Wtf?!?!

(Jason Christianson) #1

I hope that this is the right category.

Quick background… Fasting regularly since end of Jan. Started off fasting 4-5 days during week and eating only on weekends. Lately haven’t been doing as much fasting but with exception of a couple of slips have been eating strictly keto. Lost 54 lbs from 344 to 290 but I’ve been stuck here for a month. I’m type II but have been off all my meds since april-ish and normally my BG the last couple of months have run in the normal range.

Alright, yesterday I ate for lunch:
T-bone steak, too much protein, ~80g
1/2 to 2/3 c loaded mashed cauliflower, ~ 5g carbs (cauliflower, cheese, sour cream, butter, bacon)

Dinner:
chicken skin nachos (chicken skins, cheddar cheese, carnitas, sour cream, bacon), trace carbs
4 bites of choc mousse (heavy cream, cocoa power, little bit of xylitol), trace carbs

I realize that having too much protein in one meal isn’t good and it didn’t occur to me till after the steak was gone that I was going overboard. I was a hungry! Doh! So morning BG was under 100mg/dL, blood ketones 2.9mmol/L. After lunch, BG up to 155mg/dL. Yep too much protein. This morning however, BG still up at 154mg/dL and blood ketones crashed from 2.9 yesterday to 0.9 mmol/L!!! GRRRRRR!!!

THis is all coming off a fast from thursday through Monday where I didn’t lose a freakin’ pound.

First of all, I’m really stuck and confused and frankly, becoming discouraged. Second, I can’t make sense of what happened with yesterday’s meals and what’s going on this morning at all. Even with dawn phenomenon, I rarely see BG numbers much above 100 these days.

#2

Do you track your measurements?

Waist, chest, neck, arms and legs?

(Jason Christianson) #3

Not currently, but things are fitting noticeably tighter this week.

#4

Interesting…

There was an episode where Megan Ramos was talking about fasting and non fasting days, on your non fasting days to eat a lot of kcal instead on consistently being at a kcal deficit.

I’m unsure if you are running a deficit however it could be something to investigate? I assume you’re drinking plenty and keeping on top of your electrolytes?

(Jason Christianson) #5

Yep, I drink quite a bit - 3-4 big cups (24 to 32 oz) and keep up on the salt.

#6

It is interesting that after a 3 day fast you didn’t loose any weight.

(Doug) #7

Jason, fairly similar here - Type 2 Diabetic, have gone from 340 to 280 lbs. Weight loss has definitely slowed, and I can’t get away with as much stuff as early on. On the blood sugar - I don’t know. I got sick of testing right away, and my A1C got better fast, so I haven’t tested BG for a long time.

Not sure why your blood sugar would remain high today, but perhaps you’re still insulin resistant and whatever happened yesterday is taking a while to be fully compensated for? Certainly no big emergency - I’d say see what happens in the coming days.

Water retention can easily make more of a difference in weight than what one such fast can achieve, so there too I think the long-term should be focused upon.

(Jason Christianson) #8

Yeah, that’s one of the thinking that’s one of the things that’s got me at my wit’s end. And, it’s was actually 96 hours, 4 days.

(Karen) #9

K

(Jason Christianson) #10

That was a good episode and has me questioning too. Namely my “routine” of fasting during the week and only eating on the weekends might be getting too repetitive. Which is why I ended my fast on Tuesday and have been eating all week.

I think I’m getting enough in me on the feast days, but not sure. I eat when I’m hungry but it doesn’t seem like a lot - I fill up so fast!

(Jason Christianson) #11

So BG today was 112mg/dL upon waking. Going in the right direction anyway! I neglected to take blood ketones because it was a hectic morning but I did pee on a stick and it instantly turned as dark as it can get. Which, is worth exactly a grain of salt, lol…