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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 965312" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>OK. Here goes from me. The things I would try - one at a time, or you won't know what works, or if indeed one counteracts on the other, if you get my drift.</p><p></p><p>If you are feeling tired at work, yet have your snack when you get home, you could try re-shuffling some of your eating, to perhaps deliberately have your little bag of scratchings either with your lunch or certainly earlier in the day? That way you may be fuelling the fire before the heat drops noticeably? You could also try that with some nuts. When I was trying to stabilise my weight, I added a "dose" of peanuts at lunchtime. I say dose as I did actually measure those, partly because they can be addictive and it's possible to munch through a mountain on salty peanuts whilst doing something else and not get any enjoyment, or hunger satisfaction, from them. For me, I used to use a decent sized egg cup, which held about an ounce. That's about the same size as most of the small individual bags (usually 30gr), but can be kept in a drawer at work, with a bag clip to keep them fresh?</p><p></p><p>Conversely, you may find your insulin resistance is significantly improved as you have lost weight. I know mine improved at lot as I skinnied up, and indeed, now my bloods run better if I don't go too low carb. My carb intake varies on a daily basis, as I record my food diary in the evening, after I have eaten, so that I have my food and enjoy it, rather than feel in any way guilty and maybe be put off eating my full meal if I felt it was "too carby". But, suffice to say, my bloods don't vary much, whether I eat 20 or 100gr in a day. All that happens is a slight change in the metabolic/blood bell curve, but no spikes, and I reckon the "volume under the curve" doesn't increase if I up the carbs a bit. If I have a lot of fatty protein, the line hardly rises, but the rise it achieves, stays there for an age. But, as I say, the volume under the curve is probably about the same.</p><p></p><p>I can't say I've ever striven for ketosis, and by the time I tested a few times, only using urine strips, any ketosis I was achieving was barely visible. None of this purple strips for me! Allegedly, as the body adapts to ketosis, it doesn't show so well in the urine. I haven't done any in depth reading on this, as it's never been mega important to me. I have always simply focused on blood scores, accepting the rest would likely fall into place. </p><p></p><p>May take has always been that if I can achieve normo-glycaemia, and maintain it (so far, so good!), I will be happy. I never set out to lose weight, and indeed didn't step on the scales for three months, post-diagnosis. My feelings werethat I could live with my then current body, if my bloods came into line, but would have been hacked off if I had focused on getting skinny, but still found my bloods to be in poor shape.</p><p></p><p>It is important to me that I stay slim, because it would appear from my own records that the old visceral fat didn't do me any favours, and my waist was the last part of me to really get tiny.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all. I've always said the trickiest bit is at the balancing stage, because then it is playing the see-saw game to prevent it becoming a yo-yo battle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 965312, member: 88961"] OK. Here goes from me. The things I would try - one at a time, or you won't know what works, or if indeed one counteracts on the other, if you get my drift. If you are feeling tired at work, yet have your snack when you get home, you could try re-shuffling some of your eating, to perhaps deliberately have your little bag of scratchings either with your lunch or certainly earlier in the day? That way you may be fuelling the fire before the heat drops noticeably? You could also try that with some nuts. When I was trying to stabilise my weight, I added a "dose" of peanuts at lunchtime. I say dose as I did actually measure those, partly because they can be addictive and it's possible to munch through a mountain on salty peanuts whilst doing something else and not get any enjoyment, or hunger satisfaction, from them. For me, I used to use a decent sized egg cup, which held about an ounce. That's about the same size as most of the small individual bags (usually 30gr), but can be kept in a drawer at work, with a bag clip to keep them fresh? Conversely, you may find your insulin resistance is significantly improved as you have lost weight. I know mine improved at lot as I skinnied up, and indeed, now my bloods run better if I don't go too low carb. My carb intake varies on a daily basis, as I record my food diary in the evening, after I have eaten, so that I have my food and enjoy it, rather than feel in any way guilty and maybe be put off eating my full meal if I felt it was "too carby". But, suffice to say, my bloods don't vary much, whether I eat 20 or 100gr in a day. All that happens is a slight change in the metabolic/blood bell curve, but no spikes, and I reckon the "volume under the curve" doesn't increase if I up the carbs a bit. If I have a lot of fatty protein, the line hardly rises, but the rise it achieves, stays there for an age. But, as I say, the volume under the curve is probably about the same. I can't say I've ever striven for ketosis, and by the time I tested a few times, only using urine strips, any ketosis I was achieving was barely visible. None of this purple strips for me! Allegedly, as the body adapts to ketosis, it doesn't show so well in the urine. I haven't done any in depth reading on this, as it's never been mega important to me. I have always simply focused on blood scores, accepting the rest would likely fall into place. May take has always been that if I can achieve normo-glycaemia, and maintain it (so far, so good!), I will be happy. I never set out to lose weight, and indeed didn't step on the scales for three months, post-diagnosis. My feelings werethat I could live with my then current body, if my bloods came into line, but would have been hacked off if I had focused on getting skinny, but still found my bloods to be in poor shape. It is important to me that I stay slim, because it would appear from my own records that the old visceral fat didn't do me any favours, and my waist was the last part of me to really get tiny. Good luck with it all. I've always said the trickiest bit is at the balancing stage, because then it is playing the see-saw game to prevent it becoming a yo-yo battle. [/QUOTE]
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