Struggling to get my A1C down - Prediabetes

[Pittie Petey]

My A1C was over 13 at one point, last time I tested it I got it down to my target goal of 7.0, still too high but a lot dang better than it was, I gotta do blood work next month, hopefully I'll be in the high 6's, we'll see...

 

[Sweater of AV]

Clean up your diet and hit the gym.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

What's your age, height and bodyweight?

Keep in mind that most macro nutrients (excluding fat) can indirectly be metabolized into glucose. Sometimes it isn't about what you eat, but the quantities you are eating it in.

If you've lost weight but your blood glucose remained unchanged, I would be very surprised.

As an anecdote, there was a nutrition professor who followed an all twinkie diet for 10 weeks (he took one multivitamin per day). He consumed 1800 calories of twinkies daily. The net effect was that his cholesterol, blood glucose and overall body fat percentage all dropped. Since he was eating significantly below maintenance, the net positives of weight loss superseded the negative of a terrible and unbalanced diet.

Man loses 27 pounds with Twinkie-based diet | Liberty Champion

A nutrition professor at Kansas State University recently completed two months on the “Twinkie diet” and with surprising results: he lost 27 pounds and was generally healthier than he had been before the diet. Over the course of 10 weeks, Mark Haub decided he would put this unusual diet to the...

www.liberty.edu

If you need any help developing a nutrition plan, feel free to DM me. I have been a competitive bodybuilder for almost 20 years and have tried every diet under the sun.

PS: Eat more fiber.

 

[Pittie Petey]

all twinkie diet

You just changed my life forever!

 

[UberHere]

You need to do resistance training. Steady state cardio for blood pressure and resistance training for insulin sensitivity

 

[F1980]

What's your age, height and bodyweight?

Keep in mind that most macro nutrients (excluding fat) can indirectly be metabolized into glucose. Sometimes it isn't about what you eat, but the quantities you are eating it in.

If you've lost weight but your blood glucose remained unchanged, I would be very surprised.

As an anecdote, there was a nutrition professor who followed an all twinkie diet for 10 weeks (he took one multivitamin per day). He consumed 1800 calories of twinkies daily. The net effect was that his cholesterol, blood glucose and overall body fat percentage all dropped. Since he was eating significantly below maintenance, the net positives of weight loss superseded the negative of a terrible and unbalanced diet.

Man loses 27 pounds with Twinkie-based diet | Liberty Champion

A nutrition professor at Kansas State University recently completed two months on the “Twinkie diet” and with surprising results: he lost 27 pounds and was generally healthier than he had been before the diet. Over the course of 10 weeks, Mark Haub decided he would put this unusual diet to the...

www.liberty.edu

If you need any help developing a nutrition plan, feel free to DM me. I have been a competitive bodybuilder for almost 20 years and have tried every diet under the sun.

PS: Eat more fiber.

45, 5'10 and 178 lbs.

 

[Ghost of LBL]

45, 5'10 and 178 lbs.

So it isn’t a weight problem. If you don’t lift now it’s probably body composition and insulin sensitivity issue. Common as you get older to carrying more visceral fat and less lean mass despite normal looking body weight. And do you have family with diabetes?

Exercise moves the needle more than a lot of things. Muscle is a big glucose sink. The more you carry and the more you use it, the better your insulin sensitivity. I never had high blood sugar, but I put on over 20lbs of muscle a couple years ago and my a1c went from 5.5 to 4.8.

You don’t have to be on medication or live on chicken and broccoli. Get on a bodybuilding routine, walk 10-15 min after meals, don’t be sedentary, get enough protein to build muscles, get sleep. You could also consider TRT if your levels are low. That’s a big help.

 

[cincymma79]

My bloodwork just came back. I'm at 5.8.

The last time I checked 6 months ago, it was at 5.8.

Anything from 5.6 to 6.4 it Prediabetic and anything over that and you have Type 2 diabetes.

Can't eat any type of bread, any type of rice, or potatoes or pasta. Even fruit has sugar or carbs. Basically, your diet is restricted to vegetables and meat.

I started eating wheat bread and even made my own with a bread maker. Also swtiched to brown rice when I could, and no more sugar. Nothing but water. None of that helped, I'm still at 5.8. Turns out wheat bread, sourdough, brown rice doesn't mean shit. Can't have any of it.

 

[cincymma79]

My bloodwork just came back. I'm at 5.8.

The last time I checked 6 months ago, it was at 5.8.

Anything from 5.6 to 6.4 it Prediabetic and anything over that and you have Type 2 diabetes.

Can't eat any type of bread, any type of rice, or potatoes or pasta. Even fruit has sugar or carbs. Basically, your diet is restricted to vegetables and meat.

I started eating wheat bread and even made my own with a bread maker. Also swtiched to brown rice when I could, and no more sugar. Nothing but water. None of that helped, I'm still at 5.8. Turns out wheat bread, sourdough, brown rice doesn't mean shit. Can't have any of it.

just realized this fits better

 

[GSP_37]

Don't remember for sure, but I thought pecans, and other nuts help with something.

 

[TheTickG]

My bloodwork just came back. I'm at 5.8.

The last time I checked 6 months ago, it was at 5.8.

Anything from 5.6 to 6.4 it Prediabetic and anything over that and you have Type 2 diabetes.

Can't eat any type of bread, any type of rice, or potatoes or pasta. Even fruit has sugar or carbs. Basically, your diet is restricted to vegetables and meat.

I started eating wheat bread and even made my own with a bread maker. Also swtiched to brown rice when I could, and no more sugar. Nothing but water. None of that helped, I'm still at 5.8. Turns out wheat bread, sourdough, brown rice doesn't mean shit. Can't have any of it.

I liked carnivore and keto diets when I was on them. Intermittent fasting was easier too.

 

[NadaRekowski]

Who would have thought that processed carbohydrates are shitty?! Wheat breed?! It's garbage.

Just cook your meals based on fish, egg, meat and veggies, joghurts, wild berries are fine too.

Water and green tea. You will feel and look like a new person after three months...

 

[ROKKO]

My bloodwork just came back. I'm at 5.8.

The last time I checked 6 months ago, it was at 5.8.

Anything from 5.6 to 6.4 it Prediabetic and anything over that and you have Type 2 diabetes.

Can't eat any type of bread, any type of rice, or potatoes or pasta. Even fruit has sugar or carbs. Basically, your diet is restricted to vegetables and meat.

I started eating wheat bread and even made my own with a bread maker. Also swtiched to brown rice when I could, and no more sugar. Nothing but water. None of that helped, I'm still at 5.8. Turns out wheat bread, sourdough, brown rice doesn't mean shit. Can't have any of it.

We are basically twins! Mine is at 5.7. I'm 5 foot 10 and 44 years old and I weigh 160 lbs. I'm not particularly worried about it as all my other blood work is a normal range plus I don't have any fatigue or anything

 

[Other]

Can't relate... my mutated SLC30A8 genes says I can eat whatever I want and my A1C won't ever get that high

Blood pressure on the other hand, that's another story.