Congratulations @KevinPotts! Fantastic results, but is your 'simple supplement' Oppo ice cream? If so you obviously need to eat more!
it's NuZest's 2 supplements 
I must admit, I was mildly surprised to see @KevinPotts ' trigs. With all that very aggressive fasting, I would have expected them to plummet too.
Thanks Kristin
It's as lovely Ozzy Shiraz, going down the hatch with a BBQ tonight
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I must admit, I was mildly surprised to see @KevinPotts ' trigs. With all that very aggressive fasting, I would have expected them to plummet too.
@KevinPotts - is your Doc considering lifting the lid on hyperlipidaemia, or just waiting to see how it all pans out?
Great HbA1c though. I'll be very curious to see the next one where you will have included variable amounts of carbs.
My personal theory is - for folks with minimal physical damage, is that we each have a natural running range, where our bodies try to keep us, once it has recovered from whatever led to diagnosis. For me, I seem to have settled at the 31-33 range. 31 was when I would say I was running, in a dietarily comfortable zone (i.e. - enjoyable, varied diet, whilst maintaining a level weight), and normal-for-me stress levels. The two 33s spanned a period of prolonged stress for me, then a surgical intervention and tricky post-op period. I'll be curious to see the next one, now I'm back into my usual chillaxed zone.
Personally, your aggressive fasting regime wouldn't fit into how I enjoy living my life, and I think I would probably find it tricky to keep my weight up were I using it. I would say stabilising my weight was probably the biggest challenge for me. For clarity, I mean halting weight loss.
Going from your current BMI, Kevin, how much lower does your Doc want you to go?
Finally in this ramble (sorry!), could you share your Doc's references to an HbA1c score of sub-25. I'm very happy to challenge my own viewpoints.
and how was the OS?
TG is the only result that's a little high, and it's well within the "approved" range. In sport, even a top athlete may not excel at every parameter.
Higher TG are of concern mostly as an indicator of hyperglycaemia and atherosclerosis. One of these concerns has been knocked down. If the TG don't fall to your satisfaction in time, you could try getting tested for atherosclerosis, and if it's negative, that's what counts. Similarly, I tested negative in a colonoscopy, and now I don't need to do any retest for 10 years (including the test type that's done annually).
There are two noninvasive scans for atherosclerosis: "calcium scan" and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography).
Your resting heart rate is 53. Mine is 75-85. You're doing something very right.
How is it your BMI is 0.8 - 1.2 higher than mine, but your waist is 5 inches smaller, mine being the same size as in the teenage years?! Maybe very dense bones and muscles.
)), further supported statistically by the EPIC-Norfolk Study, that draws a tight link between A1C and CVD. The risk of a heart attack doubles for every 1% rise in A1C. So a person with an average of 5.6 has double the risk of someone with a 4.6 average. Interesting.
5.0 and @ 2 hours 5.1
TG is the only result that's a little high, and it's well within the "approved" range. In sport, even a top athlete may not excel at every parameter.
Higher TG are of concern mostly as an indicator of hyperglycaemia and atherosclerosis. One of these concerns has been knocked down. If the TG don't fall to your satisfaction in time, you could try getting tested for atherosclerosis, and if it's negative, that's what counts. Similarly, I tested negative in a colonoscopy, and now I don't need to do any retest for 10 years (including the test type that's done annually).
There are two noninvasive scans for atherosclerosis: "calcium scan" and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography).
Your resting heart rate is 53. Mine is 75-85. You're doing something very right.
How is it your BMI is 0.8 - 1.2 higher than mine, but your waist is 5 inches smaller, mine being the same size as in the teenage years?! Maybe very dense bones and muscles.
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A few people have asked why my doc wants my A1C to drop further and get the average BG lower than 5.0. He has referred me to a study, though he cannot recall the actual study
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Some have asked for my 3 months food diary.
Here's are 2 typical 5 days...the first was my first week post diag and the second my 7th week
Week 1:
14/4: FBG - 7.9
B: 50/50 oats/bran, summed milk - 10.9 @ 2 hours
L: slice white whole meal bread, toms, celery, peppers - 7.1 @ 2 hours
D: grilled chicken, veg (above ground), rasps - 8.7 @ 2 hours
15/4:FBG - 6.1
B: 50/50 as above - 8.5 @ 2 hours
L: slice bread, toms, pepper, watercress, onion, celery, cuc - 7.1 @ 2 hours
D: mashed root veg, mackerel fillets x 2 - 7.2 @ 2 hours
16/4: FBG - 5.7
B: 50/50 as above - 11.1 @ 2 hours
L: same as above - 5.5 @ 2 hours
D: veggie omelette, baked beans, above ground veg - pre dinner 5.5, + 2 hours, 6.8
17/4: FBG - 7.1
B: 35g oat ran, blueberries, 1 table so, milled flax seed 8.7 @ 2 hours
L: skipped it
D: beef steak, bridled, mix veg (above ground) - pre dinner 7.1, @ 2 hours 7.0
18/4: FBG - 6.0
B: same as yesterday - @ 2 hours, 8.7
L: egg, toms, spinach, @ 2 hours 7.9
D: salmon, spelt rice, green beans - pre 6.0, @ 2 hours 6.3
Week 7:
26/5: FBG - 4.8
B: 10g Good Green Stuff, 25g Good Clean Protein, 1 tablesp milled flax, 1 tablesp milled chia, vit c (1000 mg), 800 ml water - 4.8
L: tinned salmon (Pacific wild), leaves, toms @ 2 hours 4.4
D: fasting - 4.4
27/5: FBG - 4.6
B: GGS, CLP as 26/5 - 4.7 @ 2 hours
L: same as yesterday - no BG
D: handmade beef burgers and salad, pre 4.8 @ 2 hours 5.0
28/5: FBG - 5.5
B: ditto - 5.7
L: ditto - no BG
D: grilled chicken and mixed above ground veg, pre 4.6, @ 2 hours 4.9
29/5: FBG - 7.2
B: ditto - 6.5 guess liver dump first thing as slept longer
L: ditto - no BG
D: grilled chicken and mixed greens - I am getting boring this week
30/5: FBG - 5.1
B: ditto - 5.3
L: ditto - no BG
D: basa grilled gish, natural pesto, roasted med veg - 5 q and @ 2 hours 5 .5
31/5: FBG - 4.1
B: ditto - 4.1
L: ditto - no BG
D: fasting - 4.0
As I get time I'll add more. Interesting how at just about half way through my first 3 months, my diet started to get boring and I'd stopped testing at lunch time (instructed by DN).
Diet became more varied and testing more but a lot of improvement and change from week 1 post diag to week 7
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A few people have asked why my doc wants my A1C to drop further and get the average BG lower than 5.0. He has referred me to a study, though he cannot recall the actual study
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Hi Kevin,A few people have asked why my doc wants my A1C to drop further and get the average BG lower than 5.0. He has referred me to a study, though he cannot recall the actual study
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