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Anyone had big weight loss and gone into remission?

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Drummer said:
I fixed my blood glucose first, just by not eating carbs.
My weight reduced, my Hba1c reduced (91 to 41) and I am classed as in remission, but what it has not fixed is the ease with which I put on weight eating carbs.
I am far happier eating this way and having my clothes gradually get looser. I have heading for an M now, and I used to wear XXL.
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So I will no longer have to move out of the way in Ashley Road when I pass you? Cheers and well done to you love for doing it. My tummy stubbornly refuses to budge, but my legs and arms have got really thin so the lovely Jane tells me.....my granddaughter still says you have a fat tummy grandad!
Cheers Tony.
 
Barfly said:
@Sharron1 No. I am due to see the diabetic nursie on the 10th Aug. I'll be sure to add this to my list of questions.
Will post on the forum the response I get.
Cheers Tony.
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Good luck. I hope you get some answer, it is an interesting question. It won't be a definitive answer because diabetes is so different for everyone, but I can't believe that there isn't a research study somewhere.
 
Drummer said:
I fixed my blood glucose first, just by not eating carbs.
My weight reduced, my Hba1c reduced (91 to 41) and I am classed as in remission, but what it has not fixed is the ease with which I put on weight eating carbs.
I am far happier eating this way and having my clothes gradually get looser. I have heading for an M now, and I used to wear XXL.
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I'm in Sainsbury's collecting an order of sale T shirts in L.
 
Barfly said:
So I will no longer have to move out of the way in Ashley Road when I pass you? Cheers and well done to you love for doing it. My tummy stubbornly refuses to budge, but my legs and arms have got really thin so the lovely Jane tells me.....my granddaughter still says you have a fat tummy grandad!
Cheers Tony.
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Ah - but I will probably be trundling along my trolley stacked with my melodeon and other music stuff - you'll need to watch your toes.
 
abbiosbiston said:
Does 15kg count as a big loss? I went from 81kg to 66kg and dropped my Hb1AC from 48 to 28.
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I should cocoa. I would love to drop 5-10kg. I presume you are a female... 66kg for a guy is pretty small.
 
Yes - 15Kg or 15% is the target to put T2 into remission...

Lol, I'm a guy and I'm 64.5Kg! - I'm 5'4...lost 12.9Kg so far in 12 weeks....
 
I'm 5ft 4in and 55.6 kg. I have always wanted to be 6 inches taller !
 
I have lost just over 25kg in the past year and Hba1c of 108 down to 36 now. I can eat the odd treat now without my Bg rising by more than 2mmol/L. Although i will stick with being mainly low carb and exercising daily just because i feel better and to keep my weight down. I have now dropped from 2000mg to 500mg Metformin without a lot of difference in Bg levels. So prob heading towards remission.
Forgot to mention my diet is around 100 carbs a day.
 
Gwynn said:
I'm 5ft 4in and 55.6 kg. I have always wanted to be 6 inches taller !
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I've always been happy with my height, I have however always wanted to be less weighty! - I am now, but would still like at some point get down a little further maybe around 60Kg..

Unfortunately, I don't think there's a cure for lack of height though lol!
 
Loobyloo said:
I have lost just over 25kg in the past year and Hba1c of 108 down to 36 now. I can eat the odd treat now without my Bg rising by more than 2mmol/L. Although i will stick with being mainly low carb and exercising daily just because i feel better and to keep my weight down. I have now dropped from 2000mg to 500mg Metformin without a lot of difference in Bg levels. So prob heading towards remission.
Forgot to mention my diet is around 100 carbs a day.
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That's a great result also! well done you! - at Hba1c of 36, you're techically low enough to be in remission (although full remission is without medication..)
 
Kreator said:
That's a great result also! well done you! - at Hba1c of 36, you're techically low enough to be in remission (although full remission is without medication..)
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I realise that and could probably drop the last 500mg but at the moment i have decided to keep taking for the possible health benefits.
 
abbiosbiston said:
For me 15kg was 20% of my body weight.
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For me, my weight loss was 16.5% body weight...Professor Roy Taylor in his book suggests 15% body weight loss for people under 80Kg to start with can be enough to put T2 into remission 😉
 
Kreator said:
For me, my weight loss was 16.5% body weight...Professor Roy Taylor in his book suggests 15% body weight loss for people under 80Kg to start with can be enough to put T2 into remission 😉
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Both the community Diabetic Nurse and Dietician said with my current Hb1AC and how much I work out, I've probably lost enough. My GP wanted a 25% weight loss but the Dietician said there's no scientific basis for that so I'm going to aim for maintenance now.
 
Haggied said:
Wow, well done you two on turning your life around. I am motivated to change things too but love reading your stories. It really is inspirational!
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Thanks, husband just said 'still more work needed '. I do hope things work for you, I have never lost this much weight so it does happen
 
38% less of me after 9 months of strict diet and latterly increased exercise. 55.5 Kg now down from 94 Kg. I am probably in remission now with an HbA1c of 34 (was 140 at diagnosis)

I have always hated being short. I felt I was always invisible and often unworthy...
 
I used to wear boots which made me 5ft 10 or 11 tall - I once walked into a club wearing a satin blouse, matching suede waistcoat and miniskirt and the black boots, which were the tallest, and three men dropped their drinks.
 
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