Recent Content by sw600

Thanks but my BMI is 21 to start with. If I lost 8% that would put me on 60kg at 177cm, which I would not be able to achieve without losing some muscle mass ie not healthy. My problem is not caused by being fat, inside or out.

There are plenty of people (me included) for whom a low-calorie diet would probably end up with them being hospitalised due to malnutrition. I am not and never have been overweight. I don't need to lose any weight but I would still have BG numbers too high without the low-carb approach. That...

Interesting to hear from T1 viewpoint. I am pretty bad for just forgetting to eat during long rides but the worst that will happen is I just get slower. But if you are T1 you could presumably put yourself in difficulty doing that. Could you pull back out of a low by going harder again...

It's amazing how far you CAN get without carbs, but I do need them for longer rides. I'm not keto though. I never 'carb load' beforehand for cycling since it's easy to take stuff with you (less fun for running though I guess). A regular 55km circuit I do takes about 2h and I just do that fasted...

Yes this definitely chimes with my experience. If I'm running 5k or 10k then I'm generally doing it as fast as I can, or cycling making the terrain as hard as I can - I don't have a lot of time for exercise so I try to make the most out of it! In that case I am attempting to stress myself and I...

I went to the Love Parade in Berlin in 2002, I remember my vegetarian friend ordering a veggie salad and it has speck in it (kind of like german pancetta). When challenged the waiter said "It's not meat, it's speck".

It's only a week, I'd not worry about it too much. Don't go crazy but don't sit there in every restaurant trying to deny yourself. Carbs aren't poison, you just need to have long-term control over them. A week of eating 'normally' won't give you diabetes. I guess you'll be doing plenty of...

Luckily no problems at the other end today :D Erythritol is £6.99/kg from amazon so £1.40 worth in that cake. The most expensive bit is the 5 eggs! I know what you mean though, I have spent a small fortune on various substitute/alternative bags of stuff (vital wheat gluten, coconut flour...

Just made this excellent cake, but substituted the sugar 1:1 for erythritol. Took slightly longer to cook (have made it before with sugar). I can honestly say in 4 months of doing this low-carb thing that this is the first 'substitute' baked good I've made where it actually is just as good as...

Sounds plausible! Thanks for sharing, I figured it can't only be me seeing these things. Admittedly my training hasn't been so regular recently due to house renovations, injuries etc so perhaps I just need to get a better schedule together to ameliorate these peaks.

Yes quite possibly it's worse in the mornings, I don't have enough data to be able to compare at the moment. My last sensor just ran out, I need to buy a couple more. Problem is there aren't that many times of the day I can fit in 6 hours on the bike and also see the rest of the family :D

I tried the 'breakfast carbs to avoid spike' method too, with no benefit. Still a spike to 13ish. It's strange that the worst spikes I get are from exercise, not food. @KennyA The data that was shared from a guy on the the Super Sapiens forum showed him hitting almost 10 during exercise, so it...

But back to the OP's question, I don't think you can have too much data. If I only had my 3-6 monthly hba1c to look at then I have been between 40-44 for about 6 years depending on how well I apply myself to eating properly (and it's steadily getting more difficult to keep it low I think). But...

Yes cholesterol also tends to be a bit high unfortunately. And last time I went to the docs they reckoned my blood pressure was also slightly high, which it never has been before, just to complete the holy trinity.

I was fasting because triglyceride levels fluctuate after meals. I want to make a valid comparison with my regular tests, which have always been done fasted. Non-fasting triglycerides are also a valid measure, just a different one.