My low carb/IF Diet - BG and progress

Debmcgee said:

Keep going Jen. Do you have a partner? I wish sometimes I had someone who would love me no matter what - saggy skin and stretch marks!! I don't fancy getting naked with someone new to see it all sloshing about lol!!

I take magnesium but am really slack on multivitamin- I need to add that to my things to improve! Along with water intake....x


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Borderline T2, serial yo-yo dieter but firmly sticking to LCHF with IF

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Yeah I do. I just asked him if he'd still love me if I had saggy skin.. showed him some photos of people that lost weight and had loose skin. But also showed him before after pics with tummy tuck. Anyways, he loves me for me, wish is good. and we'll see if I can even get there down that low. I am 27 stone now.. heck I'd be happy if I could get down to 20 stone. I have a feeling sinc eI have so much insulin resistance, I probably won't able to be really thin ? Not sure.. I'm eating about 20 to 50 net grams of carbs per day. Lost 3 stone so far in a couple months.

Debmcgee said:

FBG was 6.6 which I don't think is too bad considering the amount of carbs I had yesterday and over the weekend. Interestingly, my leg pain was back with a vengeance. I wonder if carbs exasperate the pain? Could that be possible?

Fasting today so will start my day with a coffee. I won't bother weighing in as I feel like that would be asking for trouble so I've decided to wait until the end of the week. I look bloated and even my face looks bigger. Amazing how a few days off piste can have such an impact

Next birthday isn't until September now so I have a nice clear run, free from temptation.

My mum decided to go a day earlier and left yesterday because she can't stand my unruly kids. They were actually pretty good to be fair, but I think she is kid intolerant. She wasn't around much for us as kids so she can't remember what young kids are like. It's a real shame and it certainly isn't good for my girls' self esteem. They can't understand why people never stay around in our life. It makes me the only constant which adds to the responsibility of single parenting and they get ever more insecure when I try to carve some space for myself.

Sorry for the moan but always better out than in!

D x


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Borderline T2, serial yo-yo dieter but firmly sticking to LCHF with IF

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What fasting blood glucose do you usually have? A couple things I've read:

As you keep your blood sugars lower and normalized like you have, neuropathy can heal and that means that you can now feel more pain because the nerves are starting to sense things again. I've heard that this pain passes over time. (Learned this from Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution book -- he's says over time he's reversed all neuropathy but still gets pain from things like intermittent frozen shoulder which he believes is related to glycation of tendons, ligaments or whatever.)

Another thing I read is that if your blood sugar is higher than you normally are at, one can immediately feel it in the limbs, with numbness and perhaps pain. Dr. Bernstein says himself he feels pretty horrible at 120 mg/dl (6.7 mmol/L).

So I am guessing maybe the carbs aren't helping, but not really sure. could be just healing pains or just some pains we might not fully overcome? I am new to all this so I don't know. Perhaps someone else can chime in about this. I am just going by what I've read. I've kept my blood sugars under control now at A1C of 5.8 (40 IFCC) for a couple months coming from AIC of 9 to 11 (75-100 IFCC). I have half the feeling back in my limbs so I know I'm healing. But I do get leg pains down my whole leg at times starting from hip (had this pain for over 10 years now along with edema). When I get above 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) my limbs get more numb and I feel more whole leg pain.

Debmcgee said:

That's lovely to have his support. If you stay on track and push through temptation and are consistent then I think you can do it! Three stones is a great start and already a significant bit of weight.

I used to put myself under a lot of unnecessary pressure and would feel like a failure if I hadn't lost x amount by x date. Whilst I have goals nowadays, I'm less bothered about timescale. Having said that though, if my hba1c doesn't continue to fall, I'll be annoyed.

I'm on 30g carbs max per day. If I go over, my FBG is affected.


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Borderline T2, serial yo-yo dieter but firmly sticking to LCHF with IF

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Yeah I find I am pretty darn carb intolerant myself. I should probably be eating like 20g max a day -- ketogenic. And I need to cut my protein down a bit, it's been like 110-120 grams.. half of that gets converted to glucose via gluconeogenesis.

Regarding skin, I look at it this way: I am just so glad I feel I have a chance at life now, that I got my blood sugars normalized and losing weight. I'll always cherish the accomplishment of normalized blood sugars regardless of weight or skin. I was worried I wouldn't live another 10 years, now I am looking forward to life -- no longer depressed and thinking of death all the time. I'll worry about the skin at some later point in life, if and whenever that ever becomes a problem. And if someone else can't handle it then so be it.. just focusing on myself & health, that's the most important thing. The healthier I get, the more likely I will be able to afford any cosmetic surgery and be able to have surgery without as much health risk on the operating table. A friend told me not to worry, that the skin will take care of itself, and as we know worrying just adds stress and doesn't help with cortisol/blood sugars/insulin resistance.

I wish you great continued success! I'll keep in regular contact to see your progress. I'll report mine as well to you. We can do this! Hugs.

Jennifer

Hi Debs.

Very interested to read about your back pain flare up, after those days off piste.
I get the same - only with me it is flare up of pain in knees and hand joints.
I think the increased carbs cause inflammation. And, with me, it is usually grains. I seem to have more leeway with sugar and root veg.
I usually see a reduction in the inflammation and pain levels at around 3-5 days after I cut them from my diet again.

Oh, and I also get inflammation flare ups if I get an infection, whether it is cold virus, influenza, or even food poisoning...

Well if that isn't incentive and motivation!!! YAY.

Your doing great Deb keep it up!