Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Diabetics

Thursday, December 10, 2009

[fast5] Re: Diabetics - shout out!

I'm not officially diabetic either .. found out about it by checking my BS
with dh's meter... I have a family history and due to my weight and ease
of gaining weight I have always been aware of the possibility...

2hr PP .. after that dinner I had last night my BS was 111... and 13 hrs
after dinner my fbs is 105... I've been awake for 2hrs before I did the bs
I'm definitely still full from dinner .
It seems like no mater what I eat during my window my bs are around the
same ... so maybe I can eat more veggies and fruit too and not worry about
my bs going too high... maybe I should just count calories for a while
and see how that works for me... although I do like the high fat foods...
I'd keep those and add the F&V's too and some WW bread..
I know I wouldn't eat that much just the one meal ...

Helen

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Ellen Ussery <ellen.ussery@...> wrote:
>
> I am also not officially a diabetic, but for the past two years have had
> fasting sugars over 100 most of the time and when doing my own glucose
> challenge with high carb meals had very high numbers.
>
> I discovered this after six months on FF during which I easily lost 15
> pounds. I was also low carb during this time.
>
> So for two years I have been tryng various dietary methods to get my blood
> sugar down. Going on and off FF with all of them.
>
> Have finally seen some progress and for the last two months have pretty much
> had blood sugars in the 90's. I have been eating three meals, still quite
> low carb but also slightly decreased my protein and upped my already high
> fat intake even higher. (Some supplement may also be part of the reason)
>
> But I also gained 7 pounds. Now I am cautiously trying FF again while still
> eating the same ratios --- approximately. I am not weighing, measuring or
> checking with fit day.
>
> It has been 5 days. I eat two meals a6 -7 hour window. So far BG is still
> in 90's. By yesterday my appetite for second meal was very much reduced.
> Weight so far is the same.
>
> Ellen
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Karen <laurvick@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I do not have an 'official' diabetes diagnosis, but my blood sugars are
> > running higher than 'normal' so I am monitoring my food intake in hopes to
> > bring them back down.
> >
> > When I first started monitoring BS (blood sugars) in September, they were
> > in
> > the 120s range and are now down to upper 90s and low 100s.
> >
> > I know there are several diabetics here and at least one has said that
> > their
> > BS numbers were getting better following Fast5.
> >
> > I'm not currently following Fast5, but reading the good reports here (thank
> > you all for sharing!), I'd so love to have that carefree way of eating once
> > again!
> >
> > What I like about the high fat WOE is that I'm not hungry and I don't have
> > nasty cravings.
> >
> > Along with changing my WOE to high fat, I got rid of sugar, so it could be
> > a
> > double bonus on cutting carbs: got rid of the sugar addiction and the
> > cravings.
> >
> > My main concern of following Fast5 and 'eat whatever you want' is that I'd
> > go back to eating higher carbs and have the cravings again (I'd monitor
> > blood sugars to make sure they didn't elevate).
> >
> > Anyway, would love to hear your blood sugar success stories with Fast5.
> >
> >
> >
>