I’ve been keto for years and lost a lot of weight and kept the BS under control, but I guess I started getting lazy and let carbs creep in. Back to almost 200 pounds on my 5’4" frame, and the BS numbers were hitting the 120-137 mark consistently every morning. I decided to go carnivore, which eliminates almost all of those sneaky carbs. My body is so carb sensitive, just looking at popcorn can shoot my glucose up! /sucks to be me
My main goal is to manage the blood sugar - T2 diabetes killed my mom, grandma, aunt, and I have siblings with it, as well. It’s ravaged the maternal side of my family.
I’ve been about a month on carnivore, lost about ten pounds and now I’ve hit one of those brick walls. The weight isn’t dropping, but at least my morning BS numbers are coming down. I’m watching a ton of videos from the “experts” in the field, and am trying to find what works for me. I think I’m going to cut back on the fat and see what happens.
My labs just came back, and my cholesterol numbers are much higher than I thought they’d be. I’ve already told the doc there is no way I’m ever taking a statin, and we had a discussion about my diet and my goals - to solve the problem and not just mask the symptoms. She’s actually curious and is going to look into the diet herself. At least she’s not like my last doctor, who tried to strong arm me into statins! We both agreed that since I’m going to give this 90 days before I start to get too worried, I’ll go back in January for more labs and we’ll go from there. In the meantime, I’ll keep educating myself, and I hope she does, too.
My mother was on thyroid meds, btw. My thyroid has always been a concern, since my weight has been a problem for most of my life. My skin has always leaned towards the dry side and I’m missing the outer half of my eyebrows, for so long that I can’t remember when. I do however, have a luxurious head of hair.
Any feedback on my lab numbers and suggestions would be appreciated (first numbers are from April, second numbers are from October, 2024). Anything that is out of normal range I’ll mark in parentheses:
Labs - CMP (whatever that means)
Glucose 89, 97
BUN/Creatinine Ratio: 29(h), 33(h)
Labs - HgA1c: 6.1 (h) / 5.9 (h)
Labs: Lipid Panel:
Cholesterol, Total: 214 (h) / 326(h)
Triglycerides: 67 / 86
HDL : 60 / 77
VLDL : 11 / 13
LDL Chol Calc (NIH): 143 (h) / 236 (h)
Labs: TSH Rfx on Abnormal to Free T4
TSH: 3.080 / 4.640 (h)