DAY 10 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

Today is Day 10.

Weight goal - 152.2 or lower
Actual weight - 148.6

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 82

Today is a Feast Day!


For me, that means a ketogenic diet - high fat, moderate protein and very low carb.  Each day, I will weigh in, check my fasting blood glucose, find out if I will feast or fast that day, update my chart and post it here on the big blog. I'm posting it to motivate myself not to give up, and if I think that anyone is looking at this, it will help to keep me accountable.

Yesterday, I had poached eggs with butter, bacon and Bullet Proof Coffee for breakfast, canned pumpkin with cream, cinnamon and nutmeg, and a half a cup of coffee with Stevia for lunch, and pan-fried steak with butter, sea salt and garlic powder, and steamed Brussels sprouts with bacon grease for dinner.  I was still hungry after dinner, so I had a little chocolate protein powder with butter.  Throughout the day, I drank around 4 cups of water.  With diabetics, excess protein will be converted to glucose, which will raise blood sugar.  I was a little concerned that eating the amount of protein I did for dinner last night might cause my fasting blood glucose to be 90 or above this morning, but it did not.  Phew!

9 DAYS DOWN.  82 DAYS TO GO.  8 FEAST DAYS AND 2 FAST DAYS.

5.4 POUNDS GONE.  12.6 POUNDS TO GO.  30% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL! 

AVERAGE WEIGHT SO FAR - 151     AVERAGE BLOOD GLUCOSE SO FAR - 89

I made a few charts to track my progress.  The orange lines are my goals. The blue lines are my actual results.  The last chart is a little heat map to show at a glance how often I actually have to fast to achieve the results I am after.

(click on charts to enlarge)

This is a personal challenge just for me, but if anyone reading would like to join me, please talk to your doctor and make sure that it will not conflict with your current medical condition or medications.  If you are taking the challenge, please be sure to let me know how you are doing!  Thanks for reading!

To find out more about this challenge - the rules and how it started - click here.