Hi All, I was was diagnosed with pre-diabetes about 4 years ago. I buried my head in the sand until last year I tipped the balance with an A1C reading of 49. Whilst this would have been the time to really get to grips with my diabetes I continued to ignore it and over the last 18 months have gone from A1C 49 up to 70 at my last test 3 weeks ago. So I am now fully focused on getting this under control.
I am 5'11" and 134KG so BMI over 40. My initial goal has been to get the blood sugar under control. So I have stayed out of the pub and avoided bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. This has certainly worked and using a Libre 2 sensor have managed to stay in the "green zone" (4-10mmol) for the last two weeks. At the moment the app is gauging my A1C at 6.5% / 48mmol after two weeks. So clearly my eating habits are having the desired affects. However as yet I have not lost much if any weight. As with many low carb dieters I am know I am overeating meat and dairy to make up for the loss of carbs. So I guess that is where I need to focus.
So now that I am under way I need to focus on calories as well as carbs to help reduce my weight ! My aim is to get to 100KG this year. Its going to be hard work !.
I am 5'11" and 134KG so BMI over 40. My initial goal has been to get the blood sugar under control. So I have stayed out of the pub and avoided bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. This has certainly worked and using a Libre 2 sensor have managed to stay in the "green zone" (4-10mmol) for the last two weeks. At the moment the app is gauging my A1C at 6.5% / 48mmol after two weeks. So clearly my eating habits are having the desired affects. However as yet I have not lost much if any weight. As with many low carb dieters I am know I am overeating meat and dairy to make up for the loss of carbs. So I guess that is where I need to focus.
So now that I am under way I need to focus on calories as well as carbs to help reduce my weight ! My aim is to get to 100KG this year. Its going to be hard work !.
