The Numbers Just Don't Lie

[Melodious1]

Hello all,

I just wanted to drop a line to say, if I don't lose another pound, I will continue this way of life! Before I restarted Atkins, my blood sugar was consistently out of control, even with Metformin and Glyburide. After 8 weeks of Atkins, my blood sugars range from 56 to 129. I am amazed and feel amazing! No more sluggishness or that general icky (syrupy) feeling you get when your blood sugar is out of control! I am excited and ready to continue this forever. Of course I would like to lose another pound or 100, but again, if I didn't, the good blood sugar control makes it all worth while!

Pooh on the ADA and the NUTS (pun intended) who tell us to consume all those carbs! You have to be a NUT to say that it's good for me, with my fat and diabetic self, to eat 185 carbs a day!

[michelle23464]

I am with you.. my sugar this morning was 72. I am on my 3rd week on Atkins again. This time I am on a insulin pump. I have not bolus for a meal but once or twice since starting. I am on 1.5 unit basal rate all day and I am seriously considering trying to go without the insulin all together and see what my sugar levels would be on their own.

When I started the diabetic diet while pregnant I couldn't get over how many carbs they wanted me to eat since I have been eating low carb for at least 13 yrs. I usually maintained my weight around 150 then I got married then pregnant. While I ate that menu while pregnant and only gained the 20 lbs I should have it is just too many now to continue. Though I will say the pre pregnancy diabetic diet with about 1800 calories could be almost maintenance levels of carbs for someone who is looking to mantain.

Michelle

[MrsChesterDogg]

I agree. I've already told my Beloved Husband that if I don't loose another lb I will stick with this woe because of the great bs control. It is my fervent hope to loose another 100 lbs or so but I feel so much better that I'm ok like this too.