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<blockquote data-quote="AllieRainbow" data-source="post: 1813919" data-attributes="member: 473025"><p>I woke up early today, and then went back to bed to catch up on some sleep. I have been waking early every day, no matter what time I go to bed, and had a late-ish night last night. I am looking forward to a lovely meal with the family - belly pork and salad, as I am eating most of my veggies raw to lengthen the digestion time. I find that if I eat cooked vegetables I get more of a spike. I did find a recipe for low carb yorkshire puddings, however, so I may give that a try today.</p><p></p><p>I am still getting slightly higher BG results than I did in the first week of the experiment, but I am also sniffling a bit, so I think I have a cold at the moment. Before when I had colds I would be fairly ill for 3-4 weeks, often spending several months at each end of the year with flu-like symptoms. Hopefully this is an indicator that I am dealing with challenges to my immune system better and maybe I will spend less time feeling terrible.</p><p></p><p>My weight has gone down again a little after going up after the meal on Friday night. I always have a bounce up when I eat out unless it is something like a salad and just meat or fish as there are clearly carbs in there that affect me. I think this effect is as a result of the body re-building its stores of glycogen and as a side effect, retaining water. That water weight (1.2lb) is gone now, and in my husbands case, he has lost the 3lb he put on after eating half a large naan bread.</p><p></p><p>As a result of the weight drop this morning I have hit my first big goal, to get to 250lb. I have set the next one, which is to get my weight down to 202.8lb, which will take my BMI into the overweight category. I am predicted to get there by the 1st December according to the website I use for weight loss tools and peer support - <a href="http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk" target="_blank">www.weightlossresources.co.uk</a> - while on the rather long journey to a healthy weight.</p><p></p><p>My last reading of the day is a 4.9. My BG readings today are a lot closer to the readings I did in the first week of this experiment - mainly in the low and mid 5s. The last week's readings have been mainly in the high 5s and mid 6s. I had a bit of a sniffle from mid week this week, which seems to have almost gone, so I think the small rise in readings was to do with a cold. It looks like the readings are coming down now, so hopefully I will see some more movement downwards in my readings over the next few weeks.</p><p></p><p>I am going to continue the experiment and switch back to eating to my meter, even if that means the fast going into the next day. I will be doing the weekly update tomorrow, and seeing how this week compares with week one.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Day 14</strong> - Weight: <strong>113.4 kilos</strong> / BMI <strong>36.9</strong> / Waist to Height Ratio: <strong>66%</strong></p><p></p><p>7.24am - FBG: <strong>5.6</strong></p><p>10.17am - DP:<strong> 6.1</strong></p><p>? - Under 5.2: <strong>Not down far enough so eating mid afternoon to keep meal time within range</strong></p><p>3.25pm - Pre-meal: <strong>5.5</strong></p><p>5.22pm - Post-meal (2hrs): <strong>5.8</strong></p><p>6.48pm - Post-meal (3 hrs): <strong>5.7</strong></p><p>11.09pm - Bedtime:<strong> 4.9</strong></p><p></p><p>Meal: Roast belly pork, pork sausages, cucumber, yellow pepper, avocado, olives, walnuts, pecans, oxo in boiling water with double cream, coffee with coconut cream, all other fluids water.</p><p></p><p>I am adding a couple of twists of himalayan pink salt to meals to increase my salt intake.</p><p></p><p>Carbs: <strong>16.6g</strong></p><p>Protein: <strong>75.2g</strong></p><p>Fat: <strong>153.5g</strong></p><p>Cals: <strong>1751</strong></p><p></p><p>Length of Fast: <strong>27hrs 45mins</strong></p><p>Average BG Before Fast: <strong>7.0</strong></p><p>Today's Average BG Reading: <strong>5.6</strong></p><p>Breathalyser reading: <strong>0.24% BAC</strong></p><p></p><p>Interestingly the estimated HbA1c on the mySugr app has come down by around 0.2 - 0.4 points every day so far:</p><p></p><p><strong>41.9</strong> - Day 1 (baseline)</p><p><strong>39.9</strong> - Day 8</p><p><strong>39.6</strong> - Day 9</p><p><strong>39.4 </strong>- Day 10</p><p><strong>39.3 </strong>- Day 11</p><p><strong>39.3</strong> - Day 12</p><p><strong>39.2</strong> - Day 13</p><p><strong>38.9 </strong>- Day 14</p><p></p><p>I suspect that doing more readings whilst intermittently fasting has probably skewed this a little downwards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllieRainbow, post: 1813919, member: 473025"] I woke up early today, and then went back to bed to catch up on some sleep. I have been waking early every day, no matter what time I go to bed, and had a late-ish night last night. I am looking forward to a lovely meal with the family - belly pork and salad, as I am eating most of my veggies raw to lengthen the digestion time. I find that if I eat cooked vegetables I get more of a spike. I did find a recipe for low carb yorkshire puddings, however, so I may give that a try today. I am still getting slightly higher BG results than I did in the first week of the experiment, but I am also sniffling a bit, so I think I have a cold at the moment. Before when I had colds I would be fairly ill for 3-4 weeks, often spending several months at each end of the year with flu-like symptoms. Hopefully this is an indicator that I am dealing with challenges to my immune system better and maybe I will spend less time feeling terrible. My weight has gone down again a little after going up after the meal on Friday night. I always have a bounce up when I eat out unless it is something like a salad and just meat or fish as there are clearly carbs in there that affect me. I think this effect is as a result of the body re-building its stores of glycogen and as a side effect, retaining water. That water weight (1.2lb) is gone now, and in my husbands case, he has lost the 3lb he put on after eating half a large naan bread. As a result of the weight drop this morning I have hit my first big goal, to get to 250lb. I have set the next one, which is to get my weight down to 202.8lb, which will take my BMI into the overweight category. I am predicted to get there by the 1st December according to the website I use for weight loss tools and peer support - [URL='http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk']www.weightlossresources.co.uk[/URL] - while on the rather long journey to a healthy weight. My last reading of the day is a 4.9. My BG readings today are a lot closer to the readings I did in the first week of this experiment - mainly in the low and mid 5s. The last week's readings have been mainly in the high 5s and mid 6s. I had a bit of a sniffle from mid week this week, which seems to have almost gone, so I think the small rise in readings was to do with a cold. It looks like the readings are coming down now, so hopefully I will see some more movement downwards in my readings over the next few weeks. I am going to continue the experiment and switch back to eating to my meter, even if that means the fast going into the next day. I will be doing the weekly update tomorrow, and seeing how this week compares with week one. [B] Day 14[/B] - Weight: [B]113.4 kilos[/B] / BMI [B]36.9[/B] / Waist to Height Ratio: [B]66%[/B] 7.24am - FBG: [B]5.6[/B] 10.17am - DP:[B] 6.1[/B] ? - Under 5.2: [B]Not down far enough so eating mid afternoon to keep meal time within range[/B] 3.25pm - Pre-meal: [B]5.5[/B] 5.22pm - Post-meal (2hrs): [B]5.8[/B] 6.48pm - Post-meal (3 hrs): [B]5.7[/B] 11.09pm - Bedtime:[B] 4.9[/B] Meal: Roast belly pork, pork sausages, cucumber, yellow pepper, avocado, olives, walnuts, pecans, oxo in boiling water with double cream, coffee with coconut cream, all other fluids water. I am adding a couple of twists of himalayan pink salt to meals to increase my salt intake. Carbs: [B]16.6g[/B] Protein: [B]75.2g[/B] Fat: [B]153.5g[/B] Cals: [B]1751[/B] Length of Fast: [B]27hrs 45mins[/B] Average BG Before Fast: [B]7.0[/B] Today's Average BG Reading: [B]5.6[/B] Breathalyser reading: [B]0.24% BAC[/B] Interestingly the estimated HbA1c on the mySugr app has come down by around 0.2 - 0.4 points every day so far: [B]41.9[/B] - Day 1 (baseline) [B]39.9[/B] - Day 8 [B]39.6[/B] - Day 9 [B]39.4 [/B]- Day 10 [B]39.3 [/B]- Day 11 [B]39.3[/B] - Day 12 [B]39.2[/B] - Day 13 [B]38.9 [/B]- Day 14 I suspect that doing more readings whilst intermittently fasting has probably skewed this a little downwards. [/QUOTE]
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