Bye bye diabetes (good riddance)

That’s fantastic! Well done!

Wow! Congratulations!!! You’re an inspiration!

Congrats!! That is awesome! Anything under 6.0 is within normal limits, I think. You literally cut yours in half! That is really great! And you are out of danger of getting nasty things like macular degeneration, peripheral neuropathy, limb loss, kidney failure...etc! Well-done!

Wonderful!!!! I told a girl at work yesterday that she could reverse her T2 diabetes - she looked at me like I was crazy (while she was eating a lunch heavy on simple carbs and sugar). I just might direct her to your post

kgb6days wrote: »

Wonderful!!!! I told a girl at work yesterday that she could reverse her T2 diabetes - she looked at me like I was crazy (while she was eating a lunch heavy on simple carbs and sugar). I just might direct her to your post

Keep in mind long time carb addicts will fight before we will change our WOE. In my case only when killing myself in front of the kids with food finally soaked in to my brain was I able to walk away from all food contaning added sugars and or any forms of grain.

Wish I had done it at the age of 23 or 33 instead the age of 63.. I have not had a sugar fix for nearly for nearly four years and health markers are better than in years.

While writing this a guy at the next table cut up his pancakes, covered them with corn syrup and vegetable oil as he added bites of jelly with his fried potato patty with a large soda.

His phone rang and he said he was eating breakfast.

That was so me four years ago but unless he brings it up I will not talk about what he is eating. He has watched me eat LCHF for 2-3 years.

His table mates are starting to drift in from Cracker Barrell it seems. Eating for some can be three times a day social event.

CharlesS6730 wrote: »

So today marks an amazing milestone. In December 2017 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My A1C was 11.7% which is a super dangerous level. I knew I had to take care of that or I will not see me kids grow up. With hard work I managed to get my level to 7.7% by February which was a tremendous effort. Today I had another test and was a little nervous because I wasn’t as good the last two months. My result came back at 5.7%. Not only did I reverse type 2 diabetes but I also cleared pre diabetes. This is a truly glorious day!

OUTSTANDING! Congratulations, man! I, too, have high A1C and have farted around but am getting serious now.

Might we ask what you did for your success? Meaning, what worked for you? We are all different, so I totally understand that whatever you might share was your solution - may or may not work for others (I dislike that I have to say that, but there are a lot of people here - generally speaking - who object to lots of 'alternative solutions').

daloverlyme wrote: »

Great job! I started off at 14.4 in 2016. Sugars of almost 700. I'm down to 8.7. On my way to having my diabetes reversed.

Fantastic. Keep on, keeping on! Continue to keep us all updated along your journey - if you so choose.

LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »

OUTSTANDING! Congratulations, man! I, too, have high A1C and have farted around but am getting serious now.

Might we ask what you did for your success? Meaning, what worked for you? We are all different, so I totally understand that whatever you might share was your solution - may or may not work for others (I dislike that I have to say that, but there are a lot of people here - generally speaking - who object to lots of 'alternative solutions').

I know you didn't direct the question at me, but let me share what is working for me.

First, I weighed 265 pounds give or take on 14 Feb. Looking at my records, I've been around that weight for the past couple of years, up from the mid 220s in 2012.

My Dr referred me to a Joslin Diabetes center, and I was placed on a diet with the following guidance:

2250 calories/day
225g carbs/day no more than 60g/meal and 45g carbs in snacks/day.

Today, I weighed in at 228, so I've dropped just shy of 40 pounds.

My fasting BG has been between 85 and 110 this past week. Most days below 100, but this AM I popped a 110. Come to find out something I drank wasn't zero calorie after all. Live and learn.

I usually stay well below the 225g of carbs. I even self-adjusted my diet down after I lost 10% (26 pounds) by 5%, making my daily calorie target 2135 and carb target 214g carbs/day

I was already working out 4-6 days a week, but you cannot outrun or outwork your fork.

Therefore, the only real change was paying attention to what the fork I was eating.

My Dr did put me on 500mg of Metformin each day. He thinks I can come off of it. I asked to stay on it until I get down to 200# even.

At my current rate of loss, that will be sometime in late August.

I am 2# behind my projected track of 1% weight loss/week.

Eat less, eat less carb containing food and if not moving, move more.

For example, I did carb up a week ago on Saturday night, having 4 slices of pizza. Still didn't bust out of my diet, but did overdo the carbs for the meal. Woke up with a 120 BG reading the next morning. But that was OK as I was planning to ride a 38+ mile bike ride and didn't want to bonk.

The next day, my fasting BG was 87 mg/dL. Plan worked. Plenty of glycogen in my system for any bursts of energy needed during the ride. But I used up what I put in myself the night before the ride.

As I noted in the post above, 14 Feb A1C was 7.3, and 23 May it was 5.4, so in the normal range.

I hope you find something useful in the wall of text above.

Congrats to all of you! It’s so great to beat this horrible disease!

tbright1965 wrote: »

LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »

OUTSTANDING! Congratulations, man! I, too, have high A1C and have farted around but am getting serious now.

Might we ask what you did for your success? Meaning, what worked for you? We are all different, so I totally understand that whatever you might share was your solution - may or may not work for others (I dislike that I have to say that, but there are a lot of people here - generally speaking - who object to lots of 'alternative solutions').

I know you didn't direct the question at me, but let me share what is working for me.

First, I weighed 265 pounds give or take on 14 Feb. Looking at my records, I've been around that weight for the past couple of years, up from the mid 220s in 2012.

My Dr referred me to a Joslin Diabetes center, and I was placed on a diet with the following guidance:

2250 calories/day
225g carbs/day no more than 60g/meal and 45g carbs in snacks/day.

Today, I weighed in at 228, so I've dropped just shy of 40 pounds.

My fasting BG has been between 85 and 110 this past week. Most days below 100, but this AM I popped a 110. Come to find out something I drank wasn't zero calorie after all. Live and learn.

I usually stay well below the 225g of carbs. I even self-adjusted my diet down after I lost 10% (26 pounds) by 5%, making my daily calorie target 2135 and carb target 214g carbs/day

I was already working out 4-6 days a week, but you cannot outrun or outwork your fork.

Therefore, the only real change was paying attention to what the fork I was eating.

My Dr did put me on 500mg of Metformin each day. He thinks I can come off of it. I asked to stay on it until I get down to 200# even.

At my current rate of loss, that will be sometime in late August.

I am 2# behind my projected track of 1% weight loss/week.

Eat less, eat less carb containing food and if not moving, move more.

For example, I did carb up a week ago on Saturday night, having 4 slices of pizza. Still didn't bust out of my diet, but did overdo the carbs for the meal. Woke up with a 120 BG reading the next morning. But that was OK as I was planning to ride a 38+ mile bike ride and didn't want to bonk.

The next day, my fasting BG was 87 mg/dL. Plan worked. Plenty of glycogen in my system for any bursts of energy needed during the ride. But I used up what I put in myself the night before the ride.

As I noted in the post above, 14 Feb A1C was 7.3, and 23 May it was 5.4, so in the normal range.

I hope you find something useful in the wall of text above.

It is always nice to hear from people who have been successful in something. Thank you very much for sharing. I am hopeful that someone will benefit! I love the analogy: can not outrun or outwork your fork! So true. It literally is all about nutrition.