Taking the shakes - so what happens if....

[Resurgam]

After so long being unable to do low calorie diets this is a bit of an eye opener for me too.

 

[Resurgam]

I just realised that it is over 5 weeks since I started this experiment.
Still not hungry.

 

[Resurgam]

My blood test was due to be done today, but has been postponed due to the nurse being taken ill.
Now due to be tested in two weeks - I will keep on with the diet until then.
Watch this space.

 

[Outlier]

I am finding your experiences very interesting - thanks for sharing.

 

[Chris24Main]

Yeah - me too. Have my fingers crossed for you (as it happens my next set of tests will be in a couple of weeks as well)

 

[Resurgam]

Well - the results are in and my HbA1c has risen to 48.
I am just glad that I didn't do the trial until I was pretty confident that the way I was eating, two meals a day and no more than 10gm of carbs in the first meal, the rest in the evening, and eating at 12 hourly intervals, kept me pretty much at the top end of normal, and with no spikes.
Oddly my requirement for Thyroxine is reduced, I need to reduce it even further. My thyroid seems to be coming back from the dead.
Perhaps it is the fasting which is the problem, or perhaps it is the quality of the carbs - mostly from the shakes.
Previously I was eating fresh salad stuff almost every day.
Ah well - off to the shops tomorrow with my usual shopping list and back to eating at 12hourly intervals, with berries, yoghurt, eggs and cheese back on the menu.

 

[lovinglife]

Well - the results are in and my HbA1c has risen to 48.
I am just glad that I didn't do the trial until I was pretty confident that the way I was eating, two meals a day and no more than 10gm of carbs in the first meal, the rest in the evening, and eating at 12 hourly intervals, kept me pretty much at the top end of normal, and with no spikes.
Oddly my requirement for Thyroxine is reduced, I need to reduce it even further. My thyroid seems to be coming back from the dead.
Perhaps it is the fasting which is the problem, or perhaps it is the quality of the carbs - mostly from the shakes.
Previously I was eating fresh salad stuff almost every day.
Ah well - off to the shops tomorrow with my usual shopping list and back to eating at 12hourly intervals, with berries, yoghurt, eggs and cheese back on the menu.

Thanks for the update @Resurgam - did you have any weight loss? Enjoy being back on your usual regime

 

[Resurgam]

Thanks for the update @Resurgam - did you have any weight loss? Enjoy being back on your usual regime

I'll see if the clinic has any record of my weight from last year - I find it impossible to weigh myself after all the abuse I got for not losing weight in the past.
I have noticed increased flexibility and harrowing of my middle, so I'm not unhappy about the outcome. I have needed to make some new clothes for a long time and have been putting it off, but now all my trousers are too long and tend to slide down, so I will have no excuse not to get to work. I have had a pattern for dungarees I've been meaning to try out for ages.

 

[Chris24Main]

Dungarees!
Fantastic. I'm a big advocate of draw-string trousers - I have couple of pairs of thicker cotton trousers for the winter, and a couple of pairs of linen trousers for the summer. Just keep them rotating through the wash, and you're done for the year, without ever needing to think about size..

 

[Pipp]

Thanks for keeping us updated, @Resurgam . Has your HbA1c increased by much? That was unexpected. Did you keep a record of total carbs consumed?
How were your cholesterol levels?
Sorry for all the questions. Answers will help me decide whether I should replicate your experiment.

 

[Resurgam]

Thanks for keeping us updated, @Resurgam . Has your HbA1c increased by much? That was unexpected. Did you keep a record of total carbs consumed?
How were your cholesterol levels?
Sorry for all the questions. Answers will help me decide whether I should replicate your experiment.

my HbA1c was 43 last year, not a drastic increase, but it puts me, just, back into type 2 levels.
I have not had a detailed health check as the GP wants to talk to me - even though my using the shakes was added to my notes.
My suspicion is that the carbs in the shake powders and milk are spiking my blood glucose, as I was not having more carbs than usual once I found that the shakes actually made me feel hungry.
Way back in the mid 1800s William Banting found that the quality of the foods was important - previously all my carbs were from fresh or frozen fruit and veges or from salad stuff or strawberries.
Possibly my fasting all day is not suiting me - I fasted for over 20 hours a day, as I thought that was supposed to help.
Having just eaten what was a formerly normal meal of 8oz of beef and half a bag of stirfry l am sure that I was eating very small meals as I feel absolutely stuffed.
I seem to break laws of thermodynamics with my resistance to losing weight.

 

[Pipp]

I seem to break laws of thermodynamics with my resistance to losing weight.

You are not alone.

 

[Resurgam]

Since stopping using the shakes my weight has dropped over 2Kg in 8 days, I think it is.
I am fairly certain that the easy to access carbs from the milk and shake powders were causing spikes.
I was about to start to make some new clothes, on the point of cutting out, and now my waist has shrunk so I will wait another week to see if it is ongoing or will settle - I should just find patterns with adjustable waists, but my drawstring trousers are all sliding down as I am thinner between waist and hips at the back where I lost the weight during my experiment.