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[Canucklehead]

Hello. I’ve been reading the forum since my pre-diabetes diagnosis at the end of October. Had been feeling quite rough so my GP ordered a battery of tests. To my great surprise my HbAc1 is 43 mmol/mol after registering 38 a year ago. Also have high cholesterol (Serum Cholesterol 6.2) with family history of cardiac disease.

My GP has been very supportive & agreed that the pre-d is the problem I need to address first. The hope is my cholesterol will drop with weight loss & low carb meals. I’m attending the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (Xyla is the provider & the jury is out on that at the moment). I’ve downloaded the Freshwell app as well as Carbs & Cals to record my food intake, bought all of Katie Caldesi’s books among others. I’ve been low carb for several weeks (pescatarian) feel much better & have lost weight. I walk every day. Don’t have a sweet tooth but it appears bread, pasta and lots of fruit have been my downfall.

I bought the Contour Blue meter last week and have been testing foods/meals for spikes. Homemade pizza sent my levels rocketing with slow recovery. My fasting reading is averaging 4.5 mmol/l.

This forum is a fabulous resource and is helping me on my journey. Next HbAc1 is in February so paws crossed I will see a reduction.
Thanks for reading

 

[rebrascora]

Hi and welcome.

Sounds like you are doing all the right things and and fasting readings in the 4s are excellent, so I am very optimistic about your test results in Feb. Keep up the good work!

 

[pjgtech]

Hi and welcome. I am also with Xyla, doing the T2D pathway to remission scheme. Just finished the initial 12 week diet.
They are good, and their app is good also, with their own forum, record keeping, and record tracker, eg: weight, BG, BP, etc and lots of good info and learning resources.
But the company they use for meal replacements are not so great IMHO, (Altra Life) as the choice of soups and shakes is dire. I hated the soups, so stuck with the shakes, but they only have about 6 flavours! So it can get a bit boring.
I also bought some meal replacements direct (not via Xyla) from Shake that Weight, as they have a much larger selection of meal replacement products including soups, shakes, snack bars and meals.
Let us know how you get on.... cheers

 

[Canucklehead]

Hi and welcome.

Sounds like you are doing all the right things and and fasting readings in the 4s are excellent, so I am very optimistic about your test results in Feb. Keep up the good work!

Thank you. I’m trying my best to win this battle. Spent a lot of time on here researching. I’ll update when I have a result.

 

[Canucklehead]

Hi and welcome. I am also with Xyla, doing the T2D pathway to remission scheme. Just finished the initial 12 week diet.
They are good, and their app is good also, with their own forum, record keeping, and record tracker, eg: weight, BG, BP, etc and lots of good info and learning resources.
But the company they use for meal replacements are not so great IMHO, (Altra Life) as the choice of soups and shakes is dire. I hated the soups, so stuck with the shakes, but they only have about 6 flavours! So it can get a bit boring.
I also bought some meal replacements direct (not via Xyla) from Shake that Weight, as they have a much larger selection of meal replacement products including soups, shakes, snack bars and meals.
Let us know how you get on.... cheers

Hi & thank you. I’ve had 2 sessions so far with 3 in January and hoping it improves. Many folks on my course have had issues with the app & Xyla have been slow to address.
Congrats on sticking with the meal replacement.

I will post an update with results in February. I’m trying to look at my October test results as a positive…a good swift kick to get me on the path to better health.