A1C increased with weight loss

It's great that you have lost weight and are exercising. Diet plays a critical role with controlling your blood glucose level. Have you lowered your carbs ?

Your A1c is an average of your last 3 months of blood sugars. You should check your blood sugar daily -- first thing in the AM and before and after random meals to see how the foods you are eating are affecting your blood sugars. Lower your carbs, stay away from processed foods and simple carbs (cookies, cakes, white rice pasta, etc.) and try and have a bit of protein and fat with your carbs at every meal and snack. Exercise is key, but make sure if you are exercising outside that you have some sort of snack with you in case your blood sugars drop too fast.

The advice I received from a dietician that works with diabetics - Make sure you keep your carbs under control - more lean protein and carbs from veggies and fruits. Cut out processed carbs, soda's and high fat items. Exercise daily.

HbA1C is a 3-month measure. Has your fasting glucose come down with the increase in exercise and increased physical activity?

I would try increasing your good fat intake and decreasing your carbs below 60 (maybe shoot for 40?) and then see if that helps. If you remove carbs and replace them with healthy fats, your numbers on the A1C should improve.

Go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings scroll down the left to change diary privacy settings, then Save changes.

Metformin is worth about 1 off your A1C

Diet is key in our case. Fast releasing carbs were a huge downfall for me, that and alcohol. My Doctor diagnosed me as diabetic with a A1c of 7% a fasting glucose of 179, BP of 142/105 and triglycerides so far off the chart my cholesterol readings were difficult to determine. One month before that, I demanded he put me on metformin. I didn't like the idea of losing this battle, so right after I was diagnosed, I kicked it into high gear and made a mad dash for a better lifestyle. Walking 15 minutes a day to start....the up 35 a day during my lunches and on the nights my wife was off and the weekends, I would bump it up to an hour or longer. Now with living in north central Wisconsin, snow was bound to make me struggle to hit my walks, so to counteract that, I made a promise to myself to not once take my snowblower out of the garage. Along with all of this activity, I began focusing on eating a much healthier diet. I already had been eating salads on lunch but only a few days a week, but I ramped that up and made sure that was my lunch option of choice and cut out fast food almost entirely. Since my cholesterol was so bad, I focused on more fish and poultry, leaving red meat as an option only once a week.

Now about 2 months after my diagnosis, I decided to take only 1 of the 2 pills a day of metformin as my blood sugars were low at times and some medical journals had made correlations between increased exercise and metformin causing falling blood sugars on a regular basis. So while checking daily I began to take half the prescribed dosage.

My diagnosis was on 10.21.13 - I was 367 pounds and for all intensive purposes, one foot in the grave at 32 years of age, with a wife and 2 young kids at home. Today I am at 315 pounds, my A1c dropped down to 5.5% on my first round of tests, my BP is 130/89, my cholesterol is within healthy ranges for bad, good is still a work in progress though and my triglycerides, while still higher than normal, we cut from the 600-700 range down to the 300-400 range.

So why did I feel telling you all this was relevant to your post??? Well I think the increased activity is AWESOME....4 hours a week is a great start, but, where is your activity level in comparison to the start of your 4 hours a week? Have you only maintained that same amount? Doctor told me that a healthy activity level should increase 10% weekly to ensure productive losses for weight and improve overall results (like bp and other tests). Along with that, I think as others have said, your diet may be the key to this also. Diet AND Exercise is the key....just doing one or the other will not be able to give you the results you are looking to achieve....not at this point in the game for you. This brings me to my last point.....

I don't wish to be negative in these forums ever, but, the truth is....Everyone's bodies are different. What worked for me or others here may not work for you. You said it yourself, Insulin Resistant since your early teens....that's a lot of time to be fighting an uphill battle. For me, I think my results to date as far as A1c dropping was the result of me taking action right away.....cause I know that if I let it go on too long without being more conscious of my health, I would be in your same shoes right now.

Just be strong and stick with it. Don't give up cause of a test result, make it a positive and use it to do even more!

GOOD BETTER BEST, NEVER LET IT REST, TILL THE GOOD IS THE BETTER, AND THE BETTER IS THE BEST!

-CK

Your A1c is an average of your last 3 months of blood sugars. You should check your blood sugar daily -- first thing in the AM and before and after random meals to see how the foods you are eating are affecting your blood sugars. Lower your carbs, stay away from processed foods and simple carbs (cookies, cakes, white rice pasta, etc.) and try and have a bit of protein and fat with your carbs at every meal and snack. Exercise is key, but make sure if you are exercising outside that you have some sort of snack with you in case your blood sugars drop too fast.

the above and your pancreas could be working less efficiently. Especially since you are type 1 DM.

oops sorry I assumed you were diagnosed as a juvenile.

Hello everyone: This is my first time posting, but I wanted to get some opinions about what is going on with my body. I know that many of you might have some knowledge of diabetes.

I am a 27 year-old diabetic. I was told that I have signs of insulin resistance from about age 14. I have been overweight most of my life. I currently weigh about 235 and am a 5'10" . My A1C is currently 11.2. About a year ago, I weighed about 275 and my A1C was about 10.3. I have adopted a bit of an exercise routine, I just started walking and my goal was about 4 hours a week from doing just about nothing when I weighed 275 or more (my highest weight was 294 about 6-7 years ago).

My question, is why am I getting higher numbers now, after watching what I eat more closely, and losing weight, than I did when I weighed more? I have been goggling and trying to find answers, but it doesn't seem that anyone has been talking about it. I really just want to find an answer. I am getting more frustrated every day! Please help!

With Diabetes and Insulin Resistance, weight loss is NOT the only thing that matters.

Carbs are not your friend at this point. You have to severely watch your carb intake (not the ADA intake either).

My A1C was where yours is at today. Currently, down to 5.2

I eat a high fat, moderate protein, lower carb way of eating that works for me. Try it for 30 days, it might work for you too!!

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