Day 6 on diabetes miracle eating plan
Ate exactly the same as yesterday.
Feeling good. BG levels best since I bought the meter.
Absolutely certain my BG hasn't been above 7 since Saturday, which is stunning.
Highest reading is 6.4-6.9 two hrs after evening meal, dropping to a fabulous 5.2 ish before bed.
Dawn phenomenon seems to have kicked up a bit though.
Am tracking it. Around 6.8 on waking. But doesn't rise further if I have a Brazil nut before getting out of bed.
My only area of concern is water retention.
Previous experience of low carbing is that it reduces water retention.
But since about day 3 of uber low carbing, I have found my feet and ankles have been swelling a bit.
I have had swollen ankles in the past from high carb eating, hot weather and sitting at my work desk too long.
This week, the weather has been cool, I'm on very low carbs, and I'm sitting at my desk.
But I sit at my desk every work day. And last week my ankles didn't swell.
I'm drinking plenty (1x coffee n cream, 3xherb/green teas, 1xbovril, 1xsambucol effervescent tab in water [1gcarb/tab] and a couple pints of water.
Anyone got any suggestions?
I've got some Spironolactone (encourages the kidneys to work a little harder), but I don't want to take them if there is some obvious non-drug solution that I have missed...