DAY 61 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

January 11, 2016

Today is Day 61

Weight goal - 142 or lower
Actual weight - 142.2

Blood glucose goal - 84 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 83

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.

As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by that much!"  I have feasted the past three days, so I'm not too upset.  One thing I am pleased about is that, after a Feast Day, I gained less than a half pound, and my FBG only went up to 83.  As you can see from my chart below, I normally bounce way up after a Feast Day.  Progress!

60 DAYS DOWN AND 31 DAYS TO GO

42 FEAST DAYS AND 19 FAST DAYS - FASTING 31% OF THE DAYS

11.8 POUNDS GONE AND 6.2 POUNDS TO GO

66% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER 67% OF THE DAYS

7-DAY AVERAGE WEIGHT - 142.7

7-DAY AVERAGE FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE - 82

I made a few charts to track my progress.  The yellow lines are my long term goals. The blue lines are my actual results.  The grey lines are my 7-day averages. 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.