Weigh day

Weigh day again today and I've lost 1.75 lbs this week making 6.75 in 4 weeks.  I don't think I've ever lost weight every week for a month before.  Even more exciting, I tested my fasting glucose level today and it was down to 4.7!! That's the lowest level I've ever recorded and is considered a normal reading.  I can't wait for the next HbA1c test to see the real impact of the changes I have made in my diet.  Ultimately, I want to be able to reduce the amount of medication I take, especially the muscle-pain inducing statin.

Something to look forward to

Last week's weight loss was only a lb which is better than nothing but I was a little disappointed.  Although losing 3 the week before probably inevitably meant I'd lose less the next week.

Anyway, we've been invited to a wedding at the beginning of March, which I'm really excited about!  I've known the bride literally all her life as her Mum was pregnant at the same time as me.  Sian has had it pretty tough so I couldn't be more pleased to see her happy.  Plus, more motivation to lose more weight so I don't look as awful in her photos as I did in Rebekah's!

An Addition

With all the excitement of good news from my diabetic nurse last week and then my granddaughter being ill over the weekend, I forgot to mention my weight loss for last week - 3lbs!! 3lbs eating the most tasty, satisfying food I've ever eaten! Amazing😀
Last night I cooked a cottage pie and instead of potato I made leek and cauliflower mash - oh wow! So much more tasty and lighter too, not claggy. I'll definitely be making that again.

Positive News

I had my diabetic check up with the nurse yesterday and was delighted to find my HbA1c has reduced two points to 72, I've lost a lb since she last weighed me, my cholesterol, after years of being on Simvastatin is 3.5 and my blood pressure, after being really high for the last couple of months is back down to 130/80.  I'm so pleased 😀 .  As an added bonus, when I mentioned my new way of eating, she was really positive, (I expected to be told off!)  So all in all I was a very happy bunny!!!!  I'm seeing her in two months and so I'm hoping my HbA1c will have dropped further by then as ultimately the nurse wants it to be 53.

One Week In

After 7 days of following the lchf diet I can say I still feel loads better than I did 😀. I've only lost a pound though which may be down to the amount of cheese I've consumed! Some days have been harder than others - trying to prepare a carb-less meal for me whilst feeding the rest of the family, one of whom is a vegetarian has posed it's problems.  Writing next week's meal plan meant scouring the internet for recipes as none of my old faithfuls were suitable or adaptable.  Made me realize just how carb heavy our diet had become.

I had my blood pressure done today and that has come down, though not as far as I want it to. I also had blood taken for an HbA1c test.  This will give me a baseline as the test shows an average of blood glucose over a period of three months.  It will be interesting to see how it changes as I go on.

Starting Point

Well, here I am at my starting point.  I'm hoping that my tummy will reduce with this new way of eating, I aim to take a photo once a month to track my progress.  My starting weight is 12St 12lb and my measurements are 44.5 bust, 42 waist and 41 hips.

New Year, New Start

2016 is the year I get my health under control.  For too long my body has ruled me, dictating everything I do - well no longer.  First thing to get sorted is my blood glucose levels.  Medication is not really working so a radical change of diet is the next step.  Low carb high fat (lchf) is what I am going to do which seems totally opposite to everything we've been taught for so many years.  I've been researching this way of eating for a while, both on the diabetes uk website and www.dietdoctor.com .  The testimonials as well as the sound scientific reports have convinced me that this is the way to go.  I've already seen the marked difference in blood glucose levels in a 'healthy' dinner of stir fried veggies and noodles which gave a 13.3 reading after two hours and a gliclixide tablet and my gut busting fried bacon, eggs and mushroom breakfast of this morning which gave a reading of 9.1 again after 2 hours plus my diabetic meds.

I'll post some starting pictures, weight and measurements tomorrow so I have a baseline to measure against.