Hello

[Petmat1all]

I am Peter and was recently advised I have type 2 Diabetes. My "symptoms" are reactively mild and manageable at the moment. I am setting up an appointment at my doctors to try to understand how it might progress. I have two dogs and walk them twice a day. Any comments would be most welcome.

 

[Barny]

Same here, just been informed my HbA1c is 6.7% or 50. It was 49 so I recently stopped alcohol, cakes and sweets and walked more and the numbers went up! What to do next?

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi to both of you and welcome to the forum.
Wherever you are on the diabetes ladder, 50mmol/mol is just on the first rung, then dietary changes are going to be the most effective way of reducing your HbA1C.
By following the principals in this link I reduced my HbA1C from 50 to 42 mmol/mol in 3 months, It is a low carb approach which I found very easy to implement and really is my new way of eating which is sustainable, I am now 2 plus years down the line and am now at 36mmol/mol.

Freshwell Low Carb Project - Home

lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk

Also if you can increase your exercise that that helps as well.
Just to say low carb does not mean NO carbs though people are individual in what the can tolerate but a good starting point is no more than 130g TOTAL carbs per day.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Petmat1all (and @Barny !)

Sorry to hear you’ve had to join our little club, but glad you’ve found the forum.

It can be really helpful to have the ‘hive mind’ of members to compare notes with. We have all sorts of folks, with vastly different lengths of diabetes duration, and all finding their own way through the options and alternatives, and developing a way of managing their diabetes that works for them.

Some focus on losing weight by lowering their calorie intake, there is research that shows that significant weight loss (especially of visceral fat in the abdomen) can reset the metabolism and help the pancreas and liver to function properly.

Others opt for a moderate or low carb approach to focus more on BG management to begin with, and find that weight reduces as a by-product.

Either way can work, but different people find one or other route works better for them.