It's been a challenging few days. My nephew's graduation party was Saturday at lunch time. The only thing they had that I could eat was the pulled pork. Everything else was a carb-a-palooza, so I stuck to the pork and water. That night we had a cookout at my sister's house. I had a burger and some baby spinach. Then today a woman brought an Edible Arrangements thing into the office to thank me for assisting with the arrangements for her mother's funeral (I'm the office manager at a church). A nice gesture, but I passed them along to everyone else in the office. My fasting blood sugar was 81 this morning, so this way of eating is clearly working, and I'm not going to quit! LCHF for life!

Most frustrating thing people keep saying to me when I decline their carb and sugar loaded food is, "oh, come on, just a little won't hurt you"! Then they proceed to shove the food in front of my face. Um, sorry but this WOE is working for me and I'm not letting them screw it up for me. My will power is stronger than their peer pressure. 


I feel better than I have in years! Thank you to everyone in this group who has and is helping me along the way. You're all great and you're helping to save my life! I suffer from MS, fibromyalgia, DDD, DJD and neuropathy and of course T2 diabetes and I seriously felt miserable & overwhelmed until I found this group. Now that my glucose is in the normal range all of my other illnesses seem to not have as many flare ups and I truly feel so much better!

If your  medication is no longer working like it used to it is probably  because you have added to your insulin resistance by eating potatoes, fruit and whole grains as you stated your dr recommended. No amount of medication will work for very long if you don't cut those high carb foods that add to your insulin resistance and cause the disease to progress.
That's why we have suggested to you to follow our healthy low carb food list. Sheila G

I wanted to share some positive results in hope that it will provide a little encouragement to folks new to this WOE.
Back in February, my A1c was 10.7 My doctor put me on Lantus insulin, with dosage increasing weekly for 2 months. That scared me. They also added more Metformin to my daily meds.
When I got home from the doctor, I joined this group. I started following this way of eating. I got rid of the carbs throughout the house. EVERYTHING that was off plan. I put it all on the table. Frozen stuff, stuff from the pantry and fridge. Gave it away. Returned it to the store (in some instances). Threw out stuff that was old.

Fast forward to this week.... and my A1c was 5.4. I can't say how happy I am. I feel vindicated. This WOE is totally worth it. Eating to my meter is just how things work now.

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I got my lab results today. Boy was I shocked! My A1C dropped from 9.2 to 7.2. The reason I was so shocked? I was on steroids for 15 days the later part of Jan.to around the second week of Feb. B.S. running 435 and 325 to 365. So I expected a jump in my A1C. I've been eating LCHF since Jan. 28 th but figured the steroids and the numbers I was seeing there was NO way it would be down! My Good Cholesterol and bad cholesterol were all way down. My triglycerides were also down. My Dr. said he was very happy with my lab results! My cholesterol and triglycerides were all high last time. This time they are only half the normal range! This is one very happy lady! And I know my A1C will be even lower in 3 months!

S Watkins

Yesterday at 4:26pm

I love this group and eating lchf. Eating like the Dr said put my bs at 486 in 2016. I had dizziness, palpitations, terrible pain in my limbs, couldn't think, thought I was getting dementia. I was eating a whole food plant based diet for decades. Now I eat to my meter with 20 carbs a day or less. I make delicious meals from the food list I have. My fasting number is now consistently 100 and I don't spike because I know what to eat. I never ate fast food, sweets or junk so I don't miss them. I did miss fruit but it spikes me very badly so oh well. No carb is worth losing my sight, my limbs, or my kidneys. My IBS, neuropathy, dizziness, palpitations have all disappeared. I lost 35 pounds and I feel great. I hope I can encourage others.

P. Buncic, Type 2 Diabetes global  ❤