Urgent Advice Please, 2.7mmol

[debbieinoz]

I'm T2, diagnosed 2 years ago. Been eating LCHF for months and able to stop my Metformin. I'm not on any medication at all now. Due for an HbA1C in a couple of weeks, but my morning fasting numbers are normally around 5.Daytimes usually 4.7 to 5. I've been IF also for some months but the weight isn't shifting so I've done a few longer ones. I'm now 72 hours into a fast. All day, my numbers have been between 3 and 3.4, I've tested about 10 times today as it seemed unusual. I've just tested and it was 2.7. I feel slightly 'not quite 100%' but I don't feel ill, just slightly light headed. I really don't want to end this fast. Please could anyone advise me. Thank you in advance

 

[Cat0409_]

You need to eat! You are making yourself ill.

 

[Brunneria]

Test again. It could have been a one off strip failure. If your bg is consistently too low, you need to eat. Choose something slow release. Cheese cubes, taken slowly. A drink with a splash of milk. A slice of cold meat.

Keep testing.

What you don't want to do is dump some quick release carb or fruit combo in, or you could start a nasty high low yoyo effect.

Fung allows ppl coffeencream while fasting, which works v well for me. Allows v slow gentle energy release with no insulin wangyness.

Do you know what your ketones are?

You may get on better with Fat Fasting to break a weight loss plateau, rather than full on fasting.

Hope that helps.

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I feel slightly 'not quite 100%' but I don't feel ill, just slightly light headed.

You may not be the best judge of your condition. A drunk usually is the last person to admit what everyone else can plainly see, not that you have been drinking.

I recommend that you follow Brunneria's advice and quite soon now.

 

[Pinkorchid]

I just wonder why you have been fasting for so long, 72 hours sounds far to long to me no wonder you are light headed you need to eat something before you become really ill

 

[debbieinoz]

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Keep testing.

What you don't want to do is dump some quick release carb or fruit combo in, or you could start a nasty high low yoyo effect.
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Thank you Brunneria, not a strip malfunction unfortunately. I've tested three times in the last 45 mins, 2 were 2.7, the last was 2.9 after I'd had a coffee with cream. I follow Fung too, I've never had this before but yesterday I decided to cut out the few proper coffees and change to decaff for all of them (I have been having the proper stuff for the first few coffees of the day, then switch to decaff). Thank you so much for the advice. I'll try a fat fast next time.

 

[zand]

Yes fat fasts are much gentler and I lost more weight on a fat fast than I did on a full fast.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/my-5-day-dairy-fat-fast.81433/

 

[Petlamb]

I'm T2, diagnosed 2 years ago. Been eating LCHF for months and able to stop my Metformin. I'm not on any medication at all now. Due for an HbA1C in a couple of weeks, but my morning fasting numbers are normally around 5.Daytimes usually 4.7 to 5. I've been IF also for some months but the weight isn't shifting so I've done a few longer ones. I'm now 72 hours into a fast. All day, my numbers have been between 3 and 3.4, I've tested about 10 times today as it seemed unusual. I've just tested and it was 2.7. I feel slightly 'not quite 100%' but I don't feel ill, just slightly light headed. I really don't want to end this fast. Please could anyone advise me. Thank you in advance

You really need to eat. You are making yourself very poorly.

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[debbieinoz]

Yes fat fasts are much gentler and I lost more weight on a fat fast than I did on a full fast.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/my-5-day-dairy-fat-fast.81433/

Thank you for your advice - I read the thread on fat fasting - very interesting!