FASTING

MrsA2

Expert
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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I used to think I'd never be able to go very long without food, but after several months (and now years) of low carb eating I find there are times when I just don't need to eat and so I don't.
The fasts would be longer if I didn't have to cook or be around people who are eating. Its the social side I find more difficult than the hunger side
 

debs248

Well-Known Member
Messages
55
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I also find myself not eating for long periods - I do get very hungry but it's a feeling of being empty rather than a desperate need to eat. Every couple of days I do get a different sensation (hanger?) and then need to seek food but otherwise I just eat when convenient.

Unfortunately this isn't suitable for my new medication regime. I'm taking Gliclazide 40mg once per day but I'm supposed to take it twice a day starting tomorrow and the doctor insists I need to eat two meals every day and I just don't know how I'm going to manage that.
 

Greymalkin

Member
Messages
16
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Glad I'm not alone in having tried fasting and found it helpful. I've lately adopted what I'm calling a 44:4 diet, semi-permanently.

I'm never hungry early in the day...I only need coffee. On an eating day I start at 11a.m. with a lot of mostly raw vegetables, and in the four hours before 3pm I make sure I get a lot of nuts and cheese, olive oil, occasional fruit and usually a big omelette or a bowl of my girlfriend's chilli...

...followed by 44 hours not eating. Stopping eating eight or more hours before bed makes it much easier to stop nocturnal fluctuations, which had been a pain for me lately. Getting through the following day is no bother (predictable demanding exercise helps punctuate the hours).

I hope it goes without saying that I'll quickly add a teaspoon of dextrose powder to a hot drink If I start running low.

I had a great extended run in the park today and my BG (which had climbed when I got out of bed) came down without insulin and just stuck between 5 and 6 all afternoon. I'm only injecting 3 or 4 units of Lantus in the evenings and use occasional half-units of Humalog to stop rises.

I'd like to lose about 20lb by my July holiday, then keep it off through the winter, going back to a carefully chosen small meal each day.

In the past five years I've twice done 96 hour fasts, largely from curiosity. I carried on working and forgot about food after the second day. I didn't even stop doing my very exhausting daily hill-run, and I managed some of my best times mid-fast.

It made me wonder how people convince themselves they cannot get to lunchtime without a plate of carbohydrates first thing. I guess most people don't know what they'd manage fine, without. :D
 
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