DAY 20 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

Christmas Eve 2015

Today is Day 20.

Weight goal - 150.2 or lower
Actual weight - 148.4

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 84

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 almond meal and coconut flour pancakes with pumpkin, cream, cinnamon and Stevia, and a cup of coffee with butter, cocoa powder and Stevia for breakfast, egg-avocado-bacon salad with mayo and mustard for lunch, and pressure cooked pork with onions, olive oil, butter, parsley, garlic, lime juice and sour cream for dinner.  After dinner, I had a limeade made with ReaLime and Stevia.

I bounced up a pound, but that is to be expected after a fast day.

19 DAYS DOWN.  72 DAYS TO GO.

16 FEAST DAYS AND 4 FAST DAYS.

5.6 POUNDS GONE.  12.4 POUNDS TO GO.  

31% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER ONLY 22% OF THE DAYS! 

AVERAGE WEIGHT SO FAR - 149.7     AVERAGE BLOOD GLUCOSE SO FAR - 88

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.