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Advice regarding managing Type2 without medication.

@Quizzy

Good advice from LeadingLights and DocB.

After diagnosis I lost 22 kg to get down to my target weight/waist measurement. Now I feel a bit worse if it goes up by 2 kg, and appreciably better again when I get that 2kg off.

During weight loss I found I needed more protein than the recommend daily allowance of 0.75 g/kg body weight (e.g. 60g/day when 80 kg). Now I aim for 1.2-1.4 g/kg. Apparently we need more protein as we get older. I suppose that applies to me too, at 82!

So, if you are not doing so already, I'd pay attention to protein first. And then, unless you are more than just underweight now, I'd go by how you feel in yourself.
 
I second @JITR about the protein, as I bought a load of flavoured beef before Christmas, which my husband will not touch, so I have been having beef broth for breakfast. I just finished making up and putting into place some shelving I bought in the Black Friday sales, good sturdy stuff so fairly heavy. The last two showed a warning on the outside, two people needed - or, as it turns out, one determined granny.
It always did amuse people that I would think nothing of carrying two speakers or kit boxes when I was working as a roadie, but I have always been fairly strong. Perhaps that is why the physical effects of a statin hit me so hard when I could no longer manage to move the knitting machines for servicing to do a full day's work.
I did manage - same mind and determination, but it was a struggle and I needed to pace myself carefully, but luckily the Arts University were fine about the extended time required. Last year I was back to my old schedule even though they had more machines.
I'm just rereading the book by Leakey and Lewin 'Origins Reconsidered', and the importance of meat eating in the evolution from small brained Hominid to Homo Sapiens is reiterated very clearly.
 
Lisa1973 said:
Hi I’m new I not sure where I post my concerns sugar levels
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Just start a new thread, either on this board or the newbies board. Ask whatever you like. Somebody will have ideas that might help.
 
I think you are getting general lab notes, your personal target might be different. At your age, particularly if you are at risk of falls your target might be higher. Mine is 58 although I'm lower now, so they may change it.
As you describe yourself as skinny, I would wait to speak to your GP before you start restricting your diet and possibly lose weight (I mean restricting some food groups as opposed to just tweaking a few things in your diet).
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Welcome to the forum @maredcam18

And well done for keeping yourself so slim and active. HbA1c levels do tend to gradually rise as we get older, and as yours are just hovering around the diagnostic threshold it may be that a few relatively modest tweaks and changes are all that are required to gently nudge your HbA1c back down a little.

There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to managing diabetes, and you can see a lot of variation in the details of different people’s approaches. Some find a slightly lower carbohydrate way of eating (eg less than 130g per day) very effective. Others find very low carb suits them better. Still others find that very low carb (less than 50g per day) actually increases insulin resistance, and slightly higher carb is better for them.

It’s all about finding an approach that is sustainable, enjoyable, and steers your results in the right direction. 🙂
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That is interesting about the hba1c rises with age. I went pre-diabetic - 42, got back to normal now up at 42 again. I am 71. GP did think as I do not carry weight that it might be increased insulin resistance as I am getting older. I am trying again to get it back down.
 
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