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Update after consultant appt

JITR said:
I thought the aim of the T2 remission pathway is weight loss. Despite your training, do you need to lose weight?
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5kg or so wouldn't go amiss to hit my ideal fighting weight.

I'm 90kg/187cm so marginally 'overweight'.

My consultant thought I may do very well on it. Looking at the main aim it would seem that is remission through weight loss target set for the individual rather than just weight loss.

Nothing nailed on at the moment so I'm keeping an open mind about all options.
 
dannybgoode said:
5kg or so wouldn't go amiss to hit my ideal fighting weight.

I'm 90kg/187cm so marginally 'overweight'.

My consultant thought I may do very well on it. Looking at the main aim it would seem that is remission through weight loss target set for the individual rather than just weight loss.

Nothing nailed on at the moment so I'm keeping an open mind about all options.
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I was 90kg/181cm, now 70kg/181cm.

When my HbA1c came out at 117 with dire warnings from the doctor, I worked out my ideal 'racing weight' was under 68kg.

I think your consultant may be spot on !!!
 
JITR said:
I was 90kg/181cm, now 70kg/181cm.

When my HbA1c came out at 117 with dire warnings from the doctor, I worked out my ideal 'racing weight' was under 68kg.

I think your consultant may be spot on !!!
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Yes - got to be worth trying. The rest she explained it was that insulin is great in that it works. But it is rather crude and just shoves the glucose into cells, including fat cells.

So, it doesn't help really reduce any fat around the pancreas and liver whereas diet, exercise and with the help of meds my body can actually use the glucose more effectively and reduce the fat which should help.
 
Before working out my 'racing weight', I read Professor Roy Taylor's book Life without Diabetes, Type 2. I noted his suggestion that there was no physiological reason why we should not return our weight and waist measurements to what they once were. That was over 50 years ago for me when I was doing a lot of running.

The NHS remission programme stems directly from Roy Taylor and his team's work at Newcastle University since 2005. He gave this talk, Achieving T2D remission, in May 2023 and I suggest you watch it. At the end he says lose weight by any means.

With luck, you will transform yourself.
 
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