Hello, pankajkr! Welcome to the forum.
As the forum rules (that pesky checkbox you clicked when you signed up) state :smile2:, we're not doctors and cannot offer medical advice. So we won't advise you to stop taking the Metformin. You should contact your doctor about possibly reducing the dosage.
First, though, we can tell you from our collective experience that greatly reducing the amount of carbohydrates you eat can -- at first -- make you feel like you're experiencing low blood sugar (blood glucose) even though your blood glucose is not reaching medically dangerous levels. Our bodies become accustomed to certain levels of blood glucose and reducing carbs significantly has some side effects (like that one).
In addition, carbohydrate storage in our bodies causes a lot of water to be retained. When we start eating much less in carbohydrates, our bodies shed that water. So some of the weight you've lost in the last three weeks likely is water weight. You probably won't lose weight quite as quickly in the next three weeks -- or three months. That's alright.
Because that same retained water holds certain levels of some nutrients, people who go to lower-carbohydrate diets are urged to increase the amount of water they drink each day. It will be flushed quickly.
My suggestion to you: stay the course. You're making some big changes right now. Losing weight is good. Reducing carbs is good. Metformin is a relatively benign medication. Keep at it. Things will level off and you'll be able to manage your diabetes.
As the forum rules (that pesky checkbox you clicked when you signed up) state :smile2:, we're not doctors and cannot offer medical advice. So we won't advise you to stop taking the Metformin. You should contact your doctor about possibly reducing the dosage.
First, though, we can tell you from our collective experience that greatly reducing the amount of carbohydrates you eat can -- at first -- make you feel like you're experiencing low blood sugar (blood glucose) even though your blood glucose is not reaching medically dangerous levels. Our bodies become accustomed to certain levels of blood glucose and reducing carbs significantly has some side effects (like that one).
In addition, carbohydrate storage in our bodies causes a lot of water to be retained. When we start eating much less in carbohydrates, our bodies shed that water. So some of the weight you've lost in the last three weeks likely is water weight. You probably won't lose weight quite as quickly in the next three weeks -- or three months. That's alright.
Because that same retained water holds certain levels of some nutrients, people who go to lower-carbohydrate diets are urged to increase the amount of water they drink each day. It will be flushed quickly.
My suggestion to you: stay the course. You're making some big changes right now. Losing weight is good. Reducing carbs is good. Metformin is a relatively benign medication. Keep at it. Things will level off and you'll be able to manage your diabetes.
