- Messages
- 57
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi all.
My first post, so be gentle!
Received my Type 2 diagnosis last week. HbA1C of 80. Weight is 152kg. 49 years old
Obviously I need to lose weight, as well as bring down my mmol score.
Have started exercising, have removed 'white carbs' and am going down what resembles a "low GI" diet.
I've been prescribed Metformin - building up to 2000mg and a statin.
I would very much like to put the diabetes into remission. From reading around the forums, a lot of people seem to favour, and have found success with going very low carb, and Ketogenic.
The initial information I received was to cut out the 'white carbs' and switch to wholemeal flour, brown rice, sweet potato etc - along with taking in less carbs. I'm measuring that using MyFitnessPal. Even though I've reduced my Carb target - it's still at 165g
I'm confident that I can definitely lose weight through exercise and the GI approach, but I'm concerned that this won't really put a dent into my HbA1C of 80. Keto seems very challenging. I cook for my whole family, which makes it even more of a challenge.
Would appreciate peoples thoughts.
My first post, so be gentle!
Received my Type 2 diagnosis last week. HbA1C of 80. Weight is 152kg. 49 years old
Obviously I need to lose weight, as well as bring down my mmol score.
Have started exercising, have removed 'white carbs' and am going down what resembles a "low GI" diet.
I've been prescribed Metformin - building up to 2000mg and a statin.
I would very much like to put the diabetes into remission. From reading around the forums, a lot of people seem to favour, and have found success with going very low carb, and Ketogenic.
The initial information I received was to cut out the 'white carbs' and switch to wholemeal flour, brown rice, sweet potato etc - along with taking in less carbs. I'm measuring that using MyFitnessPal. Even though I've reduced my Carb target - it's still at 165g
I'm confident that I can definitely lose weight through exercise and the GI approach, but I'm concerned that this won't really put a dent into my HbA1C of 80. Keto seems very challenging. I cook for my whole family, which makes it even more of a challenge.
Would appreciate peoples thoughts.