Hi all. I've been low carbing since 25th of December and my blood sugar has dropped from 400 to 200. My question is this: 1) is all the sugar in my body now gone now that I am eating low carb? 2) Will my blood sugar drop from 200 for its been that way for a week. Thanks

I would imagine that depends a lot on the state of your beta-cells. High blood glucose levels kill them off, but I believe they will grow back if you can keep your BG under control. Are you taking anything to lower your BG? 200 is still way too high.

all I have is the long acting insilin but my doctor wants my blood sugar to stabilize before going back on it.

What about metformin?

Lessara, you may be interested in the latest blogpost by Dr. Jason Fung about how one of his patients on ~100 units of insulin and 2000 mg of metformin per day was able to give up all meds.
Www.intensivedietarymanagement.com.

You have only been low carb 11 days, not very long to expect a 300 point drop. Consider testing before and three times after each meal to see patterns with different foods. When is the 200? How are PPs vs. FBG? Maybe there is a low carb food that gives you a delayed glucose response. Sugar alcohols? Try to find out all you can about your personal reaction to different foods.

Liz, yikes...A four week fast! That was the woman who spoke in the recent Diabetes lecture, when we thought she had said complete fast for 21 days, it was really 28! Oh my, now that is a fast.

I am allergic to metaformin

I've never tried it but it sounds like the first couple of days are hardest and the rest is relatively easy. She was pretty convincing.

By the way, this week my blood sugar is playing between 150 and 160. I think my body is adjusting to lower sugar and that's why it stayed 200.

Congratulations! that's great progress!

Also my congratulations.
Patience, and keep monitoring your BG response to various foods/combinations of to determine the best diet for you.

I started last week and am having the same problem. I can't get my fasting sugars below 200. Which I feel is CRAYZAY since I'm keeping carbs under 20g a day.

I can't imagine why a doctor wouldn't give you some long acting insulin or something with BG that high.

Since you just say Atkins, I will assume you are on the version where you are counting 20g Total not Net Carbs. If you give us an idea exactly what you eating, maybe we can see something in your menu. The Dr Bernstein Diabetes plan that many follow is a little more precise, with 6 carbs for breakfast and 12 for lunch and dinner. Snacking or grazing is very limited, meal timing is also important.
The Dr Fung videos are very informative, besides meal timing and fasting, he also suggests ACV and fiber to help BG. Are you on medication?
And you only started one week ago, so not much time for results from what is a dramatic shift in your diet. What were your numbers before this week?

I am walking at college, not alot 10 to 12 minutes back and forth but I noticed my sugar was up today. Also I wonder if my sugar goes up with the sight of a giant cookie next to me. If so maybe I shouldn't look at foods I can't eat on facebook lol