Hi Lynn
I'm wondering how you did this summer?
I'd hoped to have my eating plan all in order by the time school started but
it seems elusive to me!
I've just started your same low-carbing, high-fatting (high fatting?) last
week and feel really good on it!
But we are just not set up to eat that way! All recipes/meals are geared
around CARBS!!! So I have to totally rethink every meal we eat around here
(yes, the family IS going to do this with me, this time!!!)
I, too, was experiencing crashing and now, I think, I understand that it is
the amnt of carbs that is doing that to me, so I'm excited about cutting the
carbs and increasing the fat.
You might want to check out Ellen's blood sugar yahoo group (blood sugar
think tank).
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From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lynn
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:51 AM
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fast5] question on low blood sugar readings and crashi
Hi everyone,
I've followed this list off and on for quite a while but have never been
able to keep up my windows in 5 hours while I'm working. (I teach high
school and am under stress). So now i'm off for the summer and am able to
give this a real go and figure it out.
Here's what I'm currently doing. I've increased my fats to around 70-75% of
my food, lowered carbs to less than 10% and protein to around 20%. This is
all done with excellent food choices like grassfed meats, raw cream and
butter, coconut oil, liver etc. Eating sat. fats is not a problem and make
up the bulk of my fat calories.
Previously off Fast5 I'm normally in the high end glucose range, overweight
and I have lots of mid body fat so I know I'm dealing with insulin
resistance. This eating a weston price little to no wheat. My glucose
readings after eating are high but never diabetic. But they're slowly rising
over the years.
Now my readings are really low and weird. AM fasting is in mid 60s and then
it drops down mid morning to low 60s or high 50s. I can feel it....this is
exactly what prevented me from sticking to fast5 during the school year. I
had attributed it to job stress but no stress now so clearly not related.
This morning a glass of water with 1TBSP apple cider vinegar shot it from 65
fasting to:
1 hour later 90
2 hours later to 59. (and I felt it)
Here's my questions...
Does apple cider vinegar with 0 carbs do this?
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here to get these crashing lows?
Should I increase the complex carbs during the window? I have very little
hunger during the window ...mainly just this crashed feeling and I'm making
myself
Is this a adjustment period that will slowly go away as my body gets used to
lower carbs and less insulin? It sounds like a few others have pre-window
crashes in the beginning?
Anything else anyone can add?
Thanks for any help
Lynn
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