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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2331290" data-attributes="member: 196898">You are welcome.  Low carb took me a couple of weeks to get decent results but I took the high road and gently eased myself into it.  I advise this route since (a) it is not necessary to rush to get into keto mode - it helps but is not essential. (b) gently does it and hence the shopping is easier, the keto flu stays away, and there is less risk of a hypo so controlling medication becomes less of a helter skelter ride.  I suppose I took about 3 weeks to get into the 5-8 mmol/l ranges, and even then my fasting levels were still being boosted by liver dumps.  It takes a month or two to reduce FBG to match the others.The book I found was a turning point for me was Blood Sugar 101 by Jenny Ruhl.    I do advise keeping a food/ results log so you track how you react to different foods.  I use an Excel spreadsheet for mine since it allows me to do some trending analysis so I can control my medications as appropriate.  Mine has nearly 2000 daily entries in it now (5.4 years worth)  But then I am a touch nerdy in that respect.  I carb watch, but have never carb counted.  I have no idea what I consume in a day but estimate it to be between 50 and 130.  I have never weighed anything not even when baking a cake  I just weigh myself.  If I get it wrong, then I get higher bgl readings - hey ho its the average over the day or the week or month (depending on how strict on myself I want to be that day) so I never worry too much.  Learn from the mistake and move on.</blockquote>

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