Kathleen
Cupcake
Steve,
Did you purchase a cookbook or find a site to give you meal ideas?
~Kathleen
Did you purchase a cookbook or find a site to give you meal ideas?
~Kathleen
Good for you! I know exactly what you mean about sugar in coffee. It's my one daily sweet indulgence. I recently switched to stevia, but am not completely sold. I'll probably be going back to Splenda.I almost forgot, I did order Dr. Bernstein's book. I have myself cut down top 100 gms carbs right now and am working on the next 50 to reduce and then the last 20...hard to give up the sugar in my coffee...
Avocados are one of my favorite things!Been reading up on avocados and how good they are for a diet. Bad season for avocados in Montana, but I bet the Wholly Guacamole will be fine.
I know that so-called complex carbohydrates are released more slowly into the bloodstream, but unlike most people, diabetics don't have the natural mechanisms in place to remove those carbs once they are there. So, slow release or not, it still all looks like sugar to my body. It causes my BG to rise and then stay elevated for a long time.Steve--why are beans not allowed? Does this include green beans as well? And are chickpeas off the list too?
I may consider this approach myself. My problem is that DW won't much support a meal without some kind of spuds, or starchy something. And to cut sweets out of our house completely will be a real challenge, if not impossible. I hope I can maintain the will-power to stay away from the high-carb foods. I mean, I know how to make all the foods that can kill you slowly, including pasta, pastries, pies, breads, starchy veggies, etc. And my pancakes, I get asked to make them almost regularly.
This won't be easy. fortunately, I've had some success with apples, and various fruits of the same ilk. after eating one whole, cold, gala apple, and testing my blood sugar 20 minutes later, my b-s level went down by 15 points. I'd eaten beef, sunchokes, and savory beans for supper. The apple was a late-night snack. My fasting blood sugar was 74 the next morning. In other words, I will be able to fine-tune my meals to eat healthy, great tasting food, without reverting to old habits if I include certain veggies, legumes, and fruits.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
Another good blog here written by Dr. Peter Attia, a very knowledgeable and interesting guy:
The Eating Academy | Peter Attia, M.D.
I had all kinds of weird ups and downs the first week I was on the diet. I would get up in the morning and my blood sugar would be 130-150, but then would gradually come down as the day went on. Just like you, I think it was a case of my liver releasing glycogen stores while I slept.
The other time I had trouble keeping it under control was around Thanksgiving. It totally perplexed me, because I thought I was being good. What I suspect happened is that I was exceeding my protein limits by scarfing down leftover turkey and ham. As I'm sure you are aware, any excess protein that the body can't use is converted to glucose. Just as if I had eaten a pastry. I've adjusted my eating to cut back on protein, and voila! Blood glucose was back to normal within a day.
My fasting BG is almost always right around 92-94 when I get up in the morning. By midday it's usually down in the mid to low 80s. After I eat a meal, it may go up 10-15 mg/dl but comes back down within an hour.
Interestingly, my wife's BG is typically a little higher than mine. She's on the diet, too, but is not diabetic (her last A1C was 5.3). She's lost about 12 pounds, last I heard, and is looking good.
By the way, I've now lost 34 pounds. And I'm actually looking forward to getting my blood work done again in January.
That's AWESOME, PF! I'm always happy to see others' success stories. A couple of my friends have also taken up the diet in recent weeks.Must reads: Keto Clarity and Cholesterol Clarity by Jimmy Moore and Dr. Eric Westerman.
Going on week 3 and am in full Ketosis. I feel good and my blood sugars are still wacked because of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but my triglycerides are coming down and HDL is going up.
Low/No Carb - 10 gms/day, Moderate Protein - 40 gms/day, High Fat - 148 gms/day. I've lost 12 pounds so far and only taking Metformin now. Once my triglycerides have spent themselves, I will stop the Metformin, too!
I have graduated to no sugar in my coffee, the carbs I do get are from green leafy vegetables and tomatoes...I can't seem to give up tomatoes. I also have not had any fruit in quite a while.