Hey there msfitness nut,
I am doing well. I, too, am still experiencing the Dawning Phenomenon. I have never gotten my BG below 70, the lowest being 72 once. Jason mentioned the DP is unstoppable in his reply, which appears to be somewhat true. After 4.5 months in I am still higher in the morning. This despite trying things like IF, fat loading before bed and eating most of my carbs for the day before bed, all ideas suggested by others. However, I have seen a slow overall drop in the average of my numbers. I used to average a morning BG of about 110 in the early months of Keto…now its about 95, which is in the average range. I fall into the high 80s in the afternoon. I am happy with this. When I run out of BG strips I think I will stop measuring BG.
I will get the occasional wacky high number. I wonder if that is related to a hormone release during fat burning. As Carol mentions above hormones have an effect. I am really trying to understand the theory of hormones in our fat stores. It appears to be accepted science that when we burn fat we are release some stored form of hormones (e.g. women who thought they were in menopause, start to get regular periods during keto weight loss, or persons with PCOS start to get regular period on keto weight loss). However, I still searching for studies on this.
So, I think my wacky, random “out of left field” number is due to hormones released during fat burning. Which, I am happy to say that I am still losing…an average of 11 lbs a month. I think I am fat adapted now, for much of the month.
I continue to notice the pattern of my BG going up and my Ketones droping dramatically the week before my period. I predictably gain a pound or two, which wooshes away when my period is over. However, my PMS symptoms have gotten bad again. I think it s a combination of PMS and keto flu (being knocked out and then back in in the span of a week). I am going to try and supplement with Ketones during just that week. To see if it really is Keto Flu.
Thanks for the name of Adrenal Stress End. I’ll look into that one!
Hang in there and Keto on!