Weight loss: 0.0kg
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
Breakfast: Egg and bacon
Well, looks like I guessed correctly that Iwouldn't lose any weight yesterday due to the emergency instant whip eating. Never mind.
I truly understand the craziness of weighing yourself every day anyway. It is recommended in Attack phase as it is so damn hard to be so strict with yourself and you NEED to see instant results to keep motivated.
But I'm happy - still have lost 1kg in a matter of days and I know that my body is moving more towards ketosis. I have Ketostix in the bathroom and carefully monitor to make sure that I only allow a positive test result with LOW BGs, otherwise I risk Ketoacidosis, which can be fatal. That's VERY important for any Diabetics reading this to know about. Don't go on a ketogenic diet if your BGs are very high and stay high.
Anyhoo. I know ketosis hasn't kicked in yet, but it will in a few days and then I really will be burning fat as fuel rather than carbs. Looking at the latest research on the 600Kcal diet, reduction of fat around the pancreas will seriously improve insulin resistance, which is a happy thought for all Type 2s, who are taught that they have a progressive disease which will only get worse and worse....
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Tuesday 30 August 2011
30th August 2011 Attack Day 3
Weight loss: 0.6kg
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
:)
Breakfast: Sweetened galette with bacon.
Lunch: 3 slices beef, 1 crab stick.
Dinner: chicken tikka with cottage cheese.
Well, things have been going well. Still no cravings. Tummy still a little unsettled but not so bad as yesterday.
BGs are really coming down during the day. Got as low as 3.9 in the evening time so I ended up making up some no added sugar instant whip type stuff. Very yummy treat and only 4g carbs per packet (which is supposed to be 4 portions - I ate most of it.....). Going shopping tomorrow to make sure that I've got some emergency biscuits in the house in future but in the meantime, will reduce my medication in the morning.
That means that I'm back on just one Gliclazide per day with my Metformin, as opposed to the four per day that I was on to try to improve BGs. That will please the diabetic team, although I'm not sure that they approve of such an extremely low carb diet. Ah well. I may have to increase the meds again, after Friday, when I start eating vegetables with my protein on the Cruise phase.
I'm pretty sure that these emergency carbs will stop me from losing weight today but hey ho, got to stay safe. Besides, I think at some point it will all even out and I'll lose some extra weight another day.
My Dear Husband (DH) expressed concern that I would lose too much weight and become too thin (he prefers curvy ladies). I reassured him that with more than 5 stone to lose, I don't think there's any danger of taking it too far, JUST yet!
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
:)
Breakfast: Sweetened galette with bacon.
Lunch: 3 slices beef, 1 crab stick.
Dinner: chicken tikka with cottage cheese.
Well, things have been going well. Still no cravings. Tummy still a little unsettled but not so bad as yesterday.
BGs are really coming down during the day. Got as low as 3.9 in the evening time so I ended up making up some no added sugar instant whip type stuff. Very yummy treat and only 4g carbs per packet (which is supposed to be 4 portions - I ate most of it.....). Going shopping tomorrow to make sure that I've got some emergency biscuits in the house in future but in the meantime, will reduce my medication in the morning.
That means that I'm back on just one Gliclazide per day with my Metformin, as opposed to the four per day that I was on to try to improve BGs. That will please the diabetic team, although I'm not sure that they approve of such an extremely low carb diet. Ah well. I may have to increase the meds again, after Friday, when I start eating vegetables with my protein on the Cruise phase.
I'm pretty sure that these emergency carbs will stop me from losing weight today but hey ho, got to stay safe. Besides, I think at some point it will all even out and I'll lose some extra weight another day.
My Dear Husband (DH) expressed concern that I would lose too much weight and become too thin (he prefers curvy ladies). I reassured him that with more than 5 stone to lose, I don't think there's any danger of taking it too far, JUST yet!
29th August 2011 Day 2 Attack
Weight loss: 0.4kg
Amazing, considering yesterday's epic fail at dinner time....
Breakfast: a Dukan galette with smoked mackerel and cottage cheese
Lunch: Bunless burger
Dinner: Chicken and 2 chips.
Evening snack: 2 crab sticks.
Let me explain. Stayed at mum and dad's for dinner and dad offerred to go to the chip shop to buy dinners. Usually this is a real treat. I ended up just having their southern fried chicken which was a cheat as it was fried and breaded. And 2 of Craig's chips. But at least I didn't have a portion of chips, so that made me happy. And full up.
I had been suffering all day with the temporary after effects of starting on the oat bran, used in the galette. Let's just say, many toilet visits. It goes away after a couple of days and I know it's essential to eat the oat bran in the attack phase for fibre.
No cravings today. A little bit of a head ache but am drinking lots of water - well over 2 l.
My BG levels are AMAZING. I even got down to 4.9 today. The fasting levels in the morning are still higher than the required 5.5 at around 9, but they are at least an improvement on 16.6 of previous weeks - and I feel SO much better.
I'm being careful to keep measuring my BG and have permission from the healthcare peeps to adjust my medication accordingly.
Amazing, considering yesterday's epic fail at dinner time....
Breakfast: a Dukan galette with smoked mackerel and cottage cheese
Lunch: Bunless burger
Dinner: Chicken and 2 chips.
Evening snack: 2 crab sticks.
Let me explain. Stayed at mum and dad's for dinner and dad offerred to go to the chip shop to buy dinners. Usually this is a real treat. I ended up just having their southern fried chicken which was a cheat as it was fried and breaded. And 2 of Craig's chips. But at least I didn't have a portion of chips, so that made me happy. And full up.
I had been suffering all day with the temporary after effects of starting on the oat bran, used in the galette. Let's just say, many toilet visits. It goes away after a couple of days and I know it's essential to eat the oat bran in the attack phase for fibre.
No cravings today. A little bit of a head ache but am drinking lots of water - well over 2 l.
My BG levels are AMAZING. I even got down to 4.9 today. The fasting levels in the morning are still higher than the required 5.5 at around 9, but they are at least an improvement on 16.6 of previous weeks - and I feel SO much better.
I'm being careful to keep measuring my BG and have permission from the healthcare peeps to adjust my medication accordingly.
28th August 2011 Another day, another diet.
Excerpt from my diary:
Well, to be fair, an awful lot has happened since the last time I wrote in my diary or blogged and I'm only half a stone heavier than I was then.
Let's see, I met a wonderful man, had a baby and got married. I have had possibly THE worst two years of my entire career and am pretty chuffed that (a) I'm still sane and (b) 4 months after the baby arrived, I'm only half a stone heavier than I was before I was pregnant.
Today is the day I re-start the Dukan diet. I've tried it before and was quite sucessfull. It's hard to stay on it long term as it can be quite anti social, I suppose, but worth persevering with. I'm a type 2 diabetic and it worked wonders on controlling my blood glucose (BG) levels, which is why I'm trying it again. Throughout my pregnancy I was allowed to take insulin, so had amazing BG control and have been taken off it since - so my BGs were all over the place and I felt truly rotten. In fact, I contacted my nurse and literally BEGGED to be given something to help get them down normal levels for my wedding day.
I couldn't cut out carbs until I had done with breastfeeding and was back on more of an even keel in terms of sleepless nights, so waited and waited and waited to start Dukan. It turns out that some of the fatigue I felt was in fact due to postpartum cardio myopathy. A rare heart condition brought on by breastfeeding hormones. The consultant kept saying "recovering from" often and I knew that it must be something noteworthy. In it's worst case, women with PPCM can be given only 4-7 years to live so I am very lucky to be not one of those women!
Knowing that you've had such a lucky escape certainly does bring the reality of life and all it's trials sharply back into focus. SO time to seriously attack weight loss and getting BG sorted out.
My long term goals: get to HBA1c of 6% or less ( it was 7.8 last blood test, has been higher since) and lose 66kg. Yes, I really do need to lose that much weight to get to a healthy weight.
So I got onto the Dukan site and it tells me that I need to do 6 days on Attack phase. Today is Day 1.
Breafast: Scrambled egg with bacon (bacon is a cheat, using up what's left in the fridge...)
Lunch: Chicken and cottage cheese
Dinner: EPIC FAIL - Dinner at mum and dad's - Lamb with veg, roast potatoes and pudding, apple crumble with ice cream.
Not the most sucessful start.... I should have shared with them that I was dieting..
Well, to be fair, an awful lot has happened since the last time I wrote in my diary or blogged and I'm only half a stone heavier than I was then.
Let's see, I met a wonderful man, had a baby and got married. I have had possibly THE worst two years of my entire career and am pretty chuffed that (a) I'm still sane and (b) 4 months after the baby arrived, I'm only half a stone heavier than I was before I was pregnant.
Today is the day I re-start the Dukan diet. I've tried it before and was quite sucessfull. It's hard to stay on it long term as it can be quite anti social, I suppose, but worth persevering with. I'm a type 2 diabetic and it worked wonders on controlling my blood glucose (BG) levels, which is why I'm trying it again. Throughout my pregnancy I was allowed to take insulin, so had amazing BG control and have been taken off it since - so my BGs were all over the place and I felt truly rotten. In fact, I contacted my nurse and literally BEGGED to be given something to help get them down normal levels for my wedding day.
I couldn't cut out carbs until I had done with breastfeeding and was back on more of an even keel in terms of sleepless nights, so waited and waited and waited to start Dukan. It turns out that some of the fatigue I felt was in fact due to postpartum cardio myopathy. A rare heart condition brought on by breastfeeding hormones. The consultant kept saying "recovering from" often and I knew that it must be something noteworthy. In it's worst case, women with PPCM can be given only 4-7 years to live so I am very lucky to be not one of those women!
Knowing that you've had such a lucky escape certainly does bring the reality of life and all it's trials sharply back into focus. SO time to seriously attack weight loss and getting BG sorted out.
My long term goals: get to HBA1c of 6% or less ( it was 7.8 last blood test, has been higher since) and lose 66kg. Yes, I really do need to lose that much weight to get to a healthy weight.
So I got onto the Dukan site and it tells me that I need to do 6 days on Attack phase. Today is Day 1.
Breafast: Scrambled egg with bacon (bacon is a cheat, using up what's left in the fridge...)
Lunch: Chicken and cottage cheese
Dinner: EPIC FAIL - Dinner at mum and dad's - Lamb with veg, roast potatoes and pudding, apple crumble with ice cream.
Not the most sucessful start.... I should have shared with them that I was dieting..
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