Hi, does everyone get on with metformin

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Hi, new to this, hardly any support from GP, thought I ate fairly healthy, brown pasta, rice, grain, lots of different fruit and veg, seeds, nuts. Have cut down on carbs a lot, try to have none at least 4 days a week, been on low dose metformin as well for about six weeks, not losing any weight or feeling any benefit yet, is this normal, thought I might feel some improvement, less tingling in hands and feet , thanks for reading this far, what am I doing wrong?
 
dianeolley said:
Hi, new to this, hardly any support from GP, thought I ate fairly healthy, brown pasta, rice, grain, lots of different fruit and veg, seeds, nuts. Have cut down on carbs a lot, try to have none at least 4 days a week, been on low dose metformin as well for about six weeks, not losing any weight or feeling any benefit yet, is this normal, thought I might feel some improvement, less tingling in hands and feet , thanks for reading this far, what am I doing wrong?
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Diet is going to have the most impact and if you are still having rice, pasta, bread and grains which are all high carb regardless of colour that could be the issue. Very difficult to have NO carbs, better to have a low amount of carbs and have plenty of protein and healthy fats, so meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dairy with veg and salads and fruit like berries.
Have a look at this link and you may see there are some foods that are best not had.
https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
A planned approach with a regime you are enjoying which will therefore be sustainable and will just become your new way of eating.
 
Hi @dianeolley and welcome to the forum. Do you know what your last HbA1c was? Its a good place for us to start from when helping you to get to grips with your diagnosis and the sort of things you might expect find.

In answer to your question....nearly everybody gets on with metformin OK but some do not. Some find it effective, especially at higher doses but some do not. Where you fit in to the general experience is only found out by trial and error!
 
dianeolley said:
Hi, new to this, hardly any support from GP, thought I ate fairly healthy, brown pasta, rice, grain, lots of different fruit and veg, seeds, nuts. Have cut down on carbs a lot, try to have none at least 4 days a week, been on low dose metformin as well for about six weeks, not losing any weight or feeling any benefit yet, is this normal, thought I might feel some improvement, less tingling in hands and feet , thanks for reading this far, what am I doing wrong?
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I found it was calories for me.
Eat less, and the weight came off.
I did a low fat diet, then finished my diabetes reversal with the 800 calorie shake based Newcastle Diet.
 
Sorry to hear you aren’t seeing the results you had hoped for @dianeolley :(

It may be a matter of time, and sticking with the changes you have made a while longer?

How long have you been living with diabetes?

Have you got a BG meter to check your responses to the meals you are having now?

The most affordable meters members here have found are the SD Gluco Navii or the Spirit Tee2 - which both have relatively affordable test strips - around £10 for a pot of 50 (some brands can be almost 3x that!)

Keep at it… hopefully your hard work will begin to pay off soon.
 
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Hi @dianeolley and welcome to the forum. Do you know what your last HbA1c was? Its a good place for us to start from when helping you to get to grips with your diagnosis and the sort of things you might expect find.

In answer to your question....nearly everybody gets on with metformin OK but some do not. Some find it effective, especially at higher doses but some do not. Where you fit in to the general experience is only found out by trial and error!
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My Hba1c was 50, but huge family history, really would like to get it into remision but grain carbs are difficult, I really miss them, and work evenings, apart from taking salads to work, which is getting boring, cannot eat spicy foods, what do others take to eat
 
I have a lunch tub into which I put some "salad bag" contents, some mayonaise or coleslaw, roasted cashew or peanuts, chunks of two different cheeses, three sundried tomatoes, salami. The cafeteria at work serves soup every day which is nice. If they didn't I'd probably bring my own and heat it there.

I fill a smaller tub with yoghurt, cream, a few berries and some erithrytol or xylotol sweetener.

It takes a while to eat and it's quite filling.

If you have access to a microwave oven at work then you have all the options of reheating what's left in your fridge!
 
Are you keeping a food diary to keep track of calories? I’m following a low carb approach to try and control the diabetes but I’m also having to restrict calories to lose weight.

I use My Fitness Pal to log my daily food intake and find it really helps to keep me focused and on track.
 
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