DAY 43 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

January 11, 2016

Today is Day 43.

Weight goal - 145.6 or lower
Actual weight - 145.4

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 96

Today is a Fast Day.



For me, that means that all I will have today is water, coffee, tea, or broth, all without caloric sweeteners or fat.  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 gained almost two pounds and my BG is too high to let me eat today.  I ate the toppings off half of a medium pizza last night, and had about a half cup of fresh blueberries with cream.  Between those two things, it's hard to tell which one is the culprit.  Oh, well, today is a good day to fast anyway to get my weight back to where it belongs.  I don't like being so close to my weight goal! 

42 DAYS DOWN AND  49 DAYS TO GO

32 FEAST DAYS AND 11 FAST DAYS - FASTING 26% OF THE DAYS

8.6 POUNDS GONE AND 9.4 POUNDS TO GO 

48% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER 47% OF THE DAYS

AVERAGE WEIGHT SO FAR - 147.8     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 actually have 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.