Hi Ive been loitering on this forum for a while now and acted on some advice ive been reading. I was diagnosed as type 2 in September. My a1c was 51 and my cholesterol was 6.6. I think ive been pretty borderline for a while now as i have been tested regularly for over a year, but strangely enough never been told about diabetes, what to do about my readings etc. Only told to keep going back every few months for a repeat. Many members in my family are also type 2.
I began reading up on the lchf diet and started this soon after diagnosis. I wouldnt say that i was high fat though, i just started using butter (although i very rarely eat bread) and i have double cream when i eat berries etc. Ive also been cooking in olive oil.
Ive not touched a cake, biscuit, cereal, pasta or pastry for the past 3 months. Ive been baking cakes from lchf recipes i have found using ground almonds and coconut. Ive also lost 1 stone 6lb, my bmi has now gone from 26 to 24 and ive also lost 10cm from my waist since September. I dont want to lose much more weight, maybe about another 4-6lb just to take me to 8.5 stone would be good. Im only 5ft 1" so feel this will be enough for me.
I have a bg monitor and test first thing in mornings, before and 2 hours after lunch and dinner and before bed and ive managed to lower all my levels to between 4 and 7.7. Actually i very rarely go over 7 now.
Ive had my repeat a1c and cholesterol this week, and just phoned for my results. The a1c has not been checked as yet so they were unable to give me the figure for this but my cholesterol was 5.8. The reception was unable to give me the breakdown for the cholesterol but i was told it is being reviewed.
I did not wish to start taking statins when i had my first visit with the diabetes nurse in October and said i would try to manage it by diet, which i feel i have done and really thought that it would come in a lot lower than that. I know that without the breakdown it would be hard to say what was actually high and i intend to get that, hopefully next week. What im wondering is how long does the cholesterol take to go down. My surgery like it to be 4 and under apparently. Thank you so much for listening.
I began reading up on the lchf diet and started this soon after diagnosis. I wouldnt say that i was high fat though, i just started using butter (although i very rarely eat bread) and i have double cream when i eat berries etc. Ive also been cooking in olive oil.
Ive not touched a cake, biscuit, cereal, pasta or pastry for the past 3 months. Ive been baking cakes from lchf recipes i have found using ground almonds and coconut. Ive also lost 1 stone 6lb, my bmi has now gone from 26 to 24 and ive also lost 10cm from my waist since September. I dont want to lose much more weight, maybe about another 4-6lb just to take me to 8.5 stone would be good. Im only 5ft 1" so feel this will be enough for me.
I have a bg monitor and test first thing in mornings, before and 2 hours after lunch and dinner and before bed and ive managed to lower all my levels to between 4 and 7.7. Actually i very rarely go over 7 now.
Ive had my repeat a1c and cholesterol this week, and just phoned for my results. The a1c has not been checked as yet so they were unable to give me the figure for this but my cholesterol was 5.8. The reception was unable to give me the breakdown for the cholesterol but i was told it is being reviewed.
I did not wish to start taking statins when i had my first visit with the diabetes nurse in October and said i would try to manage it by diet, which i feel i have done and really thought that it would come in a lot lower than that. I know that without the breakdown it would be hard to say what was actually high and i intend to get that, hopefully next week. What im wondering is how long does the cholesterol take to go down. My surgery like it to be 4 and under apparently. Thank you so much for listening.
