DAY 37 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

Christmas Eve 2015

Today is Day 37

Weight goal - 146.8 or lower
Actual weight - 145

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 86

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.

I'm sick with a cold, and nothing seems to work the way it should when you're sick.  Just being sick can raise your blood glucose, even if you are eating right or even fasting.  I did fast yesterday, but I was also taking cold medicine that may have been sweetened.  Anyway, my weight and my blood glucose did not drop like they usually do when I fast.  Oh, well.  I still get to eat today, while I am dying on the couch.  I hate being sick!

36 DAYS DOWN AND 55 DAYS TO GO

28 FEAST DAYS AND 9 FAST DAYS - FASTING 24% OF THE DAYS

9 POUNDS GONE AND 9 POUNDS TO GO

50% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER 41% OF THE DAYS

AVERAGE WEIGHT SO FAR - 148.2     AVERAGE BLOOD GLUCOSE SO FAR - 87

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 have actually had to fast to achieve the results I am after.

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.