thepolly
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Not keeping motivated, eating when not hungry too much of the time. Need to up my distractions
I'm finally home and I've been very naughty food-wise today. Mr Chook says I ought to class it as an experiment....
@Chook oh have a great time, I'm sure you will x
@marathonmona woohoo! Not perfect is pretty much life. So glad you feel better
I saw the dr today and asked about possible support for fasting but she said the NHS probably doesn't support it although was happy to recommend IF but I'm doing that already as I mostly eat once a day. So I asked her if I might be a good study case for someone looking into fasting.... clutching at straws. The book says that even if you aren't on meds but are diabetic then you should be monitored. Also would be interesting to see what it's doing physically.
The book also mentions a 27 year old Scottish man that fasted for over a year with no serious side effects in 1973 (he was 456 pounds and went down to 180 pounds). Would so love to get in touch with him but have no idea where to start.
I lost weight on the BSD when I did that and am very slowly losing weight with one meal a day, had lost a kilo since I last weighed at my DN appt some months ago.... have been low carb for over a year except when I eat sweet potato fries when I'm out but mostly just have a salad instead of fries/chips. I'm not particularly cal counting atm and I don't think my macros are great, just being a bit obsessed about what fasting 'could' do for me.@thepolly, are you losing weight on OMAD? Do you LCHF and calorie count?
Yes I've read about that chap!
I'm home
And I had an interesting experience today on the journey home .... I was so hungry at lunchtime that I started feeling a bid odd and light headed and I thought that if I didn't eat something I might faint - I even thought I might eat one of my dogs - so we stopped at a chippy on the way home and I had fish 'n' chips (yes.. REAL chips) and mushy peas -my BG before eating was 5.4 and of course then I felt really guilty and worried so I took my BG 1 hour later which was 6.1, two hours later 6.0, three hours later 5.8 and I've just taken it again and its down to 5.4. I'm really surprised!!
The only issue I had after eating was feeling a bit nauseous but that could have been because of the fat and the car ride.
Just a question, if you don't mind. After a 48 hour fast do you eat a "normal" me for you, I know on much longer fasts it is not a good idea.Assuming your last set of kidney tests etc were normal I see no real risk with fasts upto 48hrs provided to know how to control andy drugs/insulin you are on to stop BG going to low and you drink lots of water. Over 48hr you have to think about salt intake etc.
(I would not say this to someone who has not been doing 23hr fasts with no issues.)
Well everyone, I'm not quite sure what to do. Since the end of week 4 I've not really been following the plan as I've struggled with hunger and the last ten days with cravings, which I've given in to more than once.
I've lost 16 lbs and did that in just over a month. It's a great plan, it really is but I just cannot stick to it at the moment. I need more food. I desperately don't want to now leave it at this and spend the next year just toying with the same few pounds... in short, I need to lose weight but my body needs more fuel.
I'll have a little think about a plan... I'm thinking maybe 1200 calories or intermittent fasting. Maybe dropping the dairy...I must admit, I struggle with any plan I'm on!
I desperately don't want to lose contact with the fabulous people on here though.
I get on well with intermittent fasting - skipping breakfast every day and lunch as well 2-3 times a week and even eating pretty high fat foods, staying between 800 and 1,200 calories a day is fairly easy (with the odd day over or under that range). And if I get very hungry I just eat! Weight loss has been good (although a little slower now I’m getting closer to my initial target) and blood sugars have come down consistently.
How long have you been doing this Goonergal and how much have you lost? If you don't mind me asking
I started skipping breakfast around May of this year and added in skipping lunch towards the end of June. Just had a look back at weekly weigh ins and have lost almost exactly 20kg since 5th May - lost about 10kg between December and May so pace of losing definitely picked up.