Not at all, mate - I’m not always as confident as I seem and get worried that I’ve overdone the evangelising for a thing that works for me. I have come to rely so much on the cameraderie and support I get here that I don’t want to upset the apple cart. Bernstein is such a marmite character - both in personality and methods. His video stuff grates (tbh it makes my teeth itch) as does his writing style, but I can’t fault how well the protocol has worked for me. Despite a lot of science training and willingness to experiment on myself, I could never match my insulin to a high carb diet, and felt like I was failing for years because I just couldn’t make it work. Cue burnout and near-fatal DKA. Twice. So the relief to find a method that actually does work has been amazing.
I’m in awe of you people that can achieve such good results on the “normal” food you eat - I wonder if the differing speed of our respective insulins in our individual bodies is a factor? I love a robust discussion about it all. And actually, making low carb meals from scratch hasn’t been a massive change in workload for me, because of my allergies I had to do that anyway. Luckily I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen - and the way the Internet has opened up access to new ingredients and recipes has been incredible. It’s been a bit of a “virtuous circle” (isn’t that the opposite of a vicious circle?) - the better I feel, the more energy I have to cook (and do the other stuff), and the better my food is for my BG levels, the better I feel. I’m on an upward spiral
I’ve had a fair bit of criticism over the last few years from friends and family for cutting out certain food groups - even when my meat allergies developed. Come Christmas dinner, it was “why not treat yourself to some beef and then just treat the allergic reaction after” - would you say that to a child with a peanut allergy? It’s not much of a treat if it means you have to take drugs to counter the immediate reaction, and then feel horrible for eight+ hours afterwards. For me it’s the same with carbs. Even with the sophisticated tools I have to manage my BG levels, my particular biology means I still end up with spikes and hypos that make me feel disgusting and seriously impact my ability to live my life.
FWIW, that Christmas dinner? I had an entire lobster all to myself. Unfortunately the only tools they had for me to break into it were from the garage, so it had a mild hint of diesel...
Oops, I’ve gone off on one again.
@Fairygodmother - what silversmithing are you doing? Always interested to see what fellow metal-bashers are up to.
Quiet day here, no call to teach. Quite relieved to be honest, as my hypo alarm went off at 2am. Checked blood, and was at 5.6, so recalibrated, rolled over.... and couldn’t get back to sleep until about five minutes before my 0630 alarm went off. Thank goodness for my Kindle, eh?
Hope you all have a non-eventful one today, in the best possible way
(we need an invisible icon that signifies an all knowing nod)
