you been working on this?

I found my bloods moderated fairly promptly, post-diagnosis but the fasting level was lst to come into line. I also didn't find my bloods trickled downwards. I found my body liked to fight to hold onto it's status quo for as long as possible, prior to notching down to a "new"-for-then normal. And repeat.

Bearing in mind you have a Libre for 2 weeks, once that expires, how will you have any idea what your bloods are doing?

 

The only answer I could possibly give to that would be, "It might or it might not".

One of the most infurating things aboout our bodies is that each ne is unique, although with many commonalities, and many common reactions to given conditions.

It would be sensible to keep an eye on that weight loss though, as when I giot skinny, it took me some time to stabilise my weight loss. My current "fighting weight" is 48.5, give or take a kilo or so. When I lose weight, it takes an age to regain it.

For example, I spent a couple of months overseas earlier in the year. I came back at 46.5kg, which put me underweight, I felt too thin and my size 6s were looser than they should have been. It took me 2 months to get that 2kg back on, so please don't take anything for granted.

Just finally, my Libre readings have never reflected my A1cs.

 

I didn't carry much excess poundage at diagnosis, although I did have love handles. I never, ever tried to lose weight.

My approach was to eat to my meter.

I began esting, immediately on diagnosis; self-funded. I tested when I woke, before eating and 2 hours afterwards. I kept a diary of what I ate every day for a long time (say, a couple of years), and recorded every blood test for about the same term.

If my after eating blood test was more than 2 above my pre-eating number, I had to alter that meal, by either ditching the carb-containing content (swapping it for something else) or reducing the amount of the carb-containing and trying again another day.

If my after eating blood test was less than 2 above my pre-eating number, and I had enjoyed my meal, it was a keeper.

I didn't snack, but then I have never snacked.

Doing that, I noticed my overall scores come down, although, as I said before my fasting number was last to come into line. That is something many, many report. I also trimmed up quickly, then had to set about a strategy to maintain weight, whilst continuing to work on the bloods. My HbAics have gone like this:

T2 since October 2013. No medication.

HbA1c:
October 13: 73 or 8.8% (How did that happen?)
February 14: 37 or 5.5%
May 14: 34 or 5.3%
August 14: 32 or 5.1%
November 14: 33 or 5.1%
May 15: 31 or 5.0%
October 15: 33 or 5.1%
September 16: 31 or 5.0%
November 17: 33 or 5.1%
March 18: A "bonus", unexpected test due to other bloods - 30 or 4.9%. I joined the 4s club! I hadn't expected a reduction, having got used to toggling 33<>31<>33<>31 for the last 3 years, literally.
March 19: 27 or 4.6% Another surprising reduction.

Work in progress, but GP took me off the Diabetes Register, late 2014.

A very wise and well respected person once said we we moderate our carbs to satisfy our blood glucose meters and our fats to satisfy the bathroom scales. That makes sense to and for me.