KevinPotts
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Diet only
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- Unkind people, failure to take personal responsibility.
@debbiedoodles, try this...it's long, but I found it so helpful
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Your guy's legs ever feel tight leg muscles after like 8 days of intermittent fasting? Like the entire legs on both sides are tightened up. I'm not burning muscle right? I weigh in high 20's (stone) and eat lots of protein but only in a 6 hour window. I read to get some Magnesium and have been taking those.. I think it's helping a little. Have been on LCHF diet for 50 days, and LCHF 18:6 intermittent fasting for past 15 days.
I'll see doc this coming Thursday for complete blood tests checking out my thyroid, liver function, lipase, lipids, vitamin levels (including magnesium, potassium), sodium etc.. I'll let you know my new A1C. My average blood sugar on the meter for past 2 months is about 6.38 mmol/mL (115 mg/dL). Don't know how many of the blood cells before the past 2 months is going to show up in the test, but A1C two months ago was 8.6. I'd be happy with A1C of 6 or better (not bad improvement for two months)
I will do thanks very much Kevin
Wow I just read your sig, what a turn-around! You lost a lot of weight! You look so good in your photo. You must feel great! Good job getting your sugars under control as well. LCHF diet did this all for ya? Did you do any intermittent fasting as well? How easy is it to keep off? Do you ever feel hungry? What do you eat these days? How many calories and what is macronutrient composition? AWESOME!!!Sounds like a really terrific improvement. You should be proud of yourself!
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Quote from Dr. Jason Fung’s “The Obesity Code”@JenniferG
I am now losing again. I have gone from average 8.5 or 9 to 6.5 average with IF of 18/6 but I also get some muscle aches so need to start supplements.
@JenniferG
My bg was 6.2 this morning at 7, not eaten yet but tested again at 11.30 and now 8.4 must be liver dump?
No just water. Yes I'm skipping breakfast as IF. Must be glycogen I thinkDid you drink anything besides water between 7 and 11.30? Like coffee or tea? If so, what did you put in the coffee or tea? Any diet sodas or artificial sweetners consumed in this period? Were you under any stress between 7 and 11.30?
What time do you usually eat? Are you currently doing the intermittent fasting? Do you skip the morning meal, like me?
Wow I just read your sig, what a turn-around! You lost a lot of weight! You look so good in your photo. You must feel great! Good job getting your sugars under control as well. LCHF diet did this all for ya? Did you do any intermittent fasting as well? How easy is it to keep off? Do you ever feel hungry? What do you eat these days? How many calories and what is macronutrient composition? AWESOME!!!
Welcome to this lovely forum ! I only joined about two months ago and had lots of support and lots of questions answered. I try to keep around 35g carbs a day, it doesn't always happen, especially as I work away from home a good deal. I learnt from folk not to best myself up if I failed ! That was a great revelation. I take no medication and can keep my numbers down with diet alone and I am sure you will be able to do the same !
Well done so far, excellent progress. The folk here will make you feel very welcome !
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Thanks for the reply. I am so happy for you! Do you think it'd be possible for me to do what you did without the running & resistance training? I have chronic non-insertional achilles tendonitis for the past 1.5 years now, and I am thinking it's going to stay with me for life -- I'm 381 pounds (27.2 stone) now so between that and tendon I have to be really careful. I need to do a 3 or 4 day fast like you do each month, just been doing IF only.. do you think that might break any potential of slowing of metabolism? I still think it's so amazing you lost like what 50% of your body weight? I heard it was like almost impossible to do that with diabetes, and maintain it.. but i've read differently acccording to Dr. Jason Fung's theory in his The Obesity Code. HOw long were you overweight? I've been overweight all my life, morbidly obese at 13. I am 45 now. I never feel hungry on this diet as well, I hope it stays that way forever, I can easily maintain with this diet as well (LCHF 18:6) because I don't even think about food or have any hunger. I don't mind eating this way the rest of my life. Lately I've found I just eat whatever and it's always about the same amount of calories every day as it turns out.. around 1700. So I don't need to relaly count them anymore either (Just started my LCHF 18:6 sixteen days ago, been on LCHF for fifty days). I eat just about the same macronutrient composition as you. Have a beautiful day! Thanks!Thanks for the encouragement!
I'll answer by point
- yes I feel totally great, energetic, strong and happy
- yes LCHF, gym (resistance training), running most mornings, & IF
- yes fast from 7pm to 1pm following day, 4 day once per month, 7 day once per quarter.
- easy to keep off, the next phase for me is going to be to stop me dropping any more weight - might take a bit of trial and error
- I don't really ever feel hungry, but I still have crab go for chockie and ice cream and I deal with that with 85% choc and OPPO low. Are ice cream (7.4g per 100g)
- I don't know on Cals, as I have never contend them, haven't really needeD to On LCHF
- proportions around 5% carbs, 75% fat, 20% protein
Do you have a web page or blog that tells your story? It's amazing. I'd like to have to link to share with many diabetics that are struggling with weight loss and keeping it up!Thanks for the encouragement!
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Thanks for the reply. I am so happy for you! Do you think it'd be possible for me to do what you did without the running & resistance training? I have chronic non-insertional achilles tendonitis for the past 1.5 years now, and I am thinking it's going to stay with me for life -- I'm 381 pounds (27.2 stone) now so between that and tendon I have to be really careful. I need to do a 3 or 4 day fast like you do each month, just been doing IF only.. do you think that might break any potential of slowing of metabolism? I still think it's so amazing you lost like what 50% of your body weight? I heard it was like almost impossible to do that with diabetes, and maintain it.. but i've read differently acccording to Dr. Jason Fung's theory in his The Obesity Code. HOw long were you overweight? I've been overweight all my life, morbidly obese at 13. I am 45 now. I never feel hungry on this diet as well, I hope it stays that way forever, I can easily maintain with this diet as well (LCHF 18:6) because I don't even think about food or have any hunger. I don't mind eating this way the rest of my life. Lately I've found I just eat whatever and it's always about the same amount of calories every day as it turns out.. around 1700. So I don't need to relaly count them anymore either (Just started my LCHF 18:6 sixteen days ago, been on LCHF for fifty days). I eat just about the same macronutrient composition as you. Have a beautiful day! Thanks!
Do you have a web page or blog that tells your story? It's amazing. I'd like to have to link to share with many diabetics that are struggling with weight loss and keeping it up!
You really should you have an excellent story! Or you could write it up and email to Dr. Fung and he'll put it up on his testimonials page:
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