Chook
Expert
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Hmmmmm, I think an 800 calorie per day re-think might be in order. I fainted at work yesterday. I had been checking my BG regularly and it was fine - so I have no idea why I fainted. I wasn't particularly hungry, I didn't feel ill or tired - or anything really, except stressed! I had been very, very active with running up and down stairs as most of our residents have come down with tummy bugs and/or heavy colds and I was the only person on shift able to administer medication - so all that activity might have caused it. I don't know.
It doesn't really matter what caused it though as my Manager believes the 800 calorie diet was the culprit and has told me (and rightly so) that by fainting I pose a danger to our residents. So I'm going to carry on with the 800 calorie Blood Sugar diet on my days off and increase my calories to 1200 on working days and see how it goes. In his book Michael Mosley says you can get the same results if you eat more calories per day, its just slower fat loss - and that both he and the ND suggest 800 cals because going that low gives quick results. Its the getting rid of the fat around the pancreas and liver thats important. So I'll just have to be a bit more patient.
Today (work day) FBG: 5.4
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Roast chicken in Loyd Grossman Puttanesca Sauce, Zero noodles and asparagus, mangetout and broccoli
Work meal: Cold chicken, bag of salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, Hellmans Mayo.
Supper: Lidl Turkish Yoghurt, 20g Lidl 90%
It doesn't really matter what caused it though as my Manager believes the 800 calorie diet was the culprit and has told me (and rightly so) that by fainting I pose a danger to our residents. So I'm going to carry on with the 800 calorie Blood Sugar diet on my days off and increase my calories to 1200 on working days and see how it goes. In his book Michael Mosley says you can get the same results if you eat more calories per day, its just slower fat loss - and that both he and the ND suggest 800 cals because going that low gives quick results. Its the getting rid of the fat around the pancreas and liver thats important. So I'll just have to be a bit more patient.
Today (work day) FBG: 5.4
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Roast chicken in Loyd Grossman Puttanesca Sauce, Zero noodles and asparagus, mangetout and broccoli
Work meal: Cold chicken, bag of salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, Hellmans Mayo.
Supper: Lidl Turkish Yoghurt, 20g Lidl 90%