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Guys,
Here in Texas this week we have been out of power and heat for a week due to unusual cold weather, -13.8889 Celsius in the mornings. The problem I had was that I did not have power to cook and all of the restaurants were closed as well, so I could not eat what I would normally eat. The only thing I could eat was carby food. The good news was that I was able to keep my blood sugars around 4.7 fasting and 5.8 two hours after meals.
I learned a great deal from previous culinary rebellions how I reacted to carbs and when the numbers started to creep up I would fast for that meal and or would touch certain foods. I also believe my regular swimming also lowered my insulin resistance to a point that I could manage things.
I am not proposing that regularly consuming carbs is alright, but I will say the better you manage your blood sugars the greater the margin you have to deal with things when everything goes wrong.
I forgot to mention that there was not any way to exercise because no power and iced over roads ........
Things are warming up now .........
Formally The Human Popsicle
Dave
Here in Texas this week we have been out of power and heat for a week due to unusual cold weather, -13.8889 Celsius in the mornings. The problem I had was that I did not have power to cook and all of the restaurants were closed as well, so I could not eat what I would normally eat. The only thing I could eat was carby food. The good news was that I was able to keep my blood sugars around 4.7 fasting and 5.8 two hours after meals.
I learned a great deal from previous culinary rebellions how I reacted to carbs and when the numbers started to creep up I would fast for that meal and or would touch certain foods. I also believe my regular swimming also lowered my insulin resistance to a point that I could manage things.
I am not proposing that regularly consuming carbs is alright, but I will say the better you manage your blood sugars the greater the margin you have to deal with things when everything goes wrong.
I forgot to mention that there was not any way to exercise because no power and iced over roads ........
Things are warming up now .........
Formally The Human Popsicle
Dave