{"id":153538,"date":"2010-01-08T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/type-2-diabetes\/47377-right-track-i-hope.html"},"modified":"2010-01-08T07:14:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:14:02","slug":"on-the-right-track-i-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/153538","title":{"rendered":"On the Right Track&#8211;I hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>It has been two months since I have been diagnosed as a Type II.  I thought I would share my accomplishments and goals to see if I am on the right track.  Advice or suggestions will be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Vital statistics: Male, 48 year old, 6 foot tall<br \/>\nAt diagnosis I weighed 230 pounds with and A1C of 8.5.  My BMI was 31.2.  I was mainly sedentary.  Lipids, except for triglycerides, controlled to normal with medication.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, I weigh 201 pounds and have an average BG reading of 97.  My BMI is 27.3.  I currently walk approximately 2 hours a day.  My average daily carb consumption is 20 &#8211; 30.  Through shear negligence, I have paid no attention to my daily caloric intake.<\/p>\n<p>My final goal is to weigh 175 pounds, a BMI of 23.7, and an average A1C in the low 5s.  I want to maintain a daily carb consumption of 30.<\/p>\n<p>I attribute the weight loss I achieved so far as due to the walking and the reduction of carbs.  With hind sight I also realize that there is an associated weight loss due to the reduction of calories.  <\/p>\n<p>Classified as obese at the start of this journey I was not too worried about the rapid weight loss as I felt I was burning excess fat off.  Two months later I am growing concerned that at a rate of over three pounds a week that I am losing the weight too fast.<\/p>\n<p>To slow the rate of weight loss I intend to increase my caloric intake by adding more no\/low carb foods such as olive oil and proteins.  What I worry about is that my lipid profile is going to skyrocket.<\/p>\n<p>:confused: My questions are:  Is it safe to continue at my current rate of weight loss until I achieve my final goal?  Will my lipids soar if I add in more fats and proteins?  Any recommendations as to high caloric but low\/no carb foods?:confused: <\/p>\n<p>Kozak<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been two months since I have been diagnosed as a Type II. I thought I would share my accomplishments and goals to see if I am on the right track. Advice or suggestions will be appreciated. Vital statistics: Male, 48 year old, 6 foot tall At diagnosis I weighed 230 pounds with and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":768,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/768"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}