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GLP1 to combat weight gain and A1C increase while on ADT?
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@jim18 Thanks. When I lost weight, glucose was 98 and A1C 5.4. In April, those were 113 and 5.8. My wife has gained, too, perhaps a bit like “sympathy” weight gain among men during their wives’ pregnancies. I tried vegan for a while during treatment, but my wife wasn’t willing to join me. Weight Watchers’ Simple Start low-carb, low-fat program has worked because quantity isn’t limited, just selection. Now to do it.
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@jime51
You don’t need to go vegan. I eat 3 different cereals in the morning. Something that looks like Wheaties, but has no sugar and high protein, Something that looks like cocoa puffs that has no sugar and high protein, And I eat a shotglasss cup full of bran bits (Recommended at PCRI). I eat that with soy milk and it really taste good.
Every other day, I make a huge salad with kale and Romain, Green onion, Artichoke hearts, Tomatoes and Anchovies. On opposite days, I may not eat lunch or have sardines, tuna or peanut butter and jam.. All depends on my weight.
I have a snack every day with a whole bunch of pistachios, Almonds are good too.
For dinner, I have chicken or fish with brown rice and a vegetable.
After dinner in the evening, I have a bowl of strawberries and a small piece of cake or a couple of cookies.
I get on the scale every day and base what I eat on what I weigh. It has worked for eight years on ADT. If I gain a little weight, then I have the evening cake or cookies every other day.
I am 6’4” 190lbs so maybe I need a little bit of extra food.
I don’t have to eat vegan, I can lose weight when I need to. My last two A1c were 5.4. I get them every three months.
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@jime51 With an A1c increase of 0.4 with 25 lbs weight gain you have lots of capacity to stay off diabetic medication if you keep the weight off. If diet does not work the GLP-1s will. Jeff is right about the difficulty of losing weight on ADT but the GLP-1s will cause weight loss even with ADT.