I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. I've seen similar threads elsewhere but can't remember where they were posted!
I'm going on a "fairly fast fat loss with tight blood sugar control" diet.
My goals, in possibly this order if they can be ordered at all, are:
* Get fitter and stronger so I can start enjoying outdoor hobbies again.
* Avoid high blood sugar spikes.
* Avoid prolonged periods of elevated blood sugar.
* Avoid medication. Have been on 4xMetformin and GP told me I needed different types on top of that, so clearly my health was deteriorating. Currently I've managed to turn things around so don't need the Metformin any more. Hoping to keep it that way for the near future at least.
* Improve my body's ability to deal with carbohydrates.
* Get a better HbA1c score than previously.
The diet may vary, the exercise may vary, and the methods of keeping my blood sugar low and avoiding big spikes may vary.
GOLDEN RULES:
* Never having a reading of > 7 mmol/l 2 hours after food. This can be controlled either by food choice or exercising after food.
* Never going to bed if I get a reading of > 6.
FOCUS:
* Calorie deficit. Amount not important, speed of fat loss not critical, but going to try to do it fairly fast. If weight and stomach girth haven't reduced in a 7 day period, I'll know I'm getting it wrong.
NICE TO HAVES:
* Varied, nutritious food with plenty of vegetables.
No food will be mandatory or excluded, except for alcohol. That will be excluded completely because it would scupper everything for me. I may try many of the accepted "types" of diet, out of interest. "Normal", "Newcastle", "low carb", "ultra low carb" etc.
The things I will graph are:
Day number vs morning blood glucose.
Day number vs measurement around belly, at belly button. Never done this measurement before!
Day number vs morning weight.
Every two weeks I will also perform a fairly tightly controlled carbohydrate tolerance test to see if there is a trend towards improved tolerance. It will need to be quite a small amount of carbs in order not to break the 7mmol/l 2 hours after food rule.
I'll update here every 2 weeks with the graphs, any interesting thing I noticed, and the carb tolerance results.
The plan is flexible enough to make it much easier than the extraordinary efforts some people go to, so I'm hoping to be able to stick to it. But it will require focus and discipline. I'm starting today with elevated blood sugars and will need to work hard to try to get them down to 6 before going to bed. I'll also have to avoid plenty of foods that I currently like. I've been up for 3 hours and only had a handful of nuts so far! Should be easier once bgs get lower.
I'll be writing updates thinking of myself a few months ago - I scoured this forum looking for examples of what people were doing and the results they were getting, to give me ideas about what might work for me. Hopefully it will be of interest to some people in that sort of position.
I'm going on a "fairly fast fat loss with tight blood sugar control" diet.
My goals, in possibly this order if they can be ordered at all, are:
* Get fitter and stronger so I can start enjoying outdoor hobbies again.
* Avoid high blood sugar spikes.
* Avoid prolonged periods of elevated blood sugar.
* Avoid medication. Have been on 4xMetformin and GP told me I needed different types on top of that, so clearly my health was deteriorating. Currently I've managed to turn things around so don't need the Metformin any more. Hoping to keep it that way for the near future at least.
* Improve my body's ability to deal with carbohydrates.
* Get a better HbA1c score than previously.
The diet may vary, the exercise may vary, and the methods of keeping my blood sugar low and avoiding big spikes may vary.
GOLDEN RULES:
* Never having a reading of > 7 mmol/l 2 hours after food. This can be controlled either by food choice or exercising after food.
* Never going to bed if I get a reading of > 6.
FOCUS:
* Calorie deficit. Amount not important, speed of fat loss not critical, but going to try to do it fairly fast. If weight and stomach girth haven't reduced in a 7 day period, I'll know I'm getting it wrong.
NICE TO HAVES:
* Varied, nutritious food with plenty of vegetables.
No food will be mandatory or excluded, except for alcohol. That will be excluded completely because it would scupper everything for me. I may try many of the accepted "types" of diet, out of interest. "Normal", "Newcastle", "low carb", "ultra low carb" etc.
The things I will graph are:
Day number vs morning blood glucose.
Day number vs measurement around belly, at belly button. Never done this measurement before!
Day number vs morning weight.
Every two weeks I will also perform a fairly tightly controlled carbohydrate tolerance test to see if there is a trend towards improved tolerance. It will need to be quite a small amount of carbs in order not to break the 7mmol/l 2 hours after food rule.
I'll update here every 2 weeks with the graphs, any interesting thing I noticed, and the carb tolerance results.
The plan is flexible enough to make it much easier than the extraordinary efforts some people go to, so I'm hoping to be able to stick to it. But it will require focus and discipline. I'm starting today with elevated blood sugars and will need to work hard to try to get them down to 6 before going to bed. I'll also have to avoid plenty of foods that I currently like. I've been up for 3 hours and only had a handful of nuts so far! Should be easier once bgs get lower.
I'll be writing updates thinking of myself a few months ago - I scoured this forum looking for examples of what people were doing and the results they were getting, to give me ideas about what might work for me. Hopefully it will be of interest to some people in that sort of position.
