A1C Below 6.0 On Diet and Exercise ONLY

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Comment by Ziggy on October 27, 2009 at 2:12pm

I got the ordinary flu shot - hasn't affected my BGs. Haven't got the swine flu jab yet though.

Comment by Dawn on October 27, 2009 at 10:36am

Did anyone here get flu shot??? I did and my BG numbers seem not to go under 100, and I am usually in the 110-140 range even a couple 150's. I am not sure if this is a fluke or if the shot inspired an autoimmune reaction and killed some more beta cells??? Any thoughts or experiences?

Comment by Robert Kaiser on September 6, 2009 at 10:53am

Hi! I am a prediabetic who is determined never to reach the whole thing. lol. I was diagnosed two years ago with a bs of 126.I had nursed my wife through 20 years of type 2, so I knew the ropes. For her last three years I did all the cooking. We followed the South Beach Diet. In her last year she lost 100 lbs. In so doing, I learned the ideal weight loss diet., the poor cooks diet. Prepare good foods, serve small portions and cook so poorly nobody can eat very much. To this day I can't stand my own cooking. Breakfast is good. A sliced banana, 130 grams of sliced strawberries, one cup of cereal, one-half cup of milk (I an lactose intolerant) and sweetened with Splenda. Lunch was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (heaping teaspoon of peanut butter, sugarfree allfruit jam on whole wheat bread) and dinner was 8 oz fruit yogurt and a can of Slimfast. It's not always that bad, most days I give in and try to cook. The bottom line is I maintain a A1C of 5.5 with a bs higher than 126 about three times a month (Up from once a month a year ago) with diet and walking (two to five miles, six days a week). For exercise I walk two to five miles six days a week. To keep track of whether my controls a working, I log food, exercise, blood pressure 105/80, slightly high (I am hypertensive) and fasting bs 114 daily. I take medication for hypertension, none for diabetes. Maybe a bit weird, but it works for me and that's the main thing. To keep up on the latest, I read everything I can find on the net, Diabetes Forecast (ADA) abd Diabetic Living magazines.

Comment by Michelle Trevino on July 15, 2009 at 11:31pm

Hi all. I was diagnosed 15 years ago with an A1c of 10 (Type 2). I realized that any type of grains raised my bg so I cut them from my diet and moved to low carb/raw foods. My doctor once told me that it was a blessing for me to be diagnosed, because it forced me to clean up my diet and now I feel better than ever. If I hadn't been diagnosed, I would probably be eating junk food and feeling sick all the time.

Comment by Ziggy on June 19, 2009 at 12:34pm

Hi, I'm Type 2 diagnosed just over a year ago. Diet (am a vegetarian of 25 years+) and exercise. On Ramapril (sixth week) for High Blood Pressure.

Have tightened up my diet to be more GI/GL and my most recent HBA1c was 5.8.

Just saying hi.

Ziggy

Comment by Dawn on May 25, 2009 at 7:45am

Hi I am LADA 1.5 (we think) however I am on diet and exercise for now. I am doing a version of the Dr. Berenstein diet. I eat an apple or 1/2 of a sm. banana a day (although he said not to eat fruit). I also eat light activia yogurt or greek yogurt each day with nuts (which hs is also not a fan of) Very low carb, and I can stay under 120 most of the time. Dawn Phenomenon gets me in the morning randomly. For breakfast I eat same every day for months...eggbeater with 2% cheese sprinkled on it. Decaf coffee with real whip cream no carb. I go from 86 PP to 179 PP (most days in the 98-115 range) CRAZY.

Comment by Gail L on April 13, 2009 at 3:33pm

Did it for 4 years...but now on Metformin...would like to get back there again

Comment by Elizabeth on November 11, 2008 at 9:52am

As of July 08..I did lower my A1c to 6.0% just with diet alone....come Dec 08 due for another test...hope it will be the same or better.