Hi everyone, posting here after a long time but I just HAD to share my good news!(no, not pregnant!)
I've been diabetic since 1992 and despite a ton of the usual medications, my A1C was constantly rising. In '92 I started with 6.7 A1C which went up over the years to 7.8 despite meds and exercise.
On this forum I discovered for the first time the keto way of life alongside IF and OMAD, in2018. While I have not been too strict about the keto, I found I felt a whole lot better with one meal a day. I also reduced my medicines by 75% .
Today, I got my latest A1C results and it's dropped to 6.2 from 7.0 in April earlier this year. It's never,ever been so low! To be noted, this has been achieved in the height of the pandemic, with no opportunity to go out for any kind of exercise!
I'm just soooo happy
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Thank you, Excellent you are controlling with simple on meal a day. As you are not eating for 18 hours or more you are burning a lot of stored fat, very good. I tried to give up breakfast but get hungry therefore I will have after 9 AM. Lunch 1 PM.
What do you take in the morning and lunch time, liquid food?
You need a good balanced plate for your one meal.
I have three meals a day, oats for breakfast, simple lunch and a good meal before 6:30 PM. White basmati rice twice a week. Other five evening meals fresh home cooked simple meals with a lot of veg.
My weight came down from 86 to 78. I had to buy new cloths. Maintaining at 78. I just want to be healthy and enjoy one life.
I try and avoid sugary food, managing with out medication, only time will tell.
Foot check, you can Google. In UK, the diabetic nurse do ultra sound check and tuning folk check. Record the results, the same for eyes, general check and photo of the back of the eyes.
As for whether my lifestyle is sustainable, I think so. One meal a day feels very comfortable. When I eat more the food lies like a rock in my stomach, a very uncomfortable feeling. I've been on OMAD for almost 2years, pretty used to it
Yes, IR is to be closely watched. Maybe the track of my A1C in the months ahead should give me an indication.
By C peptide do you mean CRP? The inflammation indicator? Yes, I had done that a year ago but don't remember the number.
Thanks again! The support in this group means so much.
CRP is C- Reactive Protein is indicative of Body inflammation...
C peptide test would indicate your Beta Cell status of your pancreas which produce Insulin....very High insulin level could be reason to cause Insulin resistance !
Such good news gettingolder123. Just goes to show that along our life journey we discover different things that work for us and it is cause to celebrate.
I have been reading about OMAD diet. It talks about fasting for 23 hours and then a meal.
Do you consume any thing in the 23 hours window.?
Do you count carb or calories of your one meal?
My father and my grand mother were fit people. Because of farm life, I saw both of them eating a meal when we get back from school about 3 PM. we had food for evening about 8 PM but my father and grand mother did not eat.
We had breakfast from door to door sales lunch at school from shop near by.
May be both my father and grans mother had healthy life.
Yes, OMAD is actually one meal in 24 hours. Depending on how long you take to eat, your fasting window could actually be 23 hrs 50 mins!
No, I don't count calories. In any case, a keto diet is so heavily laden with fats that counting calories would be pointless.
In between one can have black tea, coffee without sugar and also bone broth. I'm not very strict anyway, do get in a bit of fruit like papaya, water melon, guava, orange or apple once in a few days. But fruits like bananas, jack fruit, custard apples - basically high GI fruits I avoid.
Actually I think our problem is that we have been conditioned to eat 3 meals a day. We really don't need to eat so much.
There are many contradictory theories on eating like, should eat little evry 2 hours, one meal a day and diet keto , high carb, uncooked, no milk & milk product etc
Yes, there are as many theories as there are people-rather daunting really. But I guess one has to work out what works by trial and error - many many errors in my journey certainly. Finally keto and IF and OMAD worked for me is all I know. And for me it must be good as borne out by my cholesterol, triglyceride and A1C numbers.
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