This 8 week 800 calorie a day thing

[DaveNN]

ahh...your walk dropped your BG. That's bloody excellent. Sorry!

 

[Donnadoobie]

I never eat porridge, raises my bs for a few hours.

 

[Jamrox]

DaveNN the porridge was about 3 hours before the walk . I don't usually touch it either but I was trying to keep the bowels going .
Back to my usual Greek yoghurt tomorrow !!

 

[DaveNN]

Jam, I find that a coffee enema helps with my digestive tract... So much so that I'm now banned from every Costa Coffee shop in the UK ;-)

 

[Jamrox]

DaveNN you are nuts lol

 

[DaveNN]

I try to lighten things up., Jam. This chronic condition can be so soul destroying that a bit of 'humour' can sometimes help.

 

[Jamrox]

You are so right lll

 

[DaveNN]

SO...I've deliberately just been on a carb binge. My PP bloods was 7mmol which high for me ( a strange day). I've now had a baguette, filled with Gouda, 6 custard cream type of biscuits and a pint of semi skimmed milk ( for my health). I don't expect to present much under 9mmol in two hours time. I'm not going to do any exercise, just going to watch Call the Midwife ( it's been on pause) and chill out. Regardless of the results, I start my final push this week, as I'm in Italy the following week- and cannot be expected to follow a strict Mediterranean diet over there, can I?

 

[Jamrox]

Mmm Italy is a perfect place for med food . Orrrr do you want an excuse to eat pasta and pizza lol

 

[Jamrox]

SO...I've deliberately just been on a carb binge. My PP bloods was 7mmol which high for me ( a strange day). I've now had a baguette, filled with Gouda, 6 custard cream type of biscuits and a pint of semi skimmed milk ( for my health). I don't expect to present much under 9mmol in two hours time. I'm not going to do any exercise, just going to watch Call the Midwife ( it's been on pause) and chill out. Regardless of the results, I start my final push this week, as I'm in Italy the following week- and cannot be expected to follow a strict Mediterranean diet over there, can I?

How's it going ?

 

[DaveNN]

Not good.... 10.9mmol. I now going to see what the net says. However, on that score I would suggest that I'm always going to be type 2, unless I watch my diet. However, I really did abuse it and even that figure isn't the end of the world. Will check it again at midnight and see how it goes. I suspect that it will drop like a brick, or hope so.

 

[DaveNN]

By my best guess I had about 100g of carbs. the OGT suggests about 75g. After two hours normal would be 7.8mmol. IGT is less than 11. So it isn't that bad. What I won't be doing is this test again ( I also had a twirl, I forgot to mention), as I didn't particularly enjoy it.

 

[poshtotty]

Bloody HELL!! Now at 6mmol. Whether that is a 'cure', 'reversal' or 'remission' that is an incredible figure, considering the carbs I took in. I thoroughly appreciate that this result may rub salt into the wounds of a few readers...However, I hope that it's taken in the way that it is meant to. based on this, albeit one off...OK two off series of tests ..With my boozy do last night, I'm no longer diabetic. I would need to work out just how much carb I took in BUT it was more than enough to send me over the top and stay there for hours.

I don't wish to knock the wind out of your sails, but.....

When I too thought I might be able to better tolerate the occasional carbs I experimented with a sandwich and didn't spike at all after 2 hours. When I did the same experiment a day later, but with more frequent testing I noticed my spike was actually in double figures just 35 mins after eating. Had I only tested at 1 hour or 2 hours, I would have missed the spike and believed I could tolerate them.

Just saying... I hope your experience is more positive

 

[DaveNN]

No problem at all.... I'm a realist however, your test is flawed....possibly.
You may easily have spiked sky high quickly but the standard test is 2hrs pp. ...and you passed. according to my latest mega carb binge, I've come in not too bad. It's safe to assume that my meter tends to slightly under measure and I was well above 75g of carbs. I suppose the only way to accurately measure in the way that you have is to constantly measure your BG level. Again, you have most certainly knocked any wind out of my sails...in fact I'm going to drop a few pounds more, hoping that it will make a difference. 4" off my waist ( at least) and 6" off my chest since Oct, so things are heading in the right direction, even if I'm tacking back and forth.

 

[DaveNN]

Typo OVER measure...

 

[DaveNN]

BLOODY HELL....it's now at 6mmol. At 23:18 .So it's dropped 4.9 since 22.16. Now, I don't really know what to think about that but it does lend itself to me being IGT rather than type 2.

 

[poshtotty]

No problem at all.... I'm a realist however, your test is flawed....possibly.
You may easily have spiked sky high quickly but the standard test is 2hrs pp. ...and you passed.

Kinda disagree I'm afraid as spikes of that magnitude are just not good. We need to be aiming for steady numbers. Consistently

 

[Pipp]

SO...I've deliberately just been on a carb binge. My PP bloods was 7mmol which high for me ( a strange day). I've now had a baguette, filled with Gouda, 6 custard cream type of biscuits and a pint of semi skimmed milk ( for my health). I don't expect to present much under 9mmol in two hours time. I'm not going to do any exercise, just going to watch Call the Midwife ( it's been on pause) and chill out. Regardless of the results, I start my final push this week, as I'm in Italy the following week- and cannot be expected to follow a strict Mediterranean diet over there, can I?

This causes me some alarm.
(Are we still on the 800 calorie 8 week thread)?

 

[DaveNN]

Yes...and if we watch our carbs then we don't spike, as there is nothing to create it. ?..to a degree. Oh, there was another typo...you haven't knocked any wind etc...
Far from it, it's always good to hear another voice singing from a similar hymn book.

 

[DaveNN]

This causes me some alarm.
(Are we still on the 800 calorie 8 week thread)?

YES. But I was speaking to Muzza about testing the results.
The only way is to push yourself to the extreme and see how the body copes with a stupid amount of carbs.
It seems that, all in all, it's going quite well.
Not 'cured' but easily controlled.