JayAmerican
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I finally "broke" the barrier of glucose my body kept dumping even when I reduced my carbs. Although not a scientific way to explain what I think is going on but I literally think my liver is running out of stored glucose to dump into my system between meals.
5 weeks ago I was hovering near 300 mg/DL, actually tested above 300 after a meal first visit to the doctor who basically told me I had a problem. The first week after that I thought I was doing what I should to but then a fasting test after 1 week showed me at 259. That's when I really changed the diet and went pseudo-keto as I learned what to eat and then now currently almost 100% keto - I say almost because I am still learning of food alternates and need to make sure I am properly balancing -- for example eating a lot of nuts full of Omega-6 I need to balance that out with Omega-3 which basically means: more fish. In the meantime I've added Omega-3 supplements and brought back in more regular Berberine as a supplement. At night when I know I may have trouble sleeping, I am taking melatonin as a soft way to induce me to not experience insomnia. Vitamin D as well but I don't think it helps unless I increase it dramatically (I'd rather just get more sun). I will be able to stop the melatonin once I'm back to a predictable sleep schedule. I have also been trying to calm my thinking and not fall into my stress triggers.
I was seeing my morning fasting blood still be in the 180-190 range until last weekend where it finally started to creep down, and now it is averaging 140s. My between-meal levels are in the 120s and 130s. Post-meal, my sugar is also not spiking much and go back to the "new normal" pretty quickly. Keep in mind these are keto meals not carb-rich. I have tracked that if I do eat non-fiber carbs (which is now rare) the blood sugars do spike but since I am avoiding that like the plague right now I'm not sure how high nor how quickly it would go back down.
I have started light workouts with a friend, and trying to fit in walking after every lunch during my work week. I will also be supplementing my light workouts with at-home calisthenics until I can do proper resistance training: planks, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches, squats, lunges. I will be looking at rowing machine as something to do when I get home before eating dinner.
My goal originally was to get to an average of 140s and get my fasting levels down. Once I am clearly staying in the 120-130 range average m next goal will be normal levels (under 100 average and a least 120 or lower morning fasting levels).
5 weeks ago I was hovering near 300 mg/DL, actually tested above 300 after a meal first visit to the doctor who basically told me I had a problem. The first week after that I thought I was doing what I should to but then a fasting test after 1 week showed me at 259. That's when I really changed the diet and went pseudo-keto as I learned what to eat and then now currently almost 100% keto - I say almost because I am still learning of food alternates and need to make sure I am properly balancing -- for example eating a lot of nuts full of Omega-6 I need to balance that out with Omega-3 which basically means: more fish. In the meantime I've added Omega-3 supplements and brought back in more regular Berberine as a supplement. At night when I know I may have trouble sleeping, I am taking melatonin as a soft way to induce me to not experience insomnia. Vitamin D as well but I don't think it helps unless I increase it dramatically (I'd rather just get more sun). I will be able to stop the melatonin once I'm back to a predictable sleep schedule. I have also been trying to calm my thinking and not fall into my stress triggers.
I was seeing my morning fasting blood still be in the 180-190 range until last weekend where it finally started to creep down, and now it is averaging 140s. My between-meal levels are in the 120s and 130s. Post-meal, my sugar is also not spiking much and go back to the "new normal" pretty quickly. Keep in mind these are keto meals not carb-rich. I have tracked that if I do eat non-fiber carbs (which is now rare) the blood sugars do spike but since I am avoiding that like the plague right now I'm not sure how high nor how quickly it would go back down.
I have started light workouts with a friend, and trying to fit in walking after every lunch during my work week. I will also be supplementing my light workouts with at-home calisthenics until I can do proper resistance training: planks, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches, squats, lunges. I will be looking at rowing machine as something to do when I get home before eating dinner.
My goal originally was to get to an average of 140s and get my fasting levels down. Once I am clearly staying in the 120-130 range average m next goal will be normal levels (under 100 average and a least 120 or lower morning fasting levels).