9:45AM
Blood sugar reading--72
10:00AM
4 local farm free-range eggs cooked in butter with Colby Jack cheese
Coke Zero
12:00PM
Blood sugar reading--81
2:45PM
Blood sugar reading--78
3:30PM
Big bowl of salad greens with chopped tomatoes, fresh goat cheese, and Ranch dressing
4 meatballs with provolone cheese, all-natural tomato sauce, and freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
Diet Coke with Lime
5:30PM
Blood sugar reading--86
8:30PM
Blood sugar reading--74
8:30PM
4 meatballs with provolone cheese, all-natural tomato sauce, and freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
2 slices of Carb One Garlic Bread (eggs, almond flour, flax seed, carrots, garlic, salt) with butter
Coke Zero
11:00PM
Blood sugar reading--83
NOTE: Did you notice what I did with my menus today? If they look vaguely familiar, well they should--they're the EXACT same thing I ate yesterday. I did this by design since my blood sugar control was so spectacular holding within just 19 points all day long. Well, today was EVEN BETTER--my blood sugar never fluctuated more than 14 points among the six readings. You can get much better than that!
I'm enjoying this blood sugar experiment, although my fingers are starting to feel the wrath of being pricked over and over again. I don't know how diabetics do this day after day, week after week, year after year. I have nothing but great respect for anyone who HAS to do this on a consistent basis. My hats off to you.
Speaking of diabetics, Christine and I just recorded a new video about an inexpensive at-home A1c test:
If you can know your A1c number for less than ten bucks, then you really need to do it. Diabetic or not, this test will reveal to you whether you are controlling your blood sugar levels well or not. I am not diabetic, but I'm so glad to know my A1c number is 5.1, or about a 102 average blood sugar level. I haven't seen my readings that high since I started this experiment last Friday, but I understand the monitors are only a gauge of the changes happening and may not be 100% accurate on the actual numbers. Even still, the lower you can get your A1c the better and livin' la vida low-carb gets you there.
Oh, remember I told you how I twisted my right ankle at the end of volleyball last night? Well, today it was swollen and I was in a lot of pain. I'm thinking my ankle rolled sideways and hyperextended the tendon in there which makes it painful to make a "cut" move. I can walk on it straight, but going up and down stairs as well as turning a corner is difficult. I'll probably not be able to play volleyball on Thursday night as usual and maybe not next Monday either. We'll see how it feels the next couple of days. It was sort of a freak accident that happened when I went up to block a spike, landed on my opponent's foot and immediately fell to the ground. I got up limping thinking I'd walk it off, but I knew right away it was a little more than that. Holding off on the doctor unless it just doesn't get better.
THANKS for reading everyone!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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I'm happy to see that your BS readings are shaping up. Thanks for sharing your scientific experiment with all of us. Very interesting indeed.
Hope your ankle mends very soon!
Lookin' good, Jimmy! All of it! The specs, the facial hair, the blood sugar... all lookin' good!
Sonya
THANK YOU, Harry! Always great to hear from you.
Sonya, I appreciate it! :)
Thanks for checking out the A1c kit, Jimmy. I was going to buy one the other day and then put it back.
Jimmy, did you do the ketone check after the Carb One bread? I was reassured to hear that the Julian bread didn't kick you out of ketosis, but I wondered if the other bread might do that. Just curious.
A few hours after eating the four slices of Julian Bakery bread the other day I measured my ketones and the stick was purple.
You must be tired, Jimmy. :-)
I was asking about the Carb One Garlic Bread. I already knew about the Julian Bakery bread because that's where you mentioned using the ketostix, which I thought was a great idea.
Sorry Stargazey, yes I've been VERY tired this week. :)
No I haven't checked ketone levels after consuming the Carb One bread, but I will sometime. Thanks for waking me up. :D
Isn't deep purple a possible sign of dehydration? Or am I remembering wrongly?
Haven't heard that before, but the purple was only moderate.
This page : http://www.lowcarb.ca/tips/tips011.html says deep purple can be a sign of dehydration. I have seen that somewhere else too.
But if your not deep purple its probs ok.
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