Good Day,
Summary:
A year ago my blood sugar was around 10 mmol/L, HbA1c - 6.1 %, Homa-IR - around 5, Triglycerides - 6.7 mmol/L. In January'23 I started following a variant of OMAD diet with fasting 48/72 hours. My blood sugar went down steadily and in July'23 it was 6.5 mmol/L in the morning, and around 5 - the lowest during the sleep time. HbA1c went down to 5.4 %.
Suddenly, and I don't understand why exactly, my blood glucose went down sharply around 3 weeks ago (CGM would show 5.7 in the morning, 4.4 the nightly lowest), my today's lab test shown morning blood glucose - 4.9 mmol/L, insulin - 8.6 μU/mL, HOMA-IR-1.88. Even though the test results are quite good, I will continue OMAD with fasts for so long as I enjoy it. Also I need to take care of my cholesterols (in mmol/L): HDL - 1.03, Triglycerides - 2.5 (total chols are good, LDL is good) as it shows that my liver is still insulin-resistant.
Please tell me what I should expect next on this way, are such results sustainable or I need to add some activities/sports or do anything else.
Many Thanks!
TLDR,
Dear Resistance,
Around a year ago (I was 47 then), when my BP suddenly spiked to 150/100, I was diagnosed with high blood glucose ~10, Homa-IR around 5, HbA1c - 6.1, Triglycerides - 6.7. This accident I believe was caused by my youngest's Epstein-Barr virus which sprung among the whole family. I gained some weight, meaning from 110 kg with some daily sport activities (weight lifting) to 118 without any sports during a couple of years. I have always been struggling with being overweight, that dictated my adherence towards heavy sports, like weight lifting. All together, my Homa-IR / HbA1c / Triglycerides suggested that I had insulin resistance.
My GP (sucks) suggested that I used metformin, then more metformin, without correcting my diet a bit (as a weight lifter I almost never eat fast carbs, only porridge, veggies and a lot of proteins from eggs, meat, etc). As EBV makes one's intestines so, that eating feels painfully quite naturally, I by some natural reasons was directed towards eating less, and, as I was aware that eating often makes me insulin-resistant, I myself decided to skip breakfasts.
By the magical power of Youtube some time soon (around the NY 2023) a video of benefits of intermittent fasting was shown to me and I commenced my journey into the miracle of not-eating.
My journey went through skipping breakfasts, then skipping breakfasts and dinners - which means switching to OMAD. When I started OMAD my BP went to slightly below my "sportsman" time - 121/73 on average. Later, keeping OMAD, I was doing 48 and 74 fasts weekly. Literally, eating OMAD Fri-Mon, 48 Fastin (skipping lunch on Tue), lunching Wed, skipping lunch on Thu, lunching Fri. Next week it would be eating OMAD Thu-Mon, fasting 72 hours, eating OMAD again. Was it hard to me to do? Not a single bit, I was flying like I was 15 yrs younger. I never felt hunger.
In the early summer'23 I passed my blood tests again, and the results were like this: glucose - 6.5, HOMA-IR = 3.17, HbA1c - 5.7, Triglycerides - 4.5.
I continued doing my OMAD/48/72 fasts and 3 weeks ago my IR got broken, and I continued enjoying my energetic life, free of midday naps, night sweating, constant cravings, etc, when all of a sudden...
All of a sudden my morning glucose went to 5.7 (as my CGM shows to me), my pre OMAD glucose went down to 4.4 and I started to feel a hunger again. Indeed, the feeling of hunger that I would feel if I would not eat for a day 20 years ago. I have a today's lab test: BG- 4.9, insulin - 8.6, HOMA-IR-1.88.. My weight is around 98.
Perfect, yeah? Not so perfect for my liver - it is still insulin-resistant: HDL - 1.08, Triglycerides - 2.5. Even thought it is all ways better than a year ago, my liver is still complaining (I didn't seize alcohol and sometimes (more and more rarely) do binge drinking), might I ask you for suggestions what might happen next to me as I am guessing there might be people who achieved more and went far so far.
Many Thanks!
Summary:
A year ago my blood sugar was around 10 mmol/L, HbA1c - 6.1 %, Homa-IR - around 5, Triglycerides - 6.7 mmol/L. In January'23 I started following a variant of OMAD diet with fasting 48/72 hours. My blood sugar went down steadily and in July'23 it was 6.5 mmol/L in the morning, and around 5 - the lowest during the sleep time. HbA1c went down to 5.4 %.
Suddenly, and I don't understand why exactly, my blood glucose went down sharply around 3 weeks ago (CGM would show 5.7 in the morning, 4.4 the nightly lowest), my today's lab test shown morning blood glucose - 4.9 mmol/L, insulin - 8.6 μU/mL, HOMA-IR-1.88. Even though the test results are quite good, I will continue OMAD with fasts for so long as I enjoy it. Also I need to take care of my cholesterols (in mmol/L): HDL - 1.03, Triglycerides - 2.5 (total chols are good, LDL is good) as it shows that my liver is still insulin-resistant.
Please tell me what I should expect next on this way, are such results sustainable or I need to add some activities/sports or do anything else.
Many Thanks!
TLDR,
Dear Resistance,
Around a year ago (I was 47 then), when my BP suddenly spiked to 150/100, I was diagnosed with high blood glucose ~10, Homa-IR around 5, HbA1c - 6.1, Triglycerides - 6.7. This accident I believe was caused by my youngest's Epstein-Barr virus which sprung among the whole family. I gained some weight, meaning from 110 kg with some daily sport activities (weight lifting) to 118 without any sports during a couple of years. I have always been struggling with being overweight, that dictated my adherence towards heavy sports, like weight lifting. All together, my Homa-IR / HbA1c / Triglycerides suggested that I had insulin resistance.
My GP (sucks) suggested that I used metformin, then more metformin, without correcting my diet a bit (as a weight lifter I almost never eat fast carbs, only porridge, veggies and a lot of proteins from eggs, meat, etc). As EBV makes one's intestines so, that eating feels painfully quite naturally, I by some natural reasons was directed towards eating less, and, as I was aware that eating often makes me insulin-resistant, I myself decided to skip breakfasts.
By the magical power of Youtube some time soon (around the NY 2023) a video of benefits of intermittent fasting was shown to me and I commenced my journey into the miracle of not-eating.
My journey went through skipping breakfasts, then skipping breakfasts and dinners - which means switching to OMAD. When I started OMAD my BP went to slightly below my "sportsman" time - 121/73 on average. Later, keeping OMAD, I was doing 48 and 74 fasts weekly. Literally, eating OMAD Fri-Mon, 48 Fastin (skipping lunch on Tue), lunching Wed, skipping lunch on Thu, lunching Fri. Next week it would be eating OMAD Thu-Mon, fasting 72 hours, eating OMAD again. Was it hard to me to do? Not a single bit, I was flying like I was 15 yrs younger. I never felt hunger.
In the early summer'23 I passed my blood tests again, and the results were like this: glucose - 6.5, HOMA-IR = 3.17, HbA1c - 5.7, Triglycerides - 4.5.
I continued doing my OMAD/48/72 fasts and 3 weeks ago my IR got broken, and I continued enjoying my energetic life, free of midday naps, night sweating, constant cravings, etc, when all of a sudden...
All of a sudden my morning glucose went to 5.7 (as my CGM shows to me), my pre OMAD glucose went down to 4.4 and I started to feel a hunger again. Indeed, the feeling of hunger that I would feel if I would not eat for a day 20 years ago. I have a today's lab test: BG- 4.9, insulin - 8.6, HOMA-IR-1.88.. My weight is around 98.
Perfect, yeah? Not so perfect for my liver - it is still insulin-resistant: HDL - 1.08, Triglycerides - 2.5. Even thought it is all ways better than a year ago, my liver is still complaining (I didn't seize alcohol and sometimes (more and more rarely) do binge drinking), might I ask you for suggestions what might happen next to me as I am guessing there might be people who achieved more and went far so far.
Many Thanks!
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