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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi, I'm so fed up with trying to watch my diet. Two years ago I was diagnosed with T2 with an HbA1c of 48 and told to eat healthily and exercise. I managed to lose two stones and brought my HbA1c down to 39 in 18 months. Success!! But I felt like c**p following a LCHF diet, aiming for 50 g CHO a day. I had constant brain fog, tired and hungry all the time, constipated, my hair thinned out and went frizzy and I looked old and ill. I was sick to death of eating protein and fat.
Last summer I went away on a study week and ate the 'take it or leave it' menu of mainly vegan food. Yes, that was scary!! All those beans and carbs. But I felt so much better. My energy levels rose and I felt alive again. I came home and decided I'd have a go at whole food plant based. Yes, I felt good for a few weeks eating less meat and dairy and more veg and fruit (one apple a day because an apple a day keeps the doctor away doesn't it?). But my weight was creeping up. Next I tried cutting out fructose while WFPB and then reducing the saturated fat I was eating and eating more avocados - one a day. Eventually I was eating a mediterranean style diet - more veg, less fruit, meat cheese, with low carb bread, no potatoes, rice but some pasta. A scone on a Sunday afternoon was a regular treat and a white-flour panini if nothing else available. So I've really fallen off the LCHF wagon. I've also tried to stick to 16:8 fasting throughout.
So I'm posting today because I've put 9 lbs back on and my FBG is back in the diabetic range but I can't face LCHF again. Forgot to mention last year my cholesterol was up and my GP wanted to prescribe statins. I refused saying I would try to get it down by diet! Three months later I got a DVT after a short-haul flight. My resistance to viruses is very low and I've literally had one cold after another since October last year.
I feel panicky when I see my weight and FBG creeping up because I don't want to go on metformin but LCHF is difficult for me.
So what do I do next? I could use some inspiration here because I'm stressed out with it all.
Sixpence
Last summer I went away on a study week and ate the 'take it or leave it' menu of mainly vegan food. Yes, that was scary!! All those beans and carbs. But I felt so much better. My energy levels rose and I felt alive again. I came home and decided I'd have a go at whole food plant based. Yes, I felt good for a few weeks eating less meat and dairy and more veg and fruit (one apple a day because an apple a day keeps the doctor away doesn't it?). But my weight was creeping up. Next I tried cutting out fructose while WFPB and then reducing the saturated fat I was eating and eating more avocados - one a day. Eventually I was eating a mediterranean style diet - more veg, less fruit, meat cheese, with low carb bread, no potatoes, rice but some pasta. A scone on a Sunday afternoon was a regular treat and a white-flour panini if nothing else available. So I've really fallen off the LCHF wagon. I've also tried to stick to 16:8 fasting throughout.
So I'm posting today because I've put 9 lbs back on and my FBG is back in the diabetic range but I can't face LCHF again. Forgot to mention last year my cholesterol was up and my GP wanted to prescribe statins. I refused saying I would try to get it down by diet! Three months later I got a DVT after a short-haul flight. My resistance to viruses is very low and I've literally had one cold after another since October last year.
I feel panicky when I see my weight and FBG creeping up because I don't want to go on metformin but LCHF is difficult for me.
So what do I do next? I could use some inspiration here because I'm stressed out with it all.
Sixpence