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Old 12-01-2008, 02:58 AM
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Julielouise,

It could well be that you are now at a point where you can control your diabetes with diet/exercise, certainly if you are off all medication and your numbers are within the normal range, that would seem to be the case.

One thing that occurs to me, how long are you off Metformin? It can take 3-5 weeks for it to take effect when you start taking it, so I would assume that it takes some time to completely clear your system. As the others have suggested, look at your carbs and type of carbs, you may need to up them slightly. The struggle could be controlling your carbs so that you don't slip into eating too many to control your numbers. I understand what you mean about not wanting to eat more carbs and gain back weight. Perhaps longer acting carbs might be an idea, so that you can include exercise in your treatment. Frank asked a good question, how close to your goal weight are you? If you still have some weight to lose it might be worth considering something like weight watchers (just be sure to tell them you have diabetes but it is under control).
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