I was able to do well with just diet changes at first, but I just couldn’t do it forever. The only way I could get my blood sugar down was NO carbs. I couldn’t do ANY cheat days. Any carbs at all would break the cycle and my blood sugar would increase.
Then one day I looked at the next rice cake and said “I can’t do this any more”.
Diets are very hard to do forever.
So, with Metformin and Jardiance and eating carefully (no bread, very limited other carbs, the occasional potato) I was able to get it down quite a bit, but then Ozempic brought it down the where it should be, and I can have things like bread a couple of times a week, and some treats - it feels like a “normal” diet.
Of course, now I am probably hooked for life.
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That sounds like my journey. I’ve gone through distinct phases. Around December, after losing 20 pounds, I plateaued. I then cut out lots of carbs, cut out all alcohol, switched to keto cereals for breakfast, amped up protein, and really began looking at added sugars. Now I’m three pounds away from my target and am easing up a bit moving into maintenance mode. I use a Bioelectrical Impedance Scale (Omron) to track weight, fat and muscle. I was doing daily weigh-ins for months, but backed off to every other day. I use MyFitnessPal to log every single bite of food. I keep a kitchen scale handy and measure every food on it. Weighing and Logging are a pain, but it slows me down and makes me more thoughtful about what I am eating. I’ve found over the years that logging is the key to success for me.
I also started taking psyllium husk powder which fills me up and adds lots of fiber.