I am. The weights are also in the data. Initially at the doctor's, I was 320. And that was 2 weeks ago.
Now I'm at 314.
And also, watch out about the a1c. They are not reliable readings to use in diagnosis. Studies from last year show a very skewed weighted average from the last 3 months that generate the a1c. Also, if you have any sort of hemoglobin-modifying illness (sickle cell, others), a1c is completely inaccurate.
140mg/dL is scientifically known to kill nerve cells. Every minute above this kills stuff. The ideal healthy human's response is between 85-100mg/dL. A resting rate away from this shows dysfunction.
However, an OGTT shows if you have problems. You take a reading prior to drinking 75g glucose. One big drink. Then you test every 30 minutes until you're back to normal, which is usually 2-2.5 hours. A doc won't say it, but every minute over 140 causes cell death, and most likely lower.
For example, this is what 12 carbs did to me:
18:20 12/09/2015 test 143
18:35 12/09/2015 eat 15m
19:15 12/09/2015 test 182
19:30 12/09/2015 test 172
19:45 12/09/2015 test 168
20:00 12/09/2015 test 150
20:15 12/09/2015 test 144
20:30 12/09/2015 test 123
Following the advice of my wife (a pharmacist!), I've been on a restricted calorie diet (1300kcal) for 10 days and it seems to have worked. My resting a1c is 4.3.
I can recommend trying it - although it's not easy. The first 5 days are horrible. I only managed it because I had a stomach virus (so wasn't eating).
Pills are expensive and it's crazy to be stuck on them if you can control your glucose with diet.
I'm dieting now, I'm going to re-test each time I drop 5kg to see if it helps.
see: http://www.gizmag.com/one-gram-pancreas-fat-reverse-type-2-d...