Hi All,
Thanks for having me, this is my first post. I am hoping someone can assist me and find where I’m going wrong.
I’m a 42 year old male, I’m 165cm, weigh 80kg. I’m a solid build and daily cyclist. I’ve been on keto now for 5 weeks, and keep my nett carbs under 20g / day. I have been experimenting with intermittent fasting lately, but everything I’m reading ins’t making sense to the results. I am also struggling with blood readings being really really inconsistent.
The blood readings are my main concern. Most the time they read 0.1 - 0.3, with the very occassional spike to 0.5 to 0.9. Three times in my time on this diet, my readings have been 1.8, 1.3, and 1.9, but other than those expected results, most the time my blood reads poor, so I know it can get up there, but I havent been able to work out what is the pattern.
A few things I’ve worked out is that my levels are higher during the night, but the levels read poorly through the day and increase late. Lately I’ve been trying 6pm to midday, 18 hr fasts. Through the fasting periods my levels are really low (0.1). I’ve red that fasting should increase your levels but Im not finding this to be the case.
The few times they’ve red 1.8, 1.3, and 1.9, has been either the morning after a hard ride, and a massive meal, or directly after a hard ride and a massive meal. The massive meal has been the same meal - a large sized, 12", keto cheese pizza with beef and gerkins. I guess it’s fair to say this is a patten, but not a very good patten. I can’t imagine I will live long eating a pizza of that proportion every night as it is a big meal, but on the flip side it seems to push my readings where they want to go. I’ve estimated that pizza as 30 nett carbs and off the scale fat readings.
I have a few questions that knowlegable people may be able to shed some light on. I appreciate that everyone is different, but I’m trying to work out where i stand.
When people fast, should their blood read this low? After eating this big meal, I seem to see the readings I hope for but pretty much at no other time. I’ve tried lowering my nett carbs, IF, and I’m starting to get very confused with what I’m reading.
If anyone is able to advise that would be fantastic.
Thank you kindly!