Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forum, although an avid reader of Sweet Poison Quit Plan. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes early in September, with some horrific readings, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, liver problems, kidney problems etc. etc. I got as much information as I could on Diabetes control and low GI foods. I found the low GI information very confusing (10 different types of rice all with different GI values!). You would need to walk around the supermarket with a laptop to effectively buy low GI.
I had bought SPQP after a friend suggested it. I found the information made a lot of sense. I was not a regular sugar eater, but when I had sweets, choccies etc. I was not satisfied until I had eaten enough to make me feel queasy. Most of the time I preferred savoury foods. However I decided to give the Quit Plan a try and went cold turkey without a great deal of problem other than feeling like I had a slight case of the flu.
I had blood tests at the beginning of this week, and went to my Doctor yesterday. He was amazed at the drop in my readings and weight. (and let me tell you I don't exercise much). The readings are as follows:
HbA1c was 10.2 Now 7.2
Albumin was 72 Now 7 (normal range 0-23)
Albumin/Creatinine ratio was 9.6, now 1.1 (normal range 0-3.0)
Cholesterol was 6.95 now 5.72 (normal range 2.3-5.5) I come from a family where females all have hyperlipidaemia so this is really wonderful as I can now avoid the dreaded statins.
Triglyceride was 4.63 now 2.10 (normal range 0.0 to 2.0)
HDL was 1.28 now 1.48 (normal range 1.0 to 3.0)
LDL was 5.4 now 3.9 (normal range 0-4.5)
Weight was 86 kg. now 78.6 kg.(I am tall and used to tell myself and there was nothing wrong with my weight, I was just too short!)
BMI was 29 now 25.6 (nearly healthy range).
The weight loss loses significance for me as my Father has just died from complications of Type 2 Diabetes and heart problems. It is far more important that this change in eating habits has brought me back to reasonable health, with the prospect of even further reductions in a lot of the readings.
Anybody who has diabetes and does not go on this sugar free lifestyle is bonkers.
