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Major victory for me!

SharonNehring

I had my labs done this morning for the first time since starting on this journey in December. I don't see my doc until tomorrow but I just had to share these with people who will understand what went into this....

12/2013 A1C 8.6 fasting BG 191

3/6/2014 A1C 5.7 fasting BG 108

Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, Trigy etc are all normal. I am doing a <happy dance> over here! Now I just have to keep it up and maintain this, which I know will be a lifelong battle, but it certainly feels great to know what I'm doing is working.

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scubasuenc

Congratulations!!!!

We must be on about the same schedule. Just had my labs done this morning too. Waiting to see what my A1C comes back as....

cathylopez1975

WOW! Your a1c dropped really fast! It took me a year and a couple of months to get mine below 6.0 (5.9). You are doing a SUPER job! Way to go!

By the way, are you doing this by diet alone, or have you been exercising/working out too?

SharonNehring

Metformin, diet and 45-60 min of exercise, 5-6 days a week. (stationary bike and things like sit ups, squats, leg lifts etc) I only added the extra stuff, besides the bike, in the last couple of weeks. I realized that I needed to start thinking about toning muscles, or at least finding my muscles. LOL

scubasue - I'll check back later to see your results. I hope they are really good.

theocine

Congratulations. I just got my numbers yesterday when I saw the doctor. Also the first set after diagnosis. And I didn't get quite as good results as you. Perhaps because I haven't yet added the frequent exercise. [Though I'm packing for a move, so it's a lot of lifting and carrying - good strength building if you do it right. But I've only had one cardio session a week - my weekly belly dance class.] Note to self: time to increase cardio workouts.

SharonNehring

theocine- Moving is A LOT of work and belly dancing seems really fun. We are frequent Renaissance Fair goers and I love watching the belly dancers. Their costumes are just gorgeous.

I truly was astounded by the results. I was hoping for under 7 at least. I'm not sure what part is making the most difference, so I guess I have to keep doing everything I've been doing.

Although, we are going out to dinner tonight and I may allow myself a tiny treat.

retiree2006

Excellent results so congratulations! It feels so good when you know you've taken control of things and it gives you that boost to keep working on it!

GlucernaBrand

Congratulations! I really like the way you're putting several different strategies into place, and looking at these changes as not a quick fix but rather as lifelong habits. Not only are you improving diabetes management, but you're also improving your overall health and fitness. Keep up the great work! ~Lynn /Glucerna

bdubya55

A Very commendable lab result, in such a short period of time, along with your hard work and efforts too.
Not an easy task.

Wishing you continued success and positive results.

Congratulations! :drinker:

swalewis

Congratulations & good work!

SharonNehring

Thanks for the support everyone! I really appreciate it. And retiree, I think you are right. I felt out of control when this all started and now it feels like I am doing this, controlling this, not just my body has turned on me and is not doing what it should.

fishbarn

That is great news!

morn1ngstarr

OMG Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet you feel fantastic about this news.. You are doing things right for you and your body! WTG!!!!!!!!!!

CrisEBTrue

Congratulations!! Thanks for sharing your success with us..it helps to see that somebody else is making it work!:flowerforyou:

Lesa1129

Simply wonderful.

MissReena73

Congratulations!

This makes me feel a lot more positive about being able to make a change. I am recently diagnosed and am just getting out if an initial "my life is over and this will never get better" phase. I know it sounds kind of melodramatic, but that was how I felt at first.

Your post actually makes me look forward to seeing what my next text results are. I get tested again in April.

I will admit I am not putting enough into the exercise part. I need to work on that!

SharonNehring

Renna- I had similar feelings when I first found out. I actually have not shared with my family yet (They live 750 miles away so I only see them a couple times a year.) but I felt almost embarrassed about it, that it was my own fault for not losing weight sooner, not exercising, basically beating myself up over it. When I saw them at Christmas, I had only been diagnosed for a couple of weeks and just didn't have a handle on it yet.

But after some soul searching and researching, I decided I am not to blame but that I can do something to help myself. And here I am. I saw my doc yesterday and she was astonished at the improvements. She's actually planning to present my case to her residents, as an example of what they can do with a motivated patient. I told her all about MFP too and she's going to start telling her patients about it.

GlucernaBrand

It's easy to blame yourself for the diagnosis of diabetes, and I really like the way you've moved forward and are working on managing diabetes. I read a wonderful quote today that speaks to this: The past is behind, we learn from it. The future is ahead, we prepare for it. The present is here, we live it. ~Lynn /Glucerna

SharonNehring

I love this quote! I just copied it to my profile page. :happy: Thanks for sharing!

GlucernaBrand

I'm glad you like the quote as much as I do! ~Lynn /Glucerna

cwrig

Congratulations! I was diagnosed in Dec also and have labs scheduled for the end of this month (march). I hope I do as well as you. I need to add more exercise.