Hi everyone,
I am new and have come here at my wits end! So hopefully someone can shed some light on my dilemma.
I've been eating a Paleo type diet (all natural, no bread pasta ect very high nutrient dense ALOT of salad, veggies, fish and eggs ect) for a few years now for general health as well as control. I put on a bit of weight the last year I think but have managed to get down from 74kg to just over 69kg in the past few months. Still desperately trying to get back down to 63kg (I'm 5ft3) which I was a good weight at, maybe less but I'll see how I feel when I get there!
So for a while when I realised how heavy I had gotten I went very low carb, to the point of Dr Bernstein diabetes solution (for those you who don't know this is pretty much zero carb, <6g for dinner/lunch, no tomatoes, even onions are considered carby). This worked for a while with great Non diabetic bloods (5mmol consistently) which was I was delighted about but it ended up that I couldn't keep up with my workouts and had no energy so it just didn't work for me and I had to stop.
So I am now back to eating pretty low carb like normal but has tightened up a bit and also introduced intermittent fasting which I think has been the main factor in me dropping the small amount of weight I have managed to lose. I was feeling great on this IF which works out having an eating window from about 10/11am til 6/7pm. I have also been having coffee blitzed up with a bit of coconut oil in the morning which has made me feel brilliant (along the lines of the bullet proof coffee craze but just not the TM version). Sometimes I am not hungry until 12/2pm and if I'v got a busy day I will go longer just for convenience. I will emphasise here that I do not under eat, I am pretty sure I eat plenty and nutrient dense meals when I do.
So I did this to lose weight but also get my insulin down for all the health benefits it brings. When my sugars are **** I feel **** - both physiologically and psychologically the past week or two I seem to be suffering some severe insulin resistance - in the past year or two I have always bolused for protein eg if I have a couple of eggs with veggies I'll bolus between 1.5-2.5 units depending on the actual ingredients.
BUT NOW I cannot seem to get my sugars down no matter what I do. I wake up constantly with high sugars, ranging from 8-11 even if I have done a big bolus to bring them down before bed. It's like I have suddenly gone severely insulin resistant. I have today increased my basal rate. I have dropped the HIIT training I was doing before which does help with my insulin sensitivity - maybe I actually require this and should bring it back in? I have been running, cycling and I horse ride too. But haven't been strength training or intervals as much but even when I do the effect doesn't seem as good.
Have I given myself insulin resistance with constant low carbing? I do eat berries, some fruits ect, strawberries a lot in the summer! Should I bump up the sweet potatoes?
Help!
Any help much appreciated and thanks to any poor souls who have made it to the end of this. If you have any advice please reply or even if you can suggest somewhere/someone to go for advice.
Thanks S
I am new and have come here at my wits end! So hopefully someone can shed some light on my dilemma.
I've been eating a Paleo type diet (all natural, no bread pasta ect very high nutrient dense ALOT of salad, veggies, fish and eggs ect) for a few years now for general health as well as control. I put on a bit of weight the last year I think but have managed to get down from 74kg to just over 69kg in the past few months. Still desperately trying to get back down to 63kg (I'm 5ft3) which I was a good weight at, maybe less but I'll see how I feel when I get there!
So for a while when I realised how heavy I had gotten I went very low carb, to the point of Dr Bernstein diabetes solution (for those you who don't know this is pretty much zero carb, <6g for dinner/lunch, no tomatoes, even onions are considered carby). This worked for a while with great Non diabetic bloods (5mmol consistently) which was I was delighted about but it ended up that I couldn't keep up with my workouts and had no energy so it just didn't work for me and I had to stop.
So I am now back to eating pretty low carb like normal but has tightened up a bit and also introduced intermittent fasting which I think has been the main factor in me dropping the small amount of weight I have managed to lose. I was feeling great on this IF which works out having an eating window from about 10/11am til 6/7pm. I have also been having coffee blitzed up with a bit of coconut oil in the morning which has made me feel brilliant (along the lines of the bullet proof coffee craze but just not the TM version). Sometimes I am not hungry until 12/2pm and if I'v got a busy day I will go longer just for convenience. I will emphasise here that I do not under eat, I am pretty sure I eat plenty and nutrient dense meals when I do.
So I did this to lose weight but also get my insulin down for all the health benefits it brings. When my sugars are **** I feel **** - both physiologically and psychologically the past week or two I seem to be suffering some severe insulin resistance - in the past year or two I have always bolused for protein eg if I have a couple of eggs with veggies I'll bolus between 1.5-2.5 units depending on the actual ingredients.
BUT NOW I cannot seem to get my sugars down no matter what I do. I wake up constantly with high sugars, ranging from 8-11 even if I have done a big bolus to bring them down before bed. It's like I have suddenly gone severely insulin resistant. I have today increased my basal rate. I have dropped the HIIT training I was doing before which does help with my insulin sensitivity - maybe I actually require this and should bring it back in? I have been running, cycling and I horse ride too. But haven't been strength training or intervals as much but even when I do the effect doesn't seem as good.
Have I given myself insulin resistance with constant low carbing? I do eat berries, some fruits ect, strawberries a lot in the summer! Should I bump up the sweet potatoes?
Help!
Any help much appreciated and thanks to any poor souls who have made it to the end of this. If you have any advice please reply or even if you can suggest somewhere/someone to go for advice.
Thanks S