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Yup - exactly where they should be.

GFR is glomerular filtrateion rate. It is a test that measures kidney function - and picks up chronic kidney disease. The fact that your doctor ordered it is a good sign. A study about a year showed that a very large number of pre-diabetic patients already have chronic kidney disease. I just skimmed the thread - and since…

I haven't experimented with quantity of alcohol. My guess would be that the extra carbs are the same, but you would have to eat them faster. It's an on-off switch. But a smaller drink would take less time to process, so your liver wouild return to doing its job faster. I generally drink 5 oz. If you want to experiment,…

I don't know. I've seen a lot of freak-outs/descriptions of binging for small amounts over calories or cheese. And in the low carb world, 6 oz of cheese seems well within the normal range of food. I'm just kind of surprised no one in thread had asked the question.

Ok. I'll bite. What's wrong with eating 6 oz of cheeese? I routinely eat 2-4 oz/day - eating 6 would not that much of a stretch.

I'm actually surprised you're down at all - since your hair was likely wet & shoud have added some weight. (But yes - weigh naked, since otherwise you're including the weight of the clothing.)

I don't find the calculated average for an A1c very close. I don't have a CGM, but during the period when I was testing 5-10 times a day, at times when I expected high readings, the A1c was about 7% higher than my measured average. My measured average should have been higher, based on when I was taking the readings (at 1…

Losing (eating at a deficit) seems to make a difference for me - not the loss itself. (My BG response is pretty much the same as it was 73 lbs ago. When my fasting BG numbers are in the unquestionably diabetic range is when I am at a significant calorie deficit. (Since the ADA line has always been lose X% of your body…

If your doctor had performed your 130+ and 140+ tests, you would have a diagnosis of T2 diabetes. The criteria, based on BG tests is 2 fasting readings above 126. So - based on the numbers - you have T2 diabetes. BG is most responsive to carbohydrates - the most substantial response is within about an hour of eating. Focus…

Sorry I'm slow on the uptake . . . I've been avoiding social meda the last couple of days. The liver dumps a background level of glucose into your bloodstream - that's how you keep from having hypoglycemia when you don't have any glucose from food coming in. In people with a normal glucose metabolism when you start eating…

Hey! I represent that remark... :p

Is this close enough? https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-evenings-stores

Not on this site, but this forum is very active - and has as strong low-carb contingent. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/ The blood sugar diet forum isn't really intended to be specifically low carb (although many of the participants there keep reciting carb limits). It annoys me, because carbs are a small piece of the…

I logged religiously from sometime in November (shortly after my diabetes diagnosis) through shortly after my breast cancer diagnosis in May - when I was told I needed to up my calories in preparation for surgery, radiation, and healing - in general. I started logging again, when I went back on the Blood Sugar Diet (to…

I know quite a few folks in the 4.x% range. My loose goal is to be around 4.7-4.9 (~88-94 average). Don't know if I'll get there - but if I do, I'll be confident I've beaten this thing. (My BG, so far today, hasn't hit 90 . . . but I'm due for another test after a large cabbage salad. If the low A1c is the result of…

You might want to change it more frequently. When lancing is painful, people often just stop. (My spouse is in that category - even after I got her the most pain-free lancing device around {Accuchek FastClix}.) I'm not a concerned at all about infection - but if it is painful, or not lancing, think about changing more…

A restaurant I go to uses it as a thickener. I've had dishes with it, without adverse impact on my blood glucose. (I have, however, also had a glass of wine with it - just to be on the safe side. I haven't done an independent test on it. I have tested other resistant starches, and can eat more of them than I would…

I'd fight like the dickens to avoid sulfonylureas (and to some extent insulin, as well - although if I was unable to control by diet I'd push for insulin over sulfonylureas. As long as my FBG is below 140 - but mostly lower the rest of the day - I'd probably try to keep working on it. Perhaps with IF or VLC for a while.…

The lower numbers tell you that you are able to control your diabetes (prediabetes?) by what you eat. That's a good thing. Most people can't (or in some instances choose not to).

Metformin is not a short-acting drug, so forgetting your medicine should not have impacted your BG 11 hours later (and, as long as it's only once in a while should have no bigger impact, either.) Congrats on the dramatic improvement in your A1C!

Calories - yes, carbs - not so much. A cup of walnuts has a grand total of 6-8 net carbs. Compared to tomatoes, the calories in tomatoes and cucumbers are a significantly lower, but a cup of tomatoes has about 5 net carbs and a cup of cucumber has about 4.

Of course it's possible to lose weight without MFP. I've lost ~73 lbs, approximately half of it before I got a scale. I've also lost significant amounts of weight in the past with no logging at all. MFP is just a tool to make life easier. As to your circumstances - 9 days is not very long. Give yourself time. As to "trying…

@MyriiStorm The only way to know is to track. I honestly don't remember what my BG was the day after my pizza and cinnamon roll fest. (Somewhere in the vicinity of 3-400 carbs in a single meal). I'm sure it wasn't above 115 - but I don't recall if it was higher than the average for that week. My BG is controlled well…

Good Luck! As to the A1C, remember that it roughly corresponds to the last 3-4 months - so the early days (when you weren't doing low carb) will be in there (as well as, likely, some pre-diagnosis days). It should be lower - but it may not be as muchlower as you are hoping for.

There's no NEED to eat 50-30-20. If you're more comfortable eating 40-30-30, go for it. Weight loss is based on creating a calorie deficit. For some people, eating lower - or very low - carbs (and more fats) helps them feel full and makes it easier to eat fewer calories.

Cheese, nuts, and nut butter (sometimes with celery). A salad. Whole fat yogurt (Greek Fage if I can find it), a half oz of nuts, 40 grams of fruit (peaches, pomegranate seeds, blueberries), and cinnamon.

That is the key for me. I used to work at a place that had mandatory birthday lunches (with the restaurant chosen by the birthday person), with mandatory desserts (chosen by the birthday person). They were often delayed for a variety of reasons, and we typically ended up having at least a half dozen birthday parties…

Generally I agree with you. When I was just working to lose weight, as long as I chose when to eat without worrying about calories (rather than having it imposed on me artificially . . . don't get me started about work birthday parties), I had no problem at all with them. My weight fluctuates up to 5 lbs in 24 hours,…

Exercise can play a small factor in losing weight, largely indirectly. But it has a much more significant role in both your overall health and in maintaining weight loss. The number of calories you burn will create a relatively small calorie deficit. It all adds up. It also acts as an appetite suppressant - which makes it…