Thu, Jun-23-16, 12:18
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Say NO to Diabetes!
Posts: 8,671
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Plan: My own - < 30 net carbs
Stats: 440/228/210
BF:Energy Unleashed
Progress: 92%
Location: Central Virginia - USA
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I get what you are saying, but I have a BG meter and that is all I can check. I eat enough protein to rebuild and repair my muscle. Given my active lifestyle, that is likely more protein than the average. But what ever the case, apparently my insulin levels remain low enough. I have never had much trouble losing fat with this WOE. My insulin is low enough to allow fat back out of my fat cells. I also appear to be less insulin resistant than I once was. I eat more carbs now and have a significantly lower of a BG spike from my meals compared to what I was getting 18 months ago. So I guess I'm not too worried about my insulin levels. They seem to be doing fine.
What I have come to learn through my experience is that my 'need to eat' feeling was coming from BG spikes, crashes and episodes of low blood sugar. I was feeding the BG wave and not real hunger. I overate high carb food to get my BG back up and as a result and ate sugar way beyond my tolerance for it. In Dr. Fung's analogy, that kept my insulin high, kept trying to shove more glucose into already full cells and kept my fat locked in my fat cells. When I learned how to eat in such a way as to maintain a normal arc in my post meal BG, I found satiety between meals. That gave me the ability to control what and how much I eat. I have found a WOE that works for me. I'm happy.
Being reactive hypoglycemic, I am more concerned about the BG spikes. I think that was the first domino to fall on my way to obesity and diabetes. Everything else was a consequence of that. My body was just not made to eat sugary, low fat, processed food. That junk thrashes my BG. But even some natural and fairly low carb foods can spike my BG and result in carb cravings. Eating those foods in limited quantities and in combination with other foods (protein, fat, & fiber) makes them less of a problem for me as far as the BG spike goes. For me, stable BG means I can stay in control.
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