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I have hit a plateau really hard. It's been nearly a month now, and sadly the number is going up rather than down. I am still sticking to one meal a day (OMAD), along with a coffee with cream every morning. I have stuck religiously to my way of eating now since March this year when I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes. At first, I tried the diet recommended by the dietitian I saw after I was diagnosed. I was testing my blood glucose (BG) at first bite and then 2 hours afterwards, and the dietitian's recommended diet (which was low fat, moderate carbs, moderate protein if I had to describe it) was sending my BG up to 14mmol/L at the 2 hour mark, which is far too high. That's when I discovered Low carb healthy fat (LCHF) - Google led me to some really interesting videos on youtube and I started to research pretty intensively. If you're interested, check out pretty much anything by Dr Jason Fung and Ivor Cummins (he's an engineer, but he knows his stuff when it comes to middle aged, overweight diabetics!).
Anyway, I've been feeling pretty defeated and disillusioned by this weight gain - it's just not fair that you're doing everything you can to get healthy and your body doesn't want to cooperate.
So today I had my first appointment with a new GP, who specialises in diabetes. I showed him all my results and my weight history, and told him (guardedly) that I was following OMAD and LCHF. He told me that was great! Telling diabetics to eat carbs is crazy, since the carbs are the issue, he said! I was so relieved. Until now, every medical person I've seen has been telling me I'm doing it all wrong, and that those high BG numbers are just the reality of being a T2 diabetic, which is a progressive disease, 'don't you know?'.
He told me I should be congratulating myself on how well I've done. The average Australian gains 6.5 kg every decade, so if I can only maintain this current weight loss, I'm winning! He measured my weight to be 94.1 kg, which is only a gain of 0.8 kg (I say only, but it makes me want to cry.. I have to work so hard to lose every single 100 g). I'm saying 95 kg because that's what I was on my scales this morning at my regular weigh in. He told me that it was super hard for diabetics to lose weight, and that I needed to be patient - it's a marathon, not a sprint, etc, etc. Best of all, he told me it's NOT MY FAULT. He made me think about why I wanted to lose weight - what is motivating me. I said that I did not want to be a long time old and sick. He summed it up brilliantly. He said "you want to die young, but for that to take a very long time". He so totally understands where I'm coming from.
Anyway, I feel a sense of renewal after the appointment today, and I'm ready to pull up my big girl undies and keep going. He's also going to see me fairly regularly over the next few months to help me in whatever way he can. It's great to have some support and someone who seems to believe in me. I think this makes the biggest difference. There are some good people out there. Thank you to everyone who supported me and made comments on my last(first!) blog post. It really did boost me a lot. I really appreciate it!
I'm sharing this because sometimes it gets really hard, and you go weeks without seeing any return for all the effort you're putting in. I used to think that was down to cheating, but I haven't cheated at all, not once. My BG is never over 5.5mmol/L, and that is down to sticking to 20g of carbs or less every day.
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209.4 lb
Lost so far: 20.9 lb.
Still to go: 77.2 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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gaining 1.2 lb a week
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