Thu, May-01-14, 17:58
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Posts: 1,728
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Plan: HFLC/IF
Stats: 218/176/140
BF:27%
Progress: 54%
Location: Houston area
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Originally Posted by LorelaiS
Pre-diabetes is just like Pre-menopause, you're going to go into menopause, and you're going to go into diabetes. Once the process starts there's no stopping it. With that said, in the early stages your pancreas and liver are not as bad off and it's easier to manage diabetes with diet like LC and make it so you may possibly never need medications or get complications.
Well, Since LC has to be for life, and sticking to it would keep my numbers down, I would get the same benefit as curing it. That's the way I look at it.
A fasting blood glucose level of more than 125 indicates diabetes. A normal reading is between 69 - 110 for normal post prandial glucose readings.
When I say "my highest numbers" I am running 110 to 118 or so at my first test of the day, before eating. If I eat really clean, I can have post prandial numbers in the nineties. However, the weird thing is that while I understand that artificial sweeteners raise a lot of people's sugars, mine have been up in the 140s (one extreme case) after drinking a Mio drink with a meal. Another time, It was sloppy joe sauce, that I forgot was on the left over hb meat I ate. Than landed me in the 130s. That seems like a crazy reaction when my post LC meal is usually no more than 110. Bear in mind that when I say my highest numbers are in the morning, that means when I eat right. Those extreme numbers were aberrations.
Here's something that's really important. It's not your fault. It's not because you gained weight. Many people are genetically prone to diabetes and some medications cause it now, like the anti-depressants. So whether you have diabetes or not, know that it isn't your fault and don't take that onto yourself.
Well, it's not my fault as in, because I gained weight, but I think it is my fault for abusing my pancreas with junk.
Doing a low carb diet will get you back on track and doing it for life will keep you in the good numbers. So you're doing the right thing.
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Oops. Here's my requisite text after the quote, so it will post.
Last edited by CallmeAnn : Thu, May-01-14 at 18:25.
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