Anita will join us on Monday, July 15 – but you can read about her now.
Anita’s Introduction:
Hi, everyone. I am 53, 5′ 5″ and weigh 168 pounds. I have dieted since age thirteen, have read at least a hundred books on health and nutrition, and have followed endless plans that supposedly “worked for hundreds of people” – all to no avail. I followed low carb, low-fat, Atkins and HCG. The only thing that took the weight off was the starvation of Simeon’s protocol, but in spite of my best efforts I could never find a way to make the weight loss stick. So I’m looking forward to following Protocol and finally ending my time as a dieter and “health researcher.”
The results of my metabolic blood tests show that I’m insulin resistant, despite eating very low carb for years. I am hypothyroid, originally diagnosed in 1992, probably because I had already been dieting for half my life. At that time my doctor put me on Synthroid, which never helped. I spent years with my hair falling out, weight gain (despite eating a scant 1000 calories a day,) severe constipation and general exhaustion. And here I am, twenty years later – still at square one.
I am looking forward to this Protocol, so that I can eat like a normal person for the first time in my life and NOT gain weight. So I can get rid of the fifty so-called health books clogging my bookshelf. So I can inspire others, once I get the hang of this and can add to the recipes here. I love to cook and entertain. 🙂 And so I can set a good example for my teenaged kids who are not as fit as they should be and who are already feeling left out of the fun in life. Thank YOU, SugarFree for sharing your knowledge with me and the world via this website.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 1- 7/15
Weight: 166.6
Measurements:
Bust: 39″
Waist: 36″
Hips: 44″
Meal:
–- 8 oz broccoli
–- 10 oz. rib eye steak
–- 6 oz. artichoke hearts
— 6 oz green beans
–- 4 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 1257
Fat: 101.3 grams (75%)
Protein: 58.2 grams (19%)
Carbs: 20 grams (6%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 108
1-hour PP (after meal): 95
2-hour PP (after meal): 99
Rough first day in terms of logistics. I did not plan my menu a day ahead as I am supposed to, and so I did not eat what I was supposed to. But I’m on track now, and I feel good, not hungry.
[Note: Welcome, Anita. A rocky start, but it will all start to fall into place soon. :)]
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 2- 7/16
Weight: 166.6 = no change
Meal:
–- 8 oz liver
–- 9 oz. asparagus
–- 2 large eggs
— 8 oz kale
–- 1.5 T. butter
— 1 oz. potato with skin
Fitday stats:
Calories: 751
Fat: 51.3 grams (61%)
Protein: 57.2 grams (31%)
Carbs: 15.1 grams (8%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 91
2-hour PP (after meal): 89
I still feel great, not hungry at all.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 3 – 7/17
Weight: 166.6 = no change
Meal:
–- 12 oz Scallops
— 8 oz. Spinach
–- 5 oz. Mustard greens
–- 2 T. Duck Fat
–- 2 T. butter
— 1 oz rice
Fitday stats:
Calories: 798
Fat: 51.8 grams (58%)
Protein: 62.5 grams (32%)
Carbs: 20.5 grams (10%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 121
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
I was hungry to eat my meal today. The one ounce of rice I ate really spiked my blood sugars, so I will hold off on the starch carbs for now.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 4 – 7/18
Weight: 163 = down 3.6 pounds
Meal:
–- 8 oz Swiss chard
–- .75 T. duck fat
–- 10 oz. pork chop
–- 12 oz. fennel
–- 1 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 756
Fat: 52.3 grams (62%)
Protein: 61.1 grams (32%)
Carbs: 10.1 grams (6%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 78
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 87
I am thrilled with the weight loss. Feeling great, still not hungry, right now I feel can do this for a long time.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 5 – 7/19
Weight: 162.6 = down .4 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz Broccoli
–- .5 T. Duck fat
–- 10.5 oz. Lamb chop
–- 10 oz. Mixed greens
–- 1 oz. Potato raw
Fitday stats:
Calories: 751
Fat: 49.2 grams (59%)
Protein: 62.5 grams (33%)
Carbs: 14.5 grams (8%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 77
1-hour PP (after meal): 99
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
I was able to stay up a bit longer last night, though I was hungry this morning. My air-conditioner is not working well, so I threw all my food in a pressure cooker with spices and made lamb stew. It was delicious. Protocol makes me eat foods beyond what I normally eat, and I am enjoying it.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 6 – 7/20
Weight: 162.2 = down .4 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz Beet greens
–- 1 T. Duck fat
–- 8 oz. Liver
–- 8 oz. Swiss Chard
–- .1 oz. onion
— .5 oz bacon
Fitday stats:
Calories: 771
Fat: 52.8 grams (61%)
Protein: 61.4 grams (32%)
Carbs: 13.2 grams (7%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 76
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 83
Dragging a little, but it could be the heat.
Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 7 – 7/21
Weight: 161 = down 1.2 pounds
Meal:
–- 5.5 oz mustard greens
–- 1 T. Duck fat
–- 7 oz. mackerel
–- 6 oz. kale
–- 1 oz. tomato
— 1 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 653
Fat: 49.6 grams (68%)
Protein: 42.9 grams (26%)
Carbs: 5.3 grams (6%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 81
1-hour PP (after meal): 80
2-hour PP (after meal): 86
I could not finish my lunch today. I woke up in the middle of the night, then slept in till late morning. Does Protocol have something to do with it?
[Note: Yep. You’re now deep into lipolysis, which means you’re burning fat. It’s the same reason you’re having trouble finishing meals – because you are now being fed thousands of calories more per day then you’re putting in with a fork. 🙂 Unfortunately, our bodies burn fat in the middle of the night, and that’s what’s waking you. Once you’re on Maintenance in a week or two, lipolysis will cease until the next round of Phase 1 Protocol.]
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 1 – 7/22
Weight: 160 = down 1 pound
Measurements:
Bust: 39.5″ = up .5″
Waist: 36.5″ = up .5″
Hips: 44.25″ = down .25″
Meal:
–- 5.5 oz sweet-potato leaves
–- 1.5 T. Duck fat
–- 7.5 oz. Beef Rib Eye
–- 8 oz. swiss chard
— 1 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 676
Fat: 48.8 grams (65%)
Protein: 49.2 grams (29%)
Carbs: 10 grams (6%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 89
2-hour PP (after meal): 90
Wasn’t hungry again to day. It’s TOM, so I’m bloated, which I suspect caused the inches up on waist and bust, and the stuffed feeling. Especially since I lost a whopping 1.5″ of fat from my thighs, and another .25″ from my arms. That’s a total of two inches of fat gone in a week!
[Note: As in my note yesterday, the ‘stuffed feeling’ is due to being, well, stuffed – as you’re finally releasing, burning and utilizing your excess stored adipose tissue. And yes, the bloat and inches up is due to TOM, and will disappear once that’s done.]
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 2 – 7/23
Weight: 159.6 = down .4 pound
Meal:
–- 2 oz Collards
–- 2 T. Duck fat
–- 12 oz. Scallops
–- 8 oz. Spinach
–- 1 oz. Potato
— 1 oz. Sour Cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 771
Fat: 52 grams (60%)
Protein: 59.9 grams (31%)
Carbs: 17.9 grams (9%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 79
1-hour PP (after meal): 106
2-hour PP (after meal): 93
Dragging a little , feel weak all over, could be the stress of these two days. I am still not sleeping well.
[Note: After some sleuthing, the answer to your rising blood sugars is simple. First, you’re not sleeping well or sufficiently. That by itself is enough to raise your blood sugars. Second, we’ve just discovered that you’ve been taking liquid melatonin, loaded with hidden sugars like glycerin. Taking melatonin in pill form, taking it at the right time of day — NOT just before you want to sleep — will ensure you start sleeping well again. That, and not taking sugar before bedtime (or at all) should mean lower glucose readings within a week after that.]
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 3 – 7/24
Weight: 159.6 = no change
Meal:
–- 8 oz broccoli
–- .75 T. Duck fat
–- 15 oz. Chicken thighs with skin
–- 5 oz. green beans
–- 3 oz. red sweet pepper
— .75 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 781
Fat: 53 grams (61%)
Protein: 60.8 grams (31%)
Carbs: 15.1 grams (8%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 111
2-hour PP (after meal): 98
I only got five hours sleep last night. I am not sure why I now have these higher BG numbers.
[Note: Please see yesterday’s note.]
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 4 – 7/25
Weight: 160.4 = up .8 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz spinach
–- 1.5 T. duck fat
–- 8.5 oz. rainbow trout farmed
–- 11 oz. zucchini squash
— 1.5 T. Butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 730
Fat: 50.7 grams (63%)
Protein: 58.9 grams (32%)
Carbs: 9.7 grams (5%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 113
2-hour PP (after meal): 101
Last night I slept for eleven hours; as a result I am feeling much better. Yesterday I had an eight ounce cup of peppermint ginger tea at the farmers market, the woman assured me no sweetener of any kind, and I certainly did not taste any sweetener.
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 5 – 7/26
Weight: 159.2 = down 1.2 pounds
Meal:
–- 8 oz kale
–- .75 T. duck fat
–- 8 oz. chicken liver
–- 6 oz. collards
– .5 T. Butter
– 1 oz. Pork cured bacon
– 1 oz. onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 736
Fat: 49.7 grams (61%)
Protein: 58.8 grams (32%)
Carbs: 13.3 grams (7%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1-hour PP (after meal): 88
2-hour PP (after meal): 105
Still not sleeping through the night.
[Note: Since Melatonin is not a drug or sleeping pill but a hormone, it will take a week or two to build up in your system.]
I am not certain if it is the onion or the lack of sleep responsible for the BG spike.
[Note: The onion. Plus ‘carry-over’ from the sugar you ate yesterday.]
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 6 – 7/27
Weight: 160.4 = up 1.2 pounds
Meal:
–- 12 oz broccoli
–- 5 oz. Rib eye
–- 6 oz fennel bulb
– .5 T. Butter
– 3 eggs, large
Fitday stats:
Calories: 674
Fat: 52.2 grams (70%)
Protein: 44.9 grams (27%)
Carbs: 6.2 grams (3%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1-hour PP (after meal): 103
2-hour PP (after meal): 100
Woke up exhausted, sluggish all day.
Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 7 – 7/27
Weight: 159.6 = down .4 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz spinach
–- 1.5 T. Duck fat
–- 7.5 beef liver
–- 5 oz. green beans
– 1 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 748
Fat: 48.5 grams (59%)
Protein: 58.6 grams (31%)
Carbs: 19.2 grams (10%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 103
2-hour PP (after meal): 93
I slept great, feeling much better as a result. The melatonin is working.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 1 – 7/29
Weight: 157.7 = down 2.1 pounds
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = down 2″
Waist: 36″ = down .5″
Hips: 43.5″ = down .75″
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 88
1-hour PP (after meal): 107
2-hour PP (after meal): 90
I could not finish my first Maintenance meal, but SugarFree says my tummy will expand to let me soon eat it all.
However, I am thrilled to report that in just two weeks on Protocol I’ve lost eleven pounds. And this week alone, in addition to the 3.25 inches of fat from my bust, waist and hips, I lost an additional 4.75 inches from my legs and around my knees. That’s EIGHT INCHES gone in a week!
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 2 – 7/30
Weight: 156.3 = down 1.4 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1 hour PP: 99
2 hour PP: 96
I ate all my food slowly over an hour. I feel a bit of acid re-flux.
[Note: When you come to Protocol from a low-fat way of eating, your gall bladder, which is designed to handle massive amounts of consumed fats, has gone dormant. It is no longer producing the amount of bile acids necessary to digest fat properly. People who eat this way for an extended period often end up with gall stones as a result. The good news is, the gall bladder almost always bounces back in a few weeks once good fat is reintroduced into the diet. :)]
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 3 – 7/31
Weight: 157.4 = up 1.1 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1 hour PP: 97
2 hour PP: 101
I am feeling great and sleeping well, and able to eat all my food. I did eat the tomato towards the end of the meal – did that cause the spike in my 2-hour PP?
[Note: First, there was no spike. Your blood sugars today are great, despite eating some tomato (and no, eating it at the end or the beginning or the middle of the meal would have no effect – it’s the glucose in the tomato that’s the issue) – and some of that is due to all the fat and cream you ate with it. Second, a ‘spike’ is when blood sugars go *over* 110 PP. You weren’t even close. 🙂 Third, please remember that you will add water weight the first week of Maintenance, but that will disappear by next week.]
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 4 – 8/1
Weight: 157.4 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1 hour PP: 103
2 hour PP: 103
I’m sleeping well and am now able to eat all my food with no problem. I really enjoyed the sweet potato today, my first sweet taste in over two weeks.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 5 – 8/2
Weight: 157.7 = up .4 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 95
2 hour PP: 95
I feel great, not hungry, and happy with my numbers. I have a long way to go but this is real improvement.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 6 – 8/3
Weight: 158.8 = up 1.1 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 81
1 hour PP: 86
2 hour PP: 86
Wasn’t hungry at lunch and could not eat it all.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 7 – 8/4
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 96
2 hour PP: 91
I felt better today, ate everything, sleeping well.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 1 – 8/5
Weight: 157.5 = down 1.3 pounds
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = down 1″
Hips: 43.5″ = no change
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 97
Sleeping well and eating everything.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 2– 8/6
Weight: 157.5 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1 hour PP: 115
2 hour PP: 100
Not sure why I got such a high 1 hour-PP except the camp nurse called me minutes before it was time to take the test, inducing panic. All is well at camp.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 3– 8/7
Weight: 158.5 = up 1 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 103
2 hour PP: 107
SugarFree and I figured out the mystery of my suddenly higher blood sugars: I changed the time of day I take my thyroid medication. Used to be after I ate, then I moved it to before I ate (and took my blood sugars). Hopefully things will settle back to normal in a few days.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 4 – 8/8
Weight: 157.4 = down 1.1 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1 hour PP: 111
2 hour PP: 94
I am still waking too early and needing more sleep. Turns out it’s not the thyroid med, but the hydrocortisone I’m taking, which raises my cortisol, suppresses my melatonin – and raises my blood sugars!
I love the kale chips I made with lard and duck fat. I roasted them at 275 degrees for about half an hour. They are really delicious and I can’t wait to have them again.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 5 – 8/9
Weight: 157.4 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1 hour PP: 115
2 hour PP: 96
I took my melatonin an hour later at SugarFree’s suggestion, and slept through the night. Today I had trout. I found a delicious time-saving trick. When I bring the trout home I cut it to size, stuff it with a ground up herb paste made with cilantro, lemon grass, garlic and basil. Then I package it in parchment paper and freeze. This way the trout is fresh frozen and Protocol-ready when I need it.
[Note: It wasn’t the cortisone that spiked your blood sugars today – it was the 3 full ounces of tomato you ate, when you are only supposed to eat 1 ounce. :(]
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 6 – 8/10
Weight: 157.4 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1 hour PP: 111
2 hour PP: 98
Feeling well.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 7 – 8/11
Weight: 156.4 = down 1 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1 hour PP: 105
2 hour PP: 98
Feeling well. Got to sleep in.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 1 – 8/12
Weight: 156.4 = no change
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = up 1″
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = down 1″
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP (after meal): 113
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
Ate everything. The high one-hour PP’s are frustrating.
[Note: Unfortunately, that is not likely to change until you get off the steroid medication that is causing the problem.]
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 2 – 8/13
Weight: 157.9 = up 1.5 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 119
2 hour PP: 101
I accidentally missed medicine dose yesterday, because I was traveling.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 3 – 8/14
Weight: 157.9 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 101
2 hour PP: 95
After reducing my steroid medication a bit, I got some sleep and am feeling much better. And even though I ate potato today, my PP numbers are better. My trout was fresh-caught less than twenty-four hours ago, and it was delicious – along with the scrumptious collards I made with bacon.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 4 – 8/15
Weight: 157.9 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 116
2 hour PP: 96
Another night of good sleep. I feel okay, though increasing my steroid medication again also spiked my blood sugar.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 5– 8/16
Weight: 157.9 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 100
2 hour PP: 95
I feel great, and my PP numbers are good, too. Spoke to my doctor about getting off my steroid meds, and he told me how to come off slowly, which I’m doing.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 6 – 8/17
Weight: 157.9 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 103
2 hour PP: 89
I sat through a dinner party with my sparkling water, no problem.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 7 – 8/18
Weight: 158.8 = up 1.1 pounds
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1 hour PP: 95
2 hour PP: 86
I feel a bit bloated today, but look how far down my blood sugars have dropped in just a few days of the reduced steroid!
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 1 – 8/19
Weight: 158.2 = down .6 pound
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 36″ = up 1″
Hips: 42.5″ = no change”
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1-hour PP (after meal): 106
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
Still waking early, but I’m able to go back to sleep.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 2– 8/20
Weight: 157.8 = down .4 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 81
1 hour PP: 100
2 hour PP: 92
Feeling great. Glad to see my PP’s improving, and now that the bloat is gone, my waist lost the inch I thought I’d gained. Guess SugarFree was right – it was just water.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 3– 8/21
Weight: 157.8 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1 hour PP: 103
2 hour PP: 96
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 3– 8/21
Weight: 157.9 = up .1 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 102
2 hour PP: 103
Slept through the night.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 4– 8/22
Weight: 157.9 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 102
2 hour PP: 103
Slept through the night, yay. I was starving this morning, but then could not finish my delicious meal. I LOVE the chopped liver, but it is too much.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 5– 8/23
Weight: 158.8 = up .9 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1 hour PP: 111
2 hour PP: 105
Worked a book fair.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 6 – 8/24
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1 hour PP: 111
2 hour PP: 96
Worked a book fair.
Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 7– 8/25
Weight: 159 = up .2 pound
Ketostix: Large
Got to sleep in.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 1 – 8/26
Weight: 159 = no change
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change”
Ketostix: large
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 2– 8/27
Weight: 160.6 = up .6 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1 hour PP: 91
2 hour PP: 97
Sleeping better.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 3 – 8/28
Weight: 160.2 = down .4 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1 hour PP: 91
2 hour PP: 86
Sleeping and eating fine.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 4 – 8/29
Weight: 159.2 = down 1 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1 hour PP: 99
2 hour PP: 109
Feeling fine and not hungry.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 5 – 8/30
Weight: 158.6 = down .6 pound
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 96
2 hour PP: 92
All is going well.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 6 – 8/31
Weight: 159.2 = up .6 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz.spinach
– 6.5 collards
– 11 oz. lamb chop
– 1 oz tomato
– 1.5 T. lard
– 1 T. butter
– .5 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 734
Fat: 51.7 grams (63%)
Protein: 54.9 grams (30%)
Carbs: 12.2 grams (7%)
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1 hour PP: 96
2 hour PP: 92
Just keeping at it.
Protocol Round 2, Week 1, Day 7 – 9/1
Weight: 159.6 = up .4 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz.kale
– 11 oz zucchini
– 8 oz. liver
– 2 eggs
– 1.5 T. duck fat
– 1 T. butter
– 1 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 737.9
Fat: 49.9 grams (61%)
Protein: 60.4 grams (33%)
Carbs: 11.8 grams (7%)
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 81
1 hour PP: 98
2 hour PP: 95
Feel fine.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 1 – 9/2
Weight: 157 = down 2.6 pounds
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Meal:
– 8 oz. broccoli
– 10 oz mixed greens
– 10 oz. boneless steak
– 1.5 T. duck fat
– 1.5 T. butter
– .5 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 784
Fat: 50.8 grams (59%)
Protein: 65.2 grams (33%)
Carbs: 16.4 grams (8%)
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 103
2 hour PP: 101
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 2 – 9/3
Weight: 157 = no change
Meal:
– 8 oz. kale
– 7 oz mustard greens
– 8 oz. chicken liver
– 2 large eggs
– 1 T. lard
– 1 T. butter
– 1 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 730
Fat: 49.1 grams (60%)
Protein: 57.6 grams (32%)
Carbs: 14.4 grams (8%)
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 98
2 hour PP: 95
Feeling fine and not hungry.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 3 – 9/4
Weight: 157.6 = up .6 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz. spinach
– 12 oz broccoli raab
– 10 oz. trout
– 2 T. lard
– 1 T. butter
– 1 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 791
Fat: 52 grams (59%)
Protein: 69.8 grams (35%)
Carbs: 11 grams (6%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 93
Feeling fine not hungry.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 4 – 9/5
Weight: 157.3 = down .3 pound
Meal:
– 11 oz. squash
– 3 large eggs
– 1 T. lard
– 1 T. butter
– 1 oz cream
Fitday stats:
Calories: 557
Fat: 43.9 grams (71%)
Protein: 28.3 grams (20%)
Carbs: 12.2 grams (9%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
Fell down a step or two on the subway and spent hours dealing with clinics and hospitals. I could not eat my planned meal as it tasted off, but Sugar Free told me it is probably the stress and recovery hormones (like cortisol) that is affecting my taste buds.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 5 – 9/6
Weight: 156.7 = down .9 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz. broccoli
– 5 oz green beans
– 10 oz shrimp
– 2 T. lard
– 1.5 T. butter
– 1 oz. cream
– 1 oz. potato
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 81
1-hour PP (after meal): 118
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
I’m resting with my foot elevated. The high meter reading is a result of the high cortisol that’s part of healing process.
[Note: Anita – please feel better soon, and get as much rest as you can!]
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 7 – 9/7
Weight: 156.4 = down .3 pound
Meal:
– 4 eggs large
– 1.5 T. butter
– 1 oz. bacon
Fitday stats:
Calories: 570
Fat: 49.9 grams (79%)
Protein: 28.6 grams (20%)
Carbs: 6.8 grams (9%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 92
2-hour PP (after meal): 89
Resting with foot elevated. Loved my egg meal, it is a long time favorite and I have not had it in two months.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 7 – 9/8
Weight: 154.6 = down 1.8 pounds
Meal:
– 8 oz kale
– 5 oz string beans
– 14 oz chicken thigh
– .75 duck fat
– .5 butter
– .5 oz cream
– 1 oz sweet potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 734
Fat: 49.5 grams (61%)
Protein: 55.5 grams (30%)
Carbs: 16.5 grams (7%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 115
2-hour PP (after meal): 96
Feeling fine, but am waking too early.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 1- 9/9
Weight: 154.6 = no change
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1-hour PP (after meal): 115
2-hour PP (after meal): 89
Feeling okay, and my ankle is healing.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 2 – 9/10
Weight: 154.6 = no change
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 88
1-hour PP (after meal): 110
Being an impatient person, I need to learn to savor the small steps to good health. Rome was not built in a day and it took me 53 years (at least 30 on a low-fat diet) to get here My metabolism won’t heal in two months.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 3 – 9/11
Weight: 154.6 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1 hour PP: 100
2 hour PP: 107
Ate all of my Maintenance meal, and it was delicious.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 4 – 9/12
Weight: 155 = up .4 pound
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1 hour PP: 116
2 hour PP: 104
Still waking in the night. Will increase the melatonin.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 5 – 9/13
Weight: 154.6 = down .4 pound
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1 hour PP: 96
2 hour PP: 86
The increased melatonin worked. Slept eight hours, through the night.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 6 – 9/14
Weight: 155.6 = up 1 pound
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 83
1 hour PP: 108
2 hour PP: 96
Sleeping well, foot still healing.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 7 – 9/15
Weight: 156.6 = up 1 pound
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1 hour PP: 102
2 hour PP: 96
Sleeping well and resting my foot.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 1 – 9/16
Weight: 156.4 = down .2 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
My new ketostix arrived and proved what SugarFree suspected, that my old batch was bad, even though it was still in the ‘use by’ date.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 2 – 9/17
Weight: 157.8 = up 1.4 pounds
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1 hour PP: 97
2 hour PP: 107
I feel fine.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 1, Day 3 – 9/18
Weight: 156.8 = down 1 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 88
1 hour PP: 96
2 hour PP: 107
Thanks to the melatonin I’m sleeping all night.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 4 – 9/19
Weight: 157.8 = up 1 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1 hour PP: 95
2 hour PP: 105
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 5 – 9/20
Weight: 157.8 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 100
1 hour PP: 106
2 hour PP: 96
I slept through the night.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 6 – 9/21
Weight: 159.8 = up 2 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
Took a yoga class and meditated. Sorry I forgot to do my BG numbers – I would love to know them.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 2, Day 7 – 9/22
Weight: 158.8 = down 1 pound
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1 hour PP: 118
2 hour PP: 118
Had a nice day with my daughter and her friend testing art projects for an upcoming class, very fun and relaxing.
Maintenance Round 2, Week 3, Day 1 – 9/23
Weight: 160.2 = up 2.4 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Measurements:
Bust: 39.5″ = up 1″
Waist: 37″ = up 2 ”
Hips: 43″ = up .5 ”
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1 hour PP: 106
2 hour PP: 96
I’ve been constipated for the last week and a half, which explains the weight and inches gain. SugarFree gave me some advice to ‘break the log jam’ which will hopefully work, bring down my blood sugars again and help me sleep better.
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 2 – 9/24
Weight: 159.8 = down .4 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz. kale
–- 5 oz green beans
–- 14 oz. chicken thighs
— 1.25 T.duck fat
— 1.25 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 825
Fat: 62.8 grams (68%)
Protein: 54.9 grams (27%)
Carbs: 10.1 grams (5%)
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1-hour PP (after meal): 105
2-hour PP (after meal): 108
I slept great, and feel much better.
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 3 – 9/25
Weight: 158 = down 1.8 pounds
Meal:
–- 8 oz broccoli
–- 10 oz. chard
–- 10 oz. shrimp
–- 2 T. duck fat
— 1.75 T Butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 765
Fat: 51.2 grams (60%)
Protein: 62.9 grams (13%)
Carbs: 13.2 grams (7%)
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 105
1-hour PP (after meal): 115
2-hour PP (after meal): 117
I slept great.
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 4 – 9/26
Weight: 161.4 = up 3.4 pounds
Meal:
– 8 oz kale
– 11 oz. zucchini
– 8 oz. chicken liver
– 2 eggs
– 1 T. duck fat
– 1 T Butter
– 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 797
Fat: 46.5 grams (58%)
Protein: 59.8 grams (34%)
Carbs: 13.1 grams (8%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
1 hour PP: 117
2 hour PP: 106
Feeling fine.
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 5 – 9/27
Weight: 157.4 = down 4 pounds
Meal:
– 8 oz.broccoli
– 10 oz mixed greens
– 10 oz. rib eye steak
– 2.5 T. duck fat
– 1.5 T. butter
– 1 oz sweet potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 878
Fat: 61.1 grams (63%)
Protein: 64.8 grams (30%)
Carbs: 15.7 grams (7%)
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
2 hour PP: 99
Forgot my one hour PP and lost the records for the fasting BG.
[Note: Your meter contains that information – 90 days worth of readings, in fact. Check your user’s guide to see how to access it.]
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 6 – 9/28
Weight: 159.4 = up 2 pounds
Meal:
– 8 oz. spinach
– 12 oz broccoli raab
– 10 oz. wild trout
– 2 T lard
– 2 T butter
– 2 oz potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 896
Fat: 60.2 grams (61%)
Protein: 70 grams (31%)
Carbs: 27.8 (8%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1 hour PP:86
2 hour PP: 99
Not sure if these readings are reflective of my yoga class but I will take them.
Protocol Round 3, Week 1, Day 7 – 9/29
Weight: 158.4 = down 1 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz. kale
– 11 oz zucchini
– 8 oz. chicken liver
– 2 eggs large
– 2 T duck fat
– 2 T butter
– 2 oz potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 813
Fat: 59.2 grams (66%)
Protein: 59.5 grams (29%)
Carbs: 10.5 (5%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1 hour PP:102
2 hour PP: 104
Relaxing Sunday, after a family bowling night!
Protocol Round 3, Week 2, Day 1 – 9/30
Weight: 158.4 = no change
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = down 1”
Waist: 35″ = down 2”
Hips: 42.5″ = down .5”
Meal:
– 8 oz. kale
– 14 oz asparagus
– 10 oz. pork chop
– 1.3 T. lard
– 1 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 883
Fat: 59.3 grams (60%)
Protein: 68.2 grams (31%)
Carbs: 8.6 grams (9%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1 hour PP: 100
2 hour PP: 110
At least my measurements are back to the previous level. Hoping for some more change this week of Protocol.
[Note: Unfortunately, that is unlikely. It appears that you have Metabolic Syndrome XX, which is usually only ameliorated by Metformin. Luckily, Metformin not only doesn’t have side effects when taken properly, even when taken at high doses and for long periods of time, there’s clear scientific evidence that it substantially lowers women’s risk for heart disease and some cancers.]
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 2 – 10/1
Weight: 158.8 = up .4 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz. broccoli
– 10 oz chard
– 10 oz. shrimp
– 2.25 T. lard
– 2.25 T. butter
– 1 oz rice
Fitday stats:
Calories: 877
Fat: 60.4 grams (62%)
Protein: 63.7 grams (29%)
Carbs: 19.7 grams (9%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 99
1-hour PP (after meal): 99
2-hour PP (after meal): 112
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 3 – 10/2
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Meal:
– 8 oz kale
– 5 oz. string beans
– 14 oz. chicken thighs
– 1.25 T. duck fat
– 1.25 T Butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 825
Fat: 62.8 grams (68%)
Protein: 54.9 grams (26%)
Carbs: 10.1 (5%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 103
2-hour PP (after meal): 95
Another great yoga class. And a delicious lunch. I make spicy chicken thighs with Tabasco and paprika in my pressure cooker and the kale with the green beans cooked together was great.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 4 – 10/3
Weight: 159.8 = up 1 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz spinach
– 11 oz. zucchini
– 8 oz. chicken liver
– 2 eggs
– 1 T. duck fat
– 1 T Butter
– 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 813
Fat: 59.2 grams (66%)
Protein: 59.5 grams (29%)
Carbs: 10.5 (5%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 82
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 105
I made this meal like a Quiche: mixing all the veggies with the eggs, and eating the liver lightly cooked on the side. I did not sleep much last night.
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 5 – 10/4
Weight: 157.8 = down 2 pounds
Meal:
— 8 oz broccoli
— 10 oz. mixed greens
— 10 oz. mackerel
— 1.5 T. lard
— 1.5 T Butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 836
Fat: 60.4 grams (65%)
Protein: 67.4 grams (27%)
Carbs: 15.7 (8%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
2-hour PP (after meal): 98
Protocol Round 3, Week 2, Day 6 – 10/5
Weight: 158.4 = up .6 pound
Meal:
— 8 oz. spinach
— 12 oz fennel
— 10 oz. lamb
— 2 T duck fat
— 2 T butter
— 1 oz tomato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 896
Fat: 60.2 grams (64%)
Protein: 70 grams (30%)
Carbs: 27.8 (6%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1 hour PP: 98
2 hour PP: 90
Ate grilled lamb with my family.
Protocol Round 3, Week 2, Day 7 – 10/6
Weight: 158.4 = no change
Meal:
— 8 oz. broccoli
— 8 oz. chicken liver
— 2 eggs large
— 2 T duck fat
— 1 T butter
— 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 741
Fat: 58 grams (70%)
Protein: 51 grams (28%)
Carbs: 3.4 (2%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1 hour PP: 113
2 hour PP: 96
Traveling.
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 1 – 10/7
Weight: 157.6 = down .8 pound
Measurements:
Bust: 38.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Meal:
— 8 oz. kale
— 5 oz string beans
— 14 oz. chicken thighs
— 1.25 T. duck fat
— 1.25 T. butter
Fitday stats:
Calories: 825.2
Fat: 62.8 grams (68%)
Protein: 54.9 grams (27%)
Carbs: 10.1 grams (5%)
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1 hour PP: 101
2 hour PP: 100
Keeping on.
[Note: The meditation and yoga are definitely helping to lower your stress, which in turn is helping to lower your blood sugars. :)]
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 2 – 10/8
Weight: 157.8 = up .2 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz. broccoli
– 12 oz chard
– 9 oz. shrimp
– 2.25 T duck fat
– 2.25 T butter
– 1 oz brown rice
Fitday stats:
Calories: 896
Fat: 59.9 grams (64%)
Protein: 57.9 grams (27%)
Carbs: 19.5 (9%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 91
2 hour PP: 104
Breathing deeply. Sleeping and feeling well.
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 3 – 10/9
Weight: 158.4 = up .4 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz broccoli
– 10 oz. mixed greens
– 9 oz. mackerel
– 1.5 T. lard
– 1.5 T Butter
– 1 oz sweet potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 836
Fat: 60.4 grams (65%)
Protein: 63.7 grams (27%)
Carbs: 19.7 (8%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1 hour PP:95
2 hour PP: 100
My numbers continue to improve. 🙂 I am more conscious of breathing through out the day and when I catch myself holding tension I let go. Thanks, SugarFree – the lifestyle changes work!
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 4 – 10/10
Weight: 158.4 = no change
Meal:
–- 8 oz. Swiss chard
–- 8 oz. chicken liver
— 2 eggs large
— 2 T duck fat
— 1 T butter
— 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 824
Fat: 59.2 grams (65%)
Protein: 59.8 grams (29%)
Carbs: 13.1 (6%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1 hour PP:94
2 hour PP: 94
I’ll be traveling starting tomorrow, so I’ll post again on Monday.
Feeling great. Sleeping deeply and waking rested. Your Protocol is amazing, SugarFree!
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 5 – 10/11
Meal:
–- 8 oz broccoli
–- 11 oz. asparagus
–- 10 oz. pork chop
–- 1.3 T. lard
— 1 T Butter
— 2 oz sauerkraut
Fitday stats:
Calories: 841
Fat: 59.1 grams (63%)
Protein: 64.9 grams (31%)
Carbs: 12.3 (6%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP: 94
Traveling.
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 6 – 10/12
Meal:
— 8 oz. swiss chard
— 8 oz. chicken liver
— 11 oz squash
— 2 eggs large
— 2 T duck fat
— 1 T butter
— 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 813
Fat: 59.2 grams (66%)
Protein: 59.5 grams (29%)
Carbs: 10.5 (5%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 79
1-hour PP:88
2-hour PP: 93
Still traveling . Thrilled with my fasting blood sugar reading.
Protocol Round 3, Week 3, Day 7 – 10/13
Weight: 157.8 = down .6 pound
Meal:
–- 8 oz broccoli
–- 10 oz. mixed greens
–- 10 oz. beef steak boneless
–- 2.5 T. duck fat
— 1.5 T Butter
— 1 oz sweet potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 878
Fat: 61.8 grams (63%)
Protein: 64.8 grams (30%)
Carbs: 15.7 (7%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 82
1-hour PP: 89
2-hour PP: 93
I continue to be amazed by my falling/normalizing blood sugar numbers, thanks to SugarFree. Good health can only follow.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 1 – 10/14
Weight: 158.8 = up 1 pound
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = down 1″
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
2-hour PP: 92
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 2 – 10/15
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP: 91
2-hour PP: 95
Took a yoga/mediation class, which is always great.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 3 – 10/16
Weight: 158.4 = down .4 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1-hour PP: 101
2-hour PP: 95
I’m enjoying the food on Maintenance. Low fat does not appeal to me so it’s a welcome change from Protocol.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 4 – 10/16
Weight: 161.4 = up 3 pounds
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1-hour PP: 100
2-hour PP: 101
Stuffed and could not eat everything.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 5 – 10/18
Weight: 159.8 = down 1.3 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1-hour PP: 111
2-hour PP: 102
Crazy day prepping for a class, which always makes me a nervous wreck.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 6 – 10/19
Weight: 159.8 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1-hour PP: 109
2-hour PP: 99
Feeling fine.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 1, Day 7 – 10/20
Weight: 158.8 = down 1 pound
Ketostix: large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1-hour PP: 103
Maintenance Round 3, Week 2, Day 1 – 10/21
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1-hour PP:
Feeling good.
Protocol Round 3, Week 2, Day 2 – 10/22
Weight: 158.8 = no change
Ketostix: Large
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 88
1-hour PP: 96
2-hour PP: 106
Got to share a meal with my sister and niece; cooking for company is fun. They could not believe how many greens I eat and my sister is a vegan!
[Note: If she’s a vegan and not even consuming a mere 16 ounces of veggies a day – she may be eating the kind of sugar/garbage food-like substances that so many vegan friends consume these days. I call it La Vida Carb City. :)]
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 3 – 10/23
Weight: 161 = up 2.2 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 95
2-hour PP (after meal): 97
I should not even start on the vegan diet; it raises my blood pressure. My dear sister wanted to know if my diet was approved. I said approved by who? The people who endorse the diabesity diets of America? OH MY …
Protocol Round 2, Week 2, Day 3 – 10/24
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
1-hour PP (after meal): 98
2-hour PP (after meal): 100
Maintenance Round 3, Week 2, Day 5 – 10/25
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1-hour PP (after meal): 102
2-hour PP (after meal): 104
Took one of my favorite Yoga classes.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 2, Day 6 – 10/26
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1-hour PP (after meal): 95
2-hour PP (after meal): 94
The constant no change in my weight is pretty frustrating.
[Note: Please see below.]
Maintenance Round 3, Week 2, Day 7 – 10/27
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
1-hour PP (after meal): 99
2-hour PP (after meal): 93
Feeling stuffed.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 1 – 10/28
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: large
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 97
1-hour PP: 102
2-hour PP: 104
I’m starting to think my body just wants to be fat, which would be justified if I was eating cake.
[Note: I understand the frustration, because I lived through it. Until I figured out what was wrong (I, like you, also had Metabolic Syndrome XX), I not only couldn’t lose any more weight than what I already had, by the time I realized what was going on — excess gluconeogenesis turning my protein to glucose, and butt-lazy insulin unable to handle it or anything else — I had regained twenty pounds of the eighty I’d lost!
As we’ve discussed, in addition to MSXX, which only Metformin will help, you also need to be tested for fat mal-absorption (your ketostix say large and moderate, which indicates deep lipolysis/fat burning, but you are burning zero fat – just eliminating it in your urine, which means all that wonderful fat is neither nourishing you, nor helping slow the conversion of your food to glucose; hence the high meter readings, and weight and fat stall). In addition, you also need to better manage your stress, which raises cortisol, which depresses insulin, which lets your sugars rise.
That’s a lot, no doubt, but not taking care of all three issues will only keep you where you are. If you want your body to change, you’ll need to change all three conditions. And then it will happen. For me, once the Metformin took hold (about three months after I was on the full dose), it was like turning a switch. The identical foods that added pounds and inches back, now contributed to major pound and inch losses! The regained twenty pounds went away – followed by another thirty (though this took about three more years). I didn’t have your other two issues though, and you will need to address them simultaneously if you hope to see changes similar to mine. Better than staying frustrated, though. :D]
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 2 – 10/29
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 97
1-hour PP (after meal): 101
2-hour PP (after meal): 109
My butternut squash sautéed in butter tasted like a dessert, but my 2-hr PP was not thrilled.
[Note: See above.]
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 3 – 10/30
Weight: 159 = down 2 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 97
1-hour PP (after meal): 102
2-hour PP (after meal): 102
I didn’t eat my usual food repertoire, and it was good. Guess this means I have to change it up.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 4 – 10/31
Weight: 159 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
2-hour PP (after meal): 102
Went to Doc today and forgot to take my BG meter.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 5 – 11/11
Weight: 159.6 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 120
1-hour PP (after meal): 103
2-hour PP (after meal): 121
Went for some tests today.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 6 – 11/2
Weight: 160.4 = up .8 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 118
1-hour PP (after meal): 106
Maintenance Round 3, Week 3, Day 7 – 11/3
Weight: 160.4 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 106
1-hour PP (after meal): 118
Traveling.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 1 – 11/4
Weight: 160.4 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
1-hour PP: 107
2-hour PP: 113
Getting back to my routine after a busy family weekend.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 2 – 11/5
Weight: 160.4 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 103
2-hour PP (after meal): 100
Busy days dealing with multiple medical issues.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 3 – 11/6
Weight: 161 = up .6 pound
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP (after meal): 113
2-hour PP (after meal): 104
Happy to see a reasonable fasting number again.
[Note: Unfortunately, it’s not your fasting glucose that’s the problem after taking any medical test that affects your blood sugar. It’s the PP readings that went sky-high, and have remained high. As I suggested,you’re suffering from ‘carry-over’ (since you are still so insulin resistant) and it will take about a week for your numbers to approach normal again. Hopefully that will be by Monday or soon after.]
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 4 – 11/7
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 99
1-hour PP (after meal): 97
2-hour PP (after meal): 103
I cannot believe how long it takes to clear the system of sugar, NASTY stuff! But looks like I am recovering finally, six days later. And my Met has finally arrived! I hope to see some real changes: lower (and stable) meter readings, and fat and weight loss – in the next six months.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 5 – 11/8
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 106
1-hour PP (after meal): 108
2-hour PP (after meal): 121
Suspect my lousy meter readings are the result of stress of traveling and city driving which makes me a nervous wreck.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 6 – 11/9
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1-hour PP (after meal): 97
2-hour PP (after meal): 103
Still traveling.
Maintenance Round 3, Week 4, Day 7 – 11/10
Weight: 161 = no change
Ketostix: moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 100
2-hour PP (after meal): 101
Still traveling.
Protocol Round 4, Week 1, Day 1 – 11/11
Weight: 159.4 = down 1.6 pounds
Ketostix: moderate
Measurements:
Bust: 37.5″ = no change
Waist: 35″ = no change
Hips: 42.5″ = no change
Meal:
– 8 oz. broccoli
– 8 oz. chicken liver
– 10 oz mixed greens
– 2 eggs large
– 1.4 T duck fat
– 1 T butter
– 1 oz onion
Fitday stats:
Calories: 813
Fat: 50.3 grams (62%)
Protein: 58.6 grams (32%)
Carbs: 10.8 (6%)
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1 hour PP: 100
2 hour PP: 98
Recovering from a weekend away, which is always exhausting. But I am glad to see my meter readings back to where they were, and am now ramping up my Metformin with no problems.
Protocol Round 4, Week 1, Day 2 – 11/12
Weight: 159.2 = down .2 pound
Meal:
– 8 oz kale
– 5 oz. green beans
– 10 oz. chicken thigh
– 1 T. duck fat
– .5 T Butter
– 1 oz onion
– 1 T. hot sauce
Fitday stats:
Calories: 731
Fat: 51 grams (63%)
Protein: 55.1 grams (30%)
Carbs: 12.3 (7%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1 hour PP: 105
2 hour PP: 97
Back on Protocol, love to have chicken thigh day, steam them with hot sauce and they taste like wings – YUM!
Protocol Round 4, Week 1, Day 3 – 11/13
Weight: 159.2 = no change
Meal:
– 8 oz broccoli
– 10 oz. mixed greens
– 10 oz. mackerel
– 1 T. lard
– 1 T butter
– 1 oz sweet potato
Fitday stats:
Calories: 772
Fat: 50.9 grams (59%)
Protein: 62.8 grams (33%)
Carbs: 15.7 grams (8%)
Ketostix: Moderate
Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1 hour PP: 106
2 hour PP: 96
I enjoyed the sweet potato; it’s amazing how delicious an ounce of sweet potato can be when you saute it in butter. It’s like candy.
Anita’s Farewell – November 20, 2013
Due to family issues, this will be my last report although I will be staying on Protocol. While I am not yet completely healed I know I’m on the road to recovery, and have a strategy for healing all the way. I will be forever grateful to SugarFree for sharing all this life-changing information and tireless research not only with me, but with the world.
To SugarFree: I truly appreciate your having helped me navigate and eradicate the major road blocks to good health. I plan to eat Protocol for a long time, and live with my blood glucose monitor in my pocket. And I have your blog as my constant reference. Some day in the future I look forward to checking back in as a success story: a person who can normal amounts and kinds of food without gaining weight. I cannot thank you enough, SugarFree, for your knowledge and patience with me along the way.
Anita, you truly did all the work, and will reap the success you deserve. You’ve come a long way on your own, and the metformin will get you to the finish line. 🙂 Please keep me and your readers in the loop as you go forward and continue to heal your metabolism.
Happy T-Day!
SugarFree