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Lower blood sugars, broken nose dislocated shoulder , cautionary tale .

I think its great to hear details of what others have tried, It triggers your interest in research and also helps ensure that you have thought of all the implications . I love pork scratchings and having found them useful for weight loss, it would be all to easy to then make them a real staple, but I do have raised urea and therefore propensity to gout so it makes sense to use in moderation - which of course always makes sense, just easy to get a bit carried away !
 
Well if anyone is in E1 and needs a walking buddy let me know lol
 
I don't want to contemplate doing without chicharones
I say have fun if you like them and your body does not instantly turn them into intense joint pains of gout. They are one of my gout triggers. I used to love them until I figured out that every time I ate them I could barely walk the next day.
 
I feel the same way about chocolate I can not face life without it. I am going back to my occasional piece of dark chocolate after I reach my goal weight. Hey-it's good for my heart.
 
No, I'm in the SW. Oklahoma right now. I used to know a very nice woman with diabetes in D. C.-she has moved to Oakland and retired now.
 
Cherry, I would walk with you if I was there. How are you?

aw that's cool. I warn you though, once I get a subject beneath my teeth I'm a non stop talking bore!.

I know a fair few fit young men( lucky me) who are off doing traithons and such and' I've now made it a bit of a mission to warn them to think carefully before doing the carb loading thing as I'm struggling to see it can be a very good idea given what I now think I know!so I've been passing out lecture notes all over the place.

On my own health front I've managed my first bath so stopped ponging which is good, and a couple of short walks. I also managed to chair a couple of meetings yesterday and generally throw my considerable weight about - so all it getting back to normal.

I also now have a standing desk which I've been using since the accident because its the right height to support my sling, think that might be helping my sugars a bit too . The range of my readings seems to be getting a bit tighter ( between 6-9) though a 5 is still as rare as hen's teeth !

No pain killers, just the odd grimace - sometimes quite loud LOL
 
Sounds like you are getting back into it. I can be like that too on a topic, holding on to it until everyone one else is just sick of hearing about it.
 
We ARE all different. For example, that Health Nut bread you were expecting Cherry to make a sandwich from is 19 g. carbs PER SLICE, a sanwich usually being two slices. As reactive as I am, I would be way over 200 spiked on the bread alone. Not that I didn't use to like the taste of the stuff but sure I wouldn't suggest anyone diabetic to eat that.

It works for me but I seem to be able to eat more carbs than most posting here at this point-things are always changing and I will keep that in mind. I usually only eat I slice of bread for a small sandwich. My meals are typically 40-50 carbs each for two meals and one very low carb meal per day currently. I am losing weight at about 1 to 2 pounds per week and usually staying in my target range for blood glucose. You have to remember I may have started out heavier than you.
 
I have gout and genetically hemochromotosis. I can not ingest the amounts of proteins suggested by some here and have found a diet that works for me. I am sorry to hear that you were bedridden and hope that you are feeling better now.
 
The idea of eating bread of any kind horrifies m at present. Having seen how quickly my sugars react to any food at all, I am rapidly going off the idea of eating any of it!

Having said that I have plenty of spare fuel so I doubt it matters too much at this point!

It is a daily struggle to get from my starting 8-9 range to my afternoon/ evening 6-7 range. Now I am watching my blood sugars so closely it is also a lot easier to see how I could have been getting to 18 odd. In practice I was a constant grazer, my 1250 calories could happily have been consumed at a rate of 100 calories - mainly carbs per hour for twelve hours - e.g. a couple of grapes or a fish stick every time I walked past the fridge. Having seen how even 5-10 g of carbs makes my blood sugar shoot up , so it was probably shooting higher and ramping up every hour of every day and never getting chance to recover before I then suffered the dawn syndrome too No wonder it was all going wrong!

I am currently running at a ketone level of 1.5 ( blood)and losing 1 kg a week whilst experimenting with the fasting elements and the 90 10 10 but not letting myself go above 1250 and 60 20 20. I'm happy to carry on with all that for now and see what transpires at my next review.
Today I manged my first proper walk since the accident , 4 km and it left my sugars a bit higher and me tired out, but it's progress - if slow !
 
The idea of eating bread of any kind horrifies m at present. Having seen how quickly my sugars react to any food at all, I am rapidly going off the idea of eating any of it!

Having said that I have plenty of spare fuel so I doubt it matters too much at this point!

It is a daily struggle to get from my starting 8-9 range to my afternoon/ evening 6-7 range. Now I am watching my blood sugars so closely it is also a lot easier to see how I could have been getting to 18 odd. In practice I was a constant grazer, my 1250 calories could happily have been consumed at a rate of 100 calories - mainly carbs per hour for twelve hours - e.g. a couple of grapes or a fish stick every time I walked past the fridge. Having seen how even 5-10 g of carbs makes my blood sugar shoot up , so it was probably shooting higher and ramping up every hour of every day and never getting chance to recover before I then suffered the dawn syndrome too No wonder it was all going wrong!

I am currently running at a ketone level of 1.5 ( blood)and losing 1 kg a week whilst experimenting with the fasting elements and the 90 10 10 but not letting myself go above 1250 and 60 20 20. I'm happy to carry on with all that for now and see what transpires at my next review.
Today I manged my first proper walk since the accident , 4 km and it left my sugars a bit higher and me tired out, but it's progress - if slow !
Sounds great-you eat whatever works for you and know that we are all wishing you well!
 
Cherry, I just tagged @AndBreathe for you to help with more information.
 
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I'm not completely sure. my question was around 80 20 20 or 90 10 10 low carb diets and whether restricting protein during weight loss might help rid the body of excess skin and allow your skin to shrink alongside the weight loss. Presumably SwUSA thinks you might have something to contribute?
 
I'm not completely sure. my question was around 80 20 20 or 90 10 10 low carb diets and whether restricting protein during weight loss might help rid the body of excess skin and allow your skin to shrink alongside the weight loss. Presumably SwUSA thinks you might have something to contribute?

OK. To be honest, my personal tactics, during and post-weight loss was just to keep mobile. I use mobile because I'm not a gym bunny, but happy to walk and swim or peddle my bike. I also moisturise like mad, but then I always have done.

I think the absolute best way to avoid your skin having to play catch-up with your underlying structures, after a "certain age" is to lose slowly. Then your skin has a chance, but that said, for those who lose a lot, even slowly, sometimes (for those of a certain age) it's just too big an ask for the skin to zip back.

Personally, my arms are now poor and where I had a good bust when I also had love handles, I don't any more. I saw a breast surgeon a year or so ago, about something unrelated and lightly quipped I'd thought of having my bosom done, to which her response was always address the arms first, as they're what people are most likely to see, in day-to-day life. I won't be having my arms or my bosom done.

Over time, my arms have got a it better, but I'm reconciled my arms aren't going back to having taught skin. There are worse things in life. :)
 
since diagnosis I have been walking much , much more. I also seem to have become a little unsteady on my feet. I think this might be that my body is simply not used to operating in the 5-6 range. Last night minor stumbles were replaced by a major fall.
Walking home along the Embankment, after seeing the new Jack Reacher movie ( don't bother to go lol its bad ). I tripped after one of Charlie Chaplin type runs where you are trying desperately to keep upright I fell flat on my nose breaking it in the process.

After half an hour of trying to recover enough to go home to bed, I realised that A & E was required. At that point it became clear that I had dislocated my right shoulder and fractured my clavicle.

Substantial laughing gas and two shots of morphine were nowhere near enough to prevent my screams when the doctors manipulated it back into place. I think I probably woke all the patients and a few in the nearby cemetery!

On the plus side my blood pressure went down to 104/59 a level not seen by me , my blood sugars remained at 9.3 for the entire duration ( 5.9 before I fell over)

I took the opportunity to educate the entire A& E department about LCHF and after the inevitable - oh that's dangerous, they tested my ketone level which is 3. Ideal for weight loss. A couple of them took notes to pass onto friends who are diabetic.

I guess the takeaway from this is that everyone who is walking more with rapidly reducing blood sugars needs to take extra care.
Finally I bought a standing desk a while ago, but have not yet got round to using it. It turns out that is at the ideal position to rest my sling !

Onwards and downwards lol
I had a fall too! Straight on to my face on one of those paving slabs with raised studs to provide better grip. Lost three teeth, the doctor said lucky not to break my jaw. I often get dizzy spasms & have to grab a lamp post or similar. It's caused by Ace Inhibitors which lower my blood pressure too much. Sometimes I experience black dots in my visual field, all part of life's rich cup of tea.
 
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