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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
Firstly i am not on medication, had read january 2016 of HAbc1 6.4 so i sore i was gonna change this naturally and not pay big pharma to kill me slowly.
I was on LCHF diet for 8 months last year and lost 15 kilos and brought my Habc1 from 6.4 to 5.2 in 2 months felt amazing after 6 months on it, plateaud and started going to gym to build muscle mass up - felt even better, no body aches no dawn phenomenon, weight loss, (got a bit lightheaded and palpitations after 8 months of LCHF intermittent fasting and gym) started having one carb meal a day then..
I went off course over the winter eating carb meal and snack almost everyday and put the weight back on in 2 months. and my fasting bg levels went up to 6.1. (possibly higher as i ran out of test strips)
I am now back on the LCHF 2 weeks in and always struggling with the dawn phenomenon, being woken up by hot flush at 4am. I do a fasting BG morning read and its ave 4.2 - 5.9 (never below 4)
My ketones are up to 40 v dark pink (using ketostix urine test morning afternoon and evening reads)
I have been getting hot flushes in the daytime, very tired, dizzy and bone ache (i think this is the keto flu)
typical non fasting day is:
I have coffee with heavy cream in the morning as advised
wake up 4- 5am coffee with heavy cream and erythritol
9am - 2 eggs sometimes bacon or full fat yoghurt and strawberries / raspberries /blueberries with flaxseed
11 am some cheese or nuts
1-2pm tuna salad or chicken salad
5-6 pm chicken tuna or beef with some veg or cheese
in small snack of cheese or yoghurt 9pm as advised to stop dawn phenomenon
and don't eat meals or anything heavy after 7pm,
sleep 11pm ish
I get very tired during the afternoon
I try to drink a lot of water- at least 2 - 3 litres often in the form of a big jug of hibiscus tea left to cool overnight
MY QUESTIONS ARE:
1. How do i stop the Dawn phenomenon, i feel like its not good to have this.
2. Is my liver creating glycogen from the proteins i eat overnight and what does this mean? good? bad?
3. should i be eating more fat, i know I'm not eating enough at the moment.
Can i still consider my 4am reads as a fasting one if i went to sleep at 11pm? (5 hours sleep) are they not night reads?
4. if i have coffee with cream first thing after getting up and testing etc, does this mean i miss a fasting read by not waiting until 6am?
5. any other advise u can give me to raise me out of DP ? id like to sleep thru till 6am and not have a restless tossing turning heat rushing sleep form 2am - 4am ( i have been forcing myself to stay sleeping in bed so i don't get up at 2am)
6. i have heard that fat cells have a memory and i seemed to put on a lot more of the weight very very quickly over the winter once i introduced carbs back in to my diet. I am now heavier than i was before i started a year ago just after a few months of eating carbs again. ( i stopped going to the gym as well)
look forward to hearing your ideas on any or all of my questions ( u can number your answers accordingly so you don't have to answer all if necessary lol)
Stevia Queen x
I was on LCHF diet for 8 months last year and lost 15 kilos and brought my Habc1 from 6.4 to 5.2 in 2 months felt amazing after 6 months on it, plateaud and started going to gym to build muscle mass up - felt even better, no body aches no dawn phenomenon, weight loss, (got a bit lightheaded and palpitations after 8 months of LCHF intermittent fasting and gym) started having one carb meal a day then..
I went off course over the winter eating carb meal and snack almost everyday and put the weight back on in 2 months. and my fasting bg levels went up to 6.1. (possibly higher as i ran out of test strips)
I am now back on the LCHF 2 weeks in and always struggling with the dawn phenomenon, being woken up by hot flush at 4am. I do a fasting BG morning read and its ave 4.2 - 5.9 (never below 4)
My ketones are up to 40 v dark pink (using ketostix urine test morning afternoon and evening reads)
I have been getting hot flushes in the daytime, very tired, dizzy and bone ache (i think this is the keto flu)
typical non fasting day is:
I have coffee with heavy cream in the morning as advised
wake up 4- 5am coffee with heavy cream and erythritol
9am - 2 eggs sometimes bacon or full fat yoghurt and strawberries / raspberries /blueberries with flaxseed
11 am some cheese or nuts
1-2pm tuna salad or chicken salad
5-6 pm chicken tuna or beef with some veg or cheese
in small snack of cheese or yoghurt 9pm as advised to stop dawn phenomenon
and don't eat meals or anything heavy after 7pm,
sleep 11pm ish
I get very tired during the afternoon
I try to drink a lot of water- at least 2 - 3 litres often in the form of a big jug of hibiscus tea left to cool overnight
MY QUESTIONS ARE:
1. How do i stop the Dawn phenomenon, i feel like its not good to have this.
2. Is my liver creating glycogen from the proteins i eat overnight and what does this mean? good? bad?
3. should i be eating more fat, i know I'm not eating enough at the moment.
Can i still consider my 4am reads as a fasting one if i went to sleep at 11pm? (5 hours sleep) are they not night reads?
4. if i have coffee with cream first thing after getting up and testing etc, does this mean i miss a fasting read by not waiting until 6am?
5. any other advise u can give me to raise me out of DP ? id like to sleep thru till 6am and not have a restless tossing turning heat rushing sleep form 2am - 4am ( i have been forcing myself to stay sleeping in bed so i don't get up at 2am)
6. i have heard that fat cells have a memory and i seemed to put on a lot more of the weight very very quickly over the winter once i introduced carbs back in to my diet. I am now heavier than i was before i started a year ago just after a few months of eating carbs again. ( i stopped going to the gym as well)
look forward to hearing your ideas on any or all of my questions ( u can number your answers accordingly so you don't have to answer all if necessary lol)
Stevia Queen x
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