Went to the endo and....

I'm hanging in there, but low.  See, no one in my family has diabetes...that we know of.  I think there were signals and I think some went untested.  My dad, who died at 56 of a dissected aorta, would eat sweets like crazy.  My brother has started doing that.  I think it is a clue somehow. Told my mom, who is officially worried about me, and I think is going to be a hard one to understand why I will have to stay away from certain foods.

I'm low, but I can only take a step at a time.  Plan for my doctor visits and stick to Atkins. Down 5 lbs in 6 days and at 284 today.

If there's ever day I want to go off program, it's today.  There are sweets in the breakroom.  Won't touch.  Life or death, life or death....

Yanno what really helped me figure out what's what....   I was testing several times a day.  Fasting..  pre and post prandial.. and before bed.  One can get a really good idea of what invokes an insulin response by watching the numbers.. writing them down.  If you didn't eat the sweets BEFORE you knew you were insulin resistent.. why would you even consider them now?   :)  Ain't no thang, darlin'...  this thing doesn't own you.. you own it!  Simple as that. You're a very competitive person... now you can compete against the possibility of diabetes.  Show it who's boss! .

Yes, but there is chocolate and this girl... (edited for TMI) What's prandial? So far all I know is the weight flies off when carbs are 10% of my diet and only from veggies. Diabetes is reversible if I get diagnosed with it?  Right?

glucose levels monitored right before a meal and 3 hours after

DO NOT!!!!!!!   Go for a walk or whatever it takes. Buy some hot choco high protein powder for those occasions! Then eat some pb on celery with it.

Oh, I didn't.  I just had my lunch and it's filling so there's no more thought to the sweets.  But the chocolate walnut torte looked amazing.  Think this weekend I'll make something Induction friendly but sweet. Don't worry, I'm good, Mom ; ) All the more, I see what would play with my glucose as a life and death decision.... My actual Mom, when discussing this, didn't get it--surely you can still have...once in a while. No, it wouldn't be a good idea. Maybe, if this is just IR and I continue to lose well, maybe as I near goal I can allow a cheat, but otherwise, no...all within program.  Thankfully on Atkins there are a lot of options.  Maybe this weekend I'll prep a low carb no bake cheesecake. 

Did your fasting glucose  number go down any because of eating, exercising and losing some weight? Brenda

 

During this new jaunt, I only have #s from October, and will from February.  So no answer to that yet.

My doc recently told me I was borderline diabetic, and that it was due to being over weight.  He said if I lose weight it will go away.  I necer heard of the patch test(?)  I used to work for an endocrinologist,, I know about PCOS, but is the patch test something new?