50 Pounds Lost In 3 Months Since Dietary Change

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Just weighed myself today and I'm 372, down from 422 lb on May 9th. 50 pounds lost in 3 months!

Also, in the past 3 months I went from an A1C of 9 to 11% (for several years) to an A1C of 5.9%, regained half the feeling back in my limbs. Blood pressure dropped from 140/80 to 110/60. Pulse down from 96 to mid 80's. Dropped all insulin (injected 120 units a day) and dropped Metformin (all it did was give me diarrhea.. no changes in blood sugar). Triglycerides down from over 300 to 167. HDL up from 44 to 49. Triglycerides/HDL ratio is now around 3 instead of 6.

Lifelong dietary change: Low Carb High Fat Ketogenic with Intermittent Fasting -- yeah I need this aggressive of a diet because of my insanely high carb intolerance, but it doesn't seem aggressive to me anymore because I quite enjoy it now, feeling liberated from food and never hungry nor have any cravings. Continuing to lose weight. How low will I get? We'll find out! :)

Fasting blood sugar 115 mg/dL (6.4 mmol/L) .. hopefully this will continue to improve as I lose 14 more stone.
 
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Well done @JenniferG , good luck achieving you goal, don't give up now.
 
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Okay weight loss is finally tapering off.. took 2 days to lose another pound instead of one :) 51 pounds lost total.

I'll quit replying to this thread once I hit a plateau :) Last plateau I hit was 3 weeks long and I even gained like 6 pounds of water and held it for weeks :) But again I peed out like 16 pounds of water in what like last 10 days?
 
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Spoke too soon about it tapering off..

Wow, I just peed out over 2 1/2 pounds of water just now. I'm at 369 lb now (goal achieved next is 359 lb). For 53 pounds lost since May 9th.

Crazy. I don't feel dehydrated either and the urine wasn't that dark considering how much I just peed out. I do drink a lot of water and consume enough salt to stay hydrated as well. And I check blood pressure regularly.

Been losing 1 pound per day steadily since around 10 days ago. Actually the first few couple of days returning to intermittent fast just 10 days ago, I peed out several pounds.

All this after 3 weeks of no weight loss. Like on July 14th I was down to 380 pounds. And around 11 days ago I was up to 387 pounds. Then in past 10 days went down from 387 to 369 for 18 pounds lost.

Should I be worried? I keep checking my ketones (urine, blood & breath), blood sugar, blood pressure--which all seem fine. I consume 4 cups of salted broth each day and lots of water.. and 2 cups of coffee.

I don't understand this at all. Unless my metabolism is speeding up like crazy to burn all the fat that is now able to escape due to much lower insulin levels? I get a full panel blood test today so that will be helpful. It includes Thyroid panel minus free T3 and free T4.

Wonder when this is going to stop.
 
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Wow that's brilliant. Please share some of your meal ideas etc. I'm struggling and need inspiring.
 
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JenniferG said:
Just weighed myself today and I'm 372, down from 422 lb on May 9th. 50 pounds lost in 3 months!

Also, in the past 3 months I went from an A1C of 9 to 11% (for several years) to an A1C of 5.9%, regained half the feeling back in my limbs. Blood pressure dropped from 140/80 to 110/60. Pulse down from 96 to mid 80's. Dropped all insulin (injected 120 units a day) and dropped Metformin (all it did was give me diarrhea.. no changes in blood sugar). Triglycerides down from over 300 to 167. HDL up from 44 to 49. Triglycerides/HDL ratio is now around 3 instead of 6.

Lifelong dietary change: Low Carb High Fat Ketogenic with Intermittent Fasting -- yeah I need this aggressive of a diet because of my insanely high carb intolerance, but it doesn't seem aggressive to me anymore because I quite enjoy it now, feeling liberated from food and never hungry nor have any cravings. Continuing to lose weight. How low will I get? We'll find out! :)

Fasting blood sugar 115 mg/dL (6.4 mmol/L) .. hopefully this will continue to improve as I lose 14 more stone.
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let me know how you did it
 
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The weight fluctuation in July might be explained by the hotter more humid weather. Dehydration can lead to water retention by your cells, making you a bit heavier. When the weather got a bit fresher I suddenly seemed to lose about 3 pounds.
 
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JenniferG said:
Just weighed myself today and I'm 372, down from 422 lb on May 9th. 50 pounds lost in 3 months!

Also, in the past 3 months I went from an A1C of 9 to 11% (for several years) to an A1C of 5.9%, regained half the feeling back in my limbs. Blood pressure dropped from 140/80 to 110/60. Pulse down from 96 to mid 80's. Dropped all insulin (injected 120 units a day) and dropped Metformin (all it did was give me diarrhea.. no changes in blood sugar). Triglycerides down from over 300 to 167. HDL up from 44 to 49. Triglycerides/HDL ratio is now around 3 instead of 6.

Lifelong dietary change: Low Carb High Fat Ketogenic with Intermittent Fasting -- yeah I need this aggressive of a diet because of my insanely high carb intolerance, but it doesn't seem aggressive to me anymore because I quite enjoy it now, feeling liberated from food and never hungry nor have any cravings. Continuing to lose weight. How low will I get? We'll find out! :)

Fasting blood sugar 115 mg/dL (6.4 mmol/L) .. hopefully this will continue to improve as I lose 14 more stone.
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amazingly done wow
 
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