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Episode 002 - What I THOUGHT Would Help Lower My A1C Vs What Actually Did

Let’s face it, there is a lottt of misinformation, advice and poor strategy that floats its way through the internet. While intentions may be good - its effects are not. So it’s up to us to filter what is beneficial for our bodies, mind and spirit - and what is not so beneficial. In this episode, I take you through the past seven years since my diagnosis and what I THOUGHT would help me control my blood sugars and lower my A1C and what ACTUALLY helped, without leaving me feeling restricted.

In this episode I'm going to take you through what I was told would help my A1C, why they didn't work and what actually worked (for me).

Here’s what’s inside today’s episode:

Clearing up the confusion between what diets and strategies are more likely to leave us feeling restricted and resentful.
#1: The first thing I was told - restrict carbs. Why this didn’t serve me and how looking at the bigger picture of pairing my foods strategically helped more.
#2: Why the detoxes, cleanses and resets are just short term solutions to blood sugar management and what you can look to instead.
#3: The “pre-bolusing strategy” just isn’t it.
#4: We’re in an age where relying on your endo as your only means of support will only hold you back in your management.
#5: There will be times when exercise won’t actually benefit you, despite what we’re told. What to look to instead.
#6: Why we’re told to avoid variability with this diagnosis and why it doesn’t work.

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Show Notes:

⏰ (0:00): INTRO
⏰ (0:28): BROUGHT TO YOU BY SKIN GRIP
⏰ (1:08): Welcome back! Today we’re clearing up some confusion
⏰ (4:24): What I thought would help me control my blood sugars: avoid carbs
⏰ (10:00): Detoxes, Cleanses and Resets = no.
⏰ (11:42): Working WITH your hormones makes all the difference
⏰ (14:34): #3 - pre-bolusing isn’t always the answer
⏰ (17:57): #4 - simply relying on your endo.
⏰ (19:41): You can assess your own baselines and make changes on your own!
⏰ (20:08): #5 Exercising everyday is no bueno
⏰ (23:39): Reduce. Your. Stress.
⏰ (25:16): Avoid variability (yeah right).
⏰ (26:26): WELCOME MORE FLEXIBILITY!
⏰ (28:35): Outro

YOUR HOST

Lissie Poyner

Certified Health Coach, Personal Trainer & Founder of Needles and Spoons

Integrative Diabetes Health Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, owner of Needles and Spoons Health & Wellness, and creator Keeping It 100. I help overwhelmed people with Type One Diabetes just like you gain more predictability in their blood sugars so they can finally take their life plans off hold.

I was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 19, and to say that I was lost would be an understatement. In the years that followed my diagnosis, through trial, (a lot of) error, and education, I took my own A1C from a 7.1 to a consistent 5.7 and learned what it really takes to achieve predictability in my blood sugars. I also brought my Ulcerative Colitis into remission!