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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ep5" data-source="post: 1116551">Magisham, today, for the first time, my morning fasting blood sugar was under 100 (98 on my meter, about, about 5.4 on yours.) This was so encouraging to me. I had gotten down to about 120 - 125 (6.7 to 7.1) but then it bounced up again to around 7.5 to 8.0 -- discouraging, as I was eating the same. I did make one change, I stopped drinking coffee (with cream) all day long, limiting myself to when I wake up and when I eat in the early evening. Even though heavy cream has very few carbohydrates, I think nursing on carbs all day, even in this small amount, was stalling me. Maybe it was just that my body adjusted, like a tipping point.... or maybe both. It was hard to give up all day coffee, as that has been my habit since my late teens, that's 40 years ago! But I couldn't think of anything else that was causing it.Sometimes the last little bits are in the smallest, individual details. And I agree, without the internet I would still be so sick! I got almost zero guidance from my health care practitioners.The other help I discovered, for my body at least, was to eat raw vegetables with all my meals. I even eat a stalk of celery in the morning when I have my coffee, if I can't manage anything else. I find I can eat a bit wider range of food if I do this.... still no bread, but I can handle a bit of beans, or if I eat more than 1/4 cup of hummus  at a time, it all goes better if I eat a salad, too. I'm pretty sure this is because the fiber slows down my digestion and the glucose enters my bloodstream more slowly. A bit odd to munch on celery with my morning coffee, but so worth it : )You and your partner are in my thoughts, so glad I can be an example of 'living proof', as I like to describe it <3PS I think I forgot to mention, Dr Jason Fung is a nephrologist. This is his most comprehensive series of blog posts... I think there's about 36 of them, and I've read them all! It was comforting to have this resource to come back to again and again, as I was all alone in figuring this out. <a href="https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/category/lectures/the-aetiology-of-obesity-lecture-series/" target="_blank">https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/category/lectures/the-aetiology-of-obesity-lecture-series/</a></blockquote>

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