Have you been able to get off meds??

[Crunchie]

I am off my diabetes med after six weeks of Atkins and bp med is on it's way out plus my hart was enlarged last year just had an x-ray and it is down to normel, I get my cholesterol checked in a month ...Chrunchie

[Coop2004]

Originally Posted by Crunchie

I am off my diabetes med after six weeks of Atkins and bp med is on it's way out plus my hart was enlarged last year just had an x-ray and it is down to normel, I get my cholesterol checked in a month ...Chrunchie

That's fantastic!! Keep up the good work!!

[Binsk]

Well done Crunchie. I would love to get off my meds.

[aquaryus]

I stopped taking my meds a week after I started Atkins.. My blood sugar used to be over 200, sometimes over 250, after I ate breakfast.. Breakfast included a Steak Egg and Cheese Bagel from McD's, w/ the hash brown and unsweet tea.. Lunch was a turkey sub and either breaded cauliflower or jalepeno poppers.. Dinner varied, but at the time my ex and I were together and we went out to eat a lot.. I look back at all the garbage I ate and just want to slap myself! My weight was out of control and my blood sugar. I wasn't taking any of it seriously. Now, after just 3 weeks on Atkins, my blood sugar is between 83 and 140 (after I eat). I'm more happy about that than fitting back into jeans! I know from experience that diabetes wreaks havoc on a lot of your body parts. My Father died of it when he was 38.. I am 28.. I realize now just how short his life was.. I don't wanna die at a young of of something so preventable..

[staziaw]

Wow! Aquaryus, what an amazing story! I hope that by addressing your eating habits at your young age you are able to bypass your father's early passing. We want to have you around for years and years and years!

Crunchie - well, I'm not a diabetic, but my cat is. When I started Atkins and after he had a bout of a serious liver illness, I put him on gluten-free wet cat food and organic dry food. Interestingly enough, his insulin need dropped 4 units per day (5 units twice a day, now 3 units). Pretty amazing! For me, my cholesterol and blood pressure are now within the normal range. Heck yeah!

I wish you luck!

Stacy

[Coop2004]

Aquaryus and Stacy!! Good news!!

[imagood1]

I'm hoping next month when I go to the endiocrinologist I'll be able to get off my meds. I take glyb/metformin 5/500 twice a day and just before I go to bed I take 1 500 mg metformin. I'd like to be rid of these for good!! My 1st (and only) A1C was 10.1....my glucose readings have been hovering right around 100 (and 95 - the lowest it's ever been, this morning).

Good luck to everyone!!

[Dorrie]

I have been off my meds since I was on Atkins for a week. Now 3 weeks into it I am down 10 pounds and my blood sugars were at an average of 252-450..with meds and carbs......90 to 126 is where they are at now with no meds!!
This is soooooo amazing and I feel wonderful!!!!!!!!!