SugarFree Protocol – Michelle

Michelle will begin Protocol tomorrow, 12/27 – so please welcome her now.

Michelle’s Introduction:

Hello, everyone! I am forty-seven, 5’ 4” and weigh 177. I learned from my test results that I am leptin and thyroid hormone resistant (which has raised my total cholesterol), and am in the very early stages of diabetes. My triglycerides and HDL are both good, but my high insulin level (along with higher 2-hr PP’s) indicates I may have Metabolic Syndrome XX. After reviewing the last several weeks of eating that I logged – filled with nothing but junk and other ‘food-like substances’ – SugarFree remarked that if you designed an obesigenic diet to make you grow diabetic and fat, that would be it. So I’m excited to have SugarFree’s help in getting onto a healthier path.

Growing up I never had a weight problem. My mother cooked homemade meals and I ate like a horse. I started to gain fat and weight in my late twenties and went from about 115 in my teens to 139  in my thirties. Throughout the last two decades I’ve tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and when I reached 172 on the scale, HCG. I thought I’d found a miracle, since I lost thirty-five pounds (by, of course, starving myself with only 500 calories a day). I wanted to lose more but couldn’t, even with more rounds of HCG. I kept the weight off for two years but it was because I ate an extremely low-carb, low-calorie diet.

Then I got breast cancer (Stage III), along with thyroid problems. You might think someone would eat well at that point, because we now know that breast cancer cells’ favorite form of fuel is glucose. But between the steroids and the stress – okay, junk food – eating, my weight and excess fat slowly crept back up and I’m fatter today than I’ve ever been before. I’m still in remission, but my particular form of cancer has a high recurrence rate and though I don’t want to be defined by my disease, I want to do everything in my power to help my body grow and stay healthy. I also wouldn’t mind the additional benefit of getting into junior-size 7 skinny jeans and looking sexy. 🙂

I still worry about doing Protocol, because what if it doesn’t work for me? What if I don’t have the stamina to keep going and I break my promise to myself to be healthy? What if I hit a roadblock I can’t get out of? SugarFree assures me that since Protocol is based on human biology (and I’m definitely human!) it works for everyone, and that although the first week will be tough for me as it is for everyone addicted to sugar, I soon won’t be able to imagine eating any other way. That’s certainly what all the other Participants say in their journals. I take classes and work full-time, but also have the support of my wonderful husband (and best friend) who wants me around for a very long time. It’s taken me a while to get here, but I’m ready to go. Size 7 skinny jeans – here I come!

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 2 – 12/27

Weight: 178 pounds

Measurements:
Bust: 39.5″
Waist: 38.5″
Hips: 46″

Meal:
– 9 ounces chicken liver
– 1.25 T. butter
– 1.25 T. duck fat
– 8 oz broccoli
– 2.5 oz onion
– 3 oz crimini mushroom
– 8.5 oz collards

Fitday Stats:
Calories: 731
– Fat: 42.8 grams (53%)
– Protein: 57.2 grams (31%)
– Carbs: 29.3 grams (16%)

Ketostix: negative

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1-hour PP (after meal): 97
2-hour PP (after meal): 92

The liver was good but I just couldn’t eat all the collards or touch the egg. I keep finding myself looking at sweets and reflexively reaching for them. I’m not having a craving, thinking, I want something sweet. It’s almost a reflex. SugarFree was right when she told me about this. My brain is telling me to eat something sweet, when I don’t really even want it. Sugar addiction is crazy.

[Note: Welcome, Michelle! Don’t worry about not eating everything today. You haven’t eaten real food in some time, and it will take a while for your system to catch up – but it will! :)]

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 3 – 12/28

Weight: 176 pounds = down 2 pounds

Meal:
– 8 oz pork chop
– 8 oz kale
– 6 oz artichoke hearts
– 2 oz potato
– 1 T. butter
– .75 T. duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories:  764
– Fat: 45.6 (54%)
– Protein: 59 (31%)
– Carbs: 29.4 (15%)

Ketostix: negative

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1-hour PP (after meal): 90
2-hour PP (after meal): 87

I ate all my greens, but I was not able to eat all my protein. I have a major headache, which I know is drug withdrawal. The little signal from my brain yesterday wanting me to eat sugar is a little louder today. Hopefully this will get easier. Makes me want to sing that part of the song from Who Can It Be Now: “Go ‘way, don’t come ’round here no more.”  SugarFree assures me that once I’m through this, I won’t have to go through it again. A lovely thought and something to hold on to.

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 4 – 12/29

Weight: 173.6 = down 2.4 pounds

Meal:
– 6 oz green beans
– 14 oz chicken thighs
– .75 T duck fat
– .75 T butter
– 8 oz spinach
– 2 oz brown rice

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 849
– Fat: 51.9 (55%)
– Protein: 64.2 (30%)
– Carbs: 31.3 (15%)

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 89
2-hour PP (after meal): 77

I was able to eat my full meal. I love love green beans and chicken. Yum.

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 5 – 12/30

Weight: 172.6 = down 1 pound

Meal:
– 8 oz salmon
– 7.5 oz asparagus
– 8 oz kale
– 3 oz lentils
– .75 T butter
– .75 duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 869
– Fat: 50.6 (52%)
– Protein: 65.2 (30%)
– Carbs: 38.3 (18%)

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 93
1-hour PP (after meal): 87
2-hour PP (after meal): 85

I burned my chard and had to switch out to kale. Bummer. I drank two cups of tea yesterday evening without thinking of the caffeine it had in it. Whoops. Went to bed wide awake, but stayed asleep once I got there.

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 6 – 12/31

Weight: 171.6 = down 1 pound

Meal:
– 8 oz chicken liver
– 2 oz sweet potato
– 8 oz spinach
– 1 large egg
– 1.5 T. butter
– 1.25 T duck fat
– 9 oz collards

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 800
– Fat: 50.1 (56%)
– Protein: 58.2 (29%)
– Carbs: 29 (15%)

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 77
1-hour PP (after meal): 79
2-hour PP (after meal): 86

I really do not like collards. I hope SugarFree’s suggestion to put it in broth will make it taste better next time.

Protocol Round 1, Week 1, Day 7 – 1/1

Weight: 171.8 = up .2 pound

Meal:
– 8 oz top steak
– 1.5 oz corn
– 8 oz kale
– 9 oz collards
– 1 T. duck fat
– 1 T. butter

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 881
– Fat: 51.6 (53%)
– Protein: 62 (28%)
– Carbs: 42.2 (19%)

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 75
1-hour PP (after meal): 75
2-hour PP (after meal): 82

I look forward to tomorrow’s measurements, since my husband noticed on the third day of Protocol that my face was thinner.

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 1 – 1/2

Weight: 171.2 = down .6 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 38″ = down 1.5″
Waist: 37″=  down 1.5″
Hips: 45.5″ = down .5″

Other areas: = down 8″

Meal:
– 9 oz salmon
– 2 oz mushrooms
– 8 oz broccoli
– 8 oz fennel
– 2 oz white potato
– .5 oz sour cream
– .75 T. duck fat
– .5 T. butter

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 831
– Fat: 50.9 (55%)
– Protein: 61.9 (30%)
– Carbs: 31.4 (15%)

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 69
1-hour PP (after meal): 88
2-hour PP (after meal): 98

Look how many inches of fat I lost in just one week. Plus seven pounds! Can you believe it? I can’t believe it. I  thought my first measurement was a mistake, so I did it again! Woot – this is awesome!

[Note: Ding, ding, ding, ding! Michelle, you have lost more fat inches the first week of Protocol than any Participant ever! What an awesome week. Well done. :D]

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 2 – 1/3

Weight: 170.8 = down .6 pound

Meal:
– 9 oz liver
– 8 oz broccoli raab
– 4 oz onions
– 8 oz spinach
– 1.5 T. duck fat
– 1.5 T. butter

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 809
– Fat: 51.1 (56%)
– Protein: 61 (30%)
– Carbs: 26.3 (13%)

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 85
1-hour PP (after meal):
2-hour PP (after meal): 81

I left my strips at home, and by the time I bought some I missed my 1-hour PP. SugarFree talked to me about the need to put things into perspective of what’s important (missing a reading – not so much) and has encouraged me to implement other aspects of Protocol that will help my sense of needing to be perfect at everything. Protocol is an amazing program, and it is, as SugarFree says right at the start, life changing. And that real change is difficult. So far, it’s worth it. People at work are already saying my face looks much thinner. 🙂

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 3 – 1/4

Weight: 170.8 = no change

Meal:
– 14 oz chicken thighs
– 6 oz collards
– 3 oz whole wheat pasta
– .75 T butter
– .75 T duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 838
– Fat: 51.7 (56%)
– Protein: 61 (29%)
– Carbs: 32.2 (15%)

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 77
1-hourPP (after meal): 75
2-hour PP (after meal): 85

I’m so scattered. Forgot to take my broccoli with me. On a positive note, my fresh collards were really good braised in a bit of chicken stock, just as SugarFree said they would be.

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 4 – 1/5

Weight: 170 = down .8 pound

Meal:
– 11 oz pork chop
– 6 oz green beans
– 3 oz lentils
– 8 oz chard
– .75 T butter
– .75 T duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 839
– Fat: 51.7 (55%)
– Protein: 61 (29%)
– Carbs: 32.3 (15%)

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 85
1-hour PP (after meal): 83
2-hour PP (after meal): 79

I’m gearing up for a busy couple of weeks, but looking forward to trying some of SugarFree’s recipes during my month of Maintenance.

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 5 – 1/6

Weight: 169.4 = down .6 pound

Meal:
– 9 oz salmon
– 8 oz broccoli
– 5 oz beet greens
– 4 oz beets
– .75 T. butter
– .75 T. duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 827
– Fat: 50.9 (55%)
– Protein: 62.1 (30%)
– Carbs: 30.0 (15%)

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 67
1-hour PP (after meal): 81
2-hour PP (after meal): 97

My first time eating beet greens and I really enjoyed them. Plus, I’m down in the 160’s! 🙂

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 6 – 1/7

Weight: 169.2 = down .2 pound

Meal:
– 9 oz chicken livers
– 7 oz mustard greens
– 8 oz spinach
– 2 oz brown rice
– 1.25 T. butter
– 1.25 T. duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 839
– Fat: 49.7 (53%)
– Protein: 65.6 (31%)
– Carbs: 32.3 (15%)

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 75
1-hourPP (after meal): 85
2-hour PP (after meal): 94

First time eating mustard greens – I liked them. 🙂

Protocol Round 1, Week 2, Day 7 – 1/8

Weight: 168.8 = down .4 pound

Meal:
– 8 oz salmon
– 12 oz zucchini
– 8 oz kale
– 2 oz whole wheat pasta
– 1 T. butter
– 1 T. duck fat

Fitday stats:
– Calories: 887
– Fat: 52.6 (53%)
– Protein: 65.3 (29%)
– Carbs: 38 (17%)

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 83
1-hourPP (after meal): 92
2-hour PP (after meal): 86

It’s cold and snowy outside and I’m glad to have the new Gaggia Accademia SugarFree recommended. My husband and I have already gone through almost a whole bag of beans since we got it. We should buy stock in coffee bean roasting companies. 🙂

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 1 – 1/9

Weight: 168 = down .8 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 38″ = no change
Waist: 36.5″ = down .5″
Hips: 44.5″ = down 1.5″

From other areas = down 1.5″

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 97
1-hour PP (after meal): 94
2-hour PP (after meal): 71

I expected to lose some fat from around my bust because the area looks smaller now than  last week. When I get brave, maybe I will tell my breast cancer tale for others who have also had it. But I’m very pleased with the fat loss I have achieved. My skin looks healthy and is starting to glow. I am traveling a lot this week and next, so it’s good to have food I can take with me that I know is healthy, and with recipes tweaked just for me.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 2 – 1/10

Weight: 168 = no change

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 73
1-hour PP (after meal): 73
2-hour PP (after meal): 73

I should play the lottery today. Look at those blood sugar numbers!

[Note: Wow – you’re not kidding! They’re terrific. If you win, let us know. :D]

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 3 – 1/11

Weight: 169 = up 1 pound

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 76
1-hour PP (after meal): 87
2-hour PP (after meal): 74

So much closer to a three-day weekend and being able to eat my fantastic food at home!

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 4 – 1/12

Weight: 168.2 = down .8 pound

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 82
1-hour PP (after meal): 80
2-hour PP (after meal): 80

Another good day of blood sugars.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 5 – 1/13

Weight: 168 = down .2 pound

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 78
1-hour PP (after meal): 74
2-hour PP (after meal): 74

Not feeling well with a stomach bug. Put on PIM (Protocol Illness Menu) for the next few days.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 6 – 1/14

Weight: 166 = down 2 pounds

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 68
1-hour PP (after meal): 74
2-hour PP (after meal): 70

Feeling slightly better and still following PIM.

[Note: Michelle, I hope you feel really better soon. In another respect though, this is an amazing day. In just three weeks you’ve lost eleven pounds – just over 5% of your total body weight – and have lost an entire clothing size in fat inches. Amazing! :D]

Maintenance Round 1, Week 1, Day 7 – 1/15

Weight: 164 = down 2 pounds

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 65
1-hour PP (after meal): 72
2-hour PP (after meal): 69

Finishing papers and sticking to PIM.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 1 – 1/16

Weight: 164.2 = up .2 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 37″ = down 1”
Waist: 36″ = down .5”
Hips: 44″ = down .5”

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 78
1-hour PP (after meal): 86
2-hour PP (after meal): 80

Feeling better.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 2 – 1/17

Weight: 164.2 = no change

Ketostix: high

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 79
1-hour PP (after meal): 84
2-hour PP (after meal): 73

I got hit hard by this bug, and can’t wait to get my energy back.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 3 – 1/18

Weight: 164.5 = up .3 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 72
1-hour PP (after meal): 84
2-hour PP (after meal): 99

Feeling better every day.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 4 – 1/19

Weight: 165.7 = up .4 pound

Ketostix: high

Family member in ER.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 5 – 1/20

Weight: 165 = down .7 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 77
1-hour PP (after meal): 74
2-hour PP (after meal): 100

More stress than usual.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 6 – 1/21

Weight: 165.2 = up .2 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 92
2-hour PP (after meal): 85

I’m really tired, but the family member is doing better.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 2, Day 7 – 1/22

Weight: 164.5 = down .7 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 80
1-hour PP (after meal): 88
2-hour PP (after meal): 76

Family health events and school have collided. Struggling to keep everything in order.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 1 – 1/23

Weight: 163.8 = down .7 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 36.5” = down .5”
Waist: 35.5” = down .5”
Hips: 43.5” = down .5”

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 78
1-hour PP (after meal): 85
2-hour PP (after meal): 83

I made SugarFree’s beurre blanc recipe and it was delicious. I want to pour it on everything! I have lost another 1.5 inches of fat – while eating lots of food, calories and fat – and love seeing this continue. It’s difficult at times when my husband has glass of wine and I want to join him. Then I think, nope. It isn’t worth it. One glass (right now) will slow down all the progress I’ve made. I like wine, but I enjoy getting slimmer more. 🙂

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 2 – 1/24

Weight: 164.5 = up .7 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 95
1-hour PP (after meal): 134
2-hour PP (after meal): 89

Weird 2-hour PP. But SugarFree explained that my going up and downstairs to put wood on the fire because the furnace broke would do that, so no worries (except for the furnace, now being repaired).

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 3 – 1/25

Weight: 163.5 = down 1 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 98
2-hour PP (after meal): 90

I now fit into my size twelve pants a little better. They don’t feel completely comfortable, but I’m on my way there. A baby shower just announced at work. Of course, there will be food and we’re ‘encouraged’ to attend. It will definitely test my willpower.

[Note: The baby shower might be less difficult than you think. If your addiction to junk food and sugar is truly gone, there will be no food there that will tempt you. You’ll know it’s full of sugar and chemicals, and you’ll know exactly what it will do to the people who eat it. And you, happily, will no longer be one of them. :D]

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 4 – 1/26

Weight: 163.5 = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 106
1-hour PP (after meal): 90
2-hour PP (after meal): 76

Still no heat!

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 5 – 1/27

Weight: 164 = up .5 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1-hour PP (after meal): 88
2-hour PP (after meal): 82

Raspberries and cream, people – while losing weight and inches of fat? YES! Love this. 🙂

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 6 – 1/28

Weight: 165 = down .5 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 79
1-hour PP (after meal): 109
2-hour PP (after meal): 88

Dinner and games with friends – all my friends were happy to eat early.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 3, Day 7 – 1/29

Weight: 165 = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 80
1-hour PP (after meal): 93
2-hour PP (after meal): 79

More house stress to add to the fun of life. Trying to keep things in perspective.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 1 – 1/30

Weight: 164.7 = down .3 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 36.5” = no change
Waist: 35.5” = no change
Hips: 43.5” = no change

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 89
2-hour PP (after meal): 96

No change in my measurements this week. I’m actually happy about it because it means I’m not only stable, but that my brain has accepted my new lower fat and weight set point – something everyone says can’t be done for more than about five pounds. More good news: the furnace is finally fixed. It’s even quieter now than when we first got it.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 2 – 1/31

Weight: 163.8 = down .9 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 84
1-hour PP (after meal): 91
2-hour PP (after meal): 92

I was doubtful about eating dandelion greens, but I really enjoyed them.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 2 – 2/1

Weight: 162.6 = down 1.2 pounds

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1-hour PP (after meal): 89
2-hour PP (after meal): 78

I’ve lost fifteen pounds in less than six weeks. Amazing!

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 3 – 2/3

Weight: 161.6 = down 1 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1-hour PP (after meal): 110
2-hour PP (after meal): 99

Today’s menu included a banana. It was good but I liked the raspberries and cream better. So did my blood sugars. 🙂

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 4 – 2/3

Weight: 161.3 = down .3 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1-hour PP (after meal): 84

Since SugarFree is off next week, I’ll be back to post my saved up reports on Monday, Feb 13th.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 6 – 2/4

Weight: 162 = up .7 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 80
1-hour PP (after meal): 106
2-hour PP (after meal): 95

My 1-hour PP’s have been a little high.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 4, Day 7 – 2/5

Weight: 162.3 = up .3 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 80
1-hour PP (after meal): 105
2-hour PP (after meal): 82

My husband has had a terrible cough. I wonder if I’m fighting something off.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 1 – 2/6

Weight: 163.4 = up 1.1 pounds

Measurements:
Bust: 36” = down .5”
Waist: 35” = down .5”
Hips: 43” = down .5”

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 82
1-hour PP (after meal): 120
2-hour PP (after meal): 111

I had to take cough medicine (caught hubby’s illness), which really spiked my blood sugars! I should have done PIM (Protocol Illness Menu) today. I will tomorrow.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 2 – 2/7

Very sick. Ate PIM.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 3 – 2/8

I don’t even remember most of the day. Ate PIM.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 4 – 2/9

Still sick! Ate PIM.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 5 – 2/10

Weight: 159.8 = down 3.6 pounds

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 86
1-hour PP (after meal): 87
2-hour PP (after meal): 84

SugarFree said I was starting starvation mode and had to start eating meals again, so I a small one. Definitely made me feel better.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 6 – 2/11

Weight: 159.8 = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 85
1-hour PP (after meal): 134
2-hour PP (after meal): 128

Ate my first full meal. It’s interesting to see how my PP’s and weight slowly rose as I got sick. SugarFree helped me figure out that today’s high numbers is because my pancreas has been asleep the last few days and has really lowered the amount of insulin it’s had to make on many days of PIM. As it wakes up it should make enough again in the coming days to take care of the full meals I need to eat.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 5, Day 7 – 2/12

Weight: 160.8 = up 1 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 96

Feeling better every day.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 1 – 2/13

Weight: 160 = down .8 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 36″ = no change
Waist: 34″ = down 1”
Hips: 43″ = no change”

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 90
2-hour PP (after meal): 88

I still have a small cough but it’s not as frequent. I drink a cup of bone broth daily, and am eating full meals again.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 2 – 2/14

Weight: 160 = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP (after meal): 85
2-hour PP (after meal): 86

The last several Valentine’s Day my husband and I would have a nice bottle of wine and a lovely meal out, followed by chocolates. This year we are keeping food and drink out of the equation and are renting a movie and playing board games instead.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 3 – 2/15

Weight: 160 = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1-hour PP (after meal): 95
2-hour PP (after meal): 85

Today I fit comfortably into my size twelve jeans and even got compliments at work about how skinny I’m getting.

[Note: Woohoo!!! Way to go, Michelle. Don’t get too comfortable in them, though – size ten won’t be that far off. Bet you can at least pull them up now. :D]

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 4 – 2/16

Weight: 159.8 = down .2 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 94
1-hour PP (after meal): 93
2-hour PP (after meal): 86

Tried on size ten pants just to see where I am with them. I got them on but couldn’t zip them if I used the jaws of life!

[Note: LOL – but you did get them on. Two months ago that would have been impossible. Well done! :)]

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 5 – 2/17

Weight: 160.2 = up .4 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 101
1-hour PP (after meal): 91
2-hour PP (after meal): 89

I’ve been struggling to finish all my meals even from the start of Protocol, and SugarFree has helped me see I need a gastroenterologist. I have an appointment with one next week and hopefully that will uncover any problems.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 6 – 2/18

Weight: 160.2 = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 98
1-hour PP (after meal): 134
2-hour PP (after meal): 109

I went out for Sushi today. It was so good, but it’s something I can’t indulge in at this time as my 1-hour and 2-hour PP’s show.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 6, Day 7 – 2/19

Weight: 160.2 = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1-hour PP (after meal): 117
2-hour PP (after meal): 86

=Sigh= Carry over from my Sushi dinner. 🙁

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 1 – 2/20

Weight: 160.4 = up .2 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 36″ = no change
Waist: 34″ = no change
Hips: 43″ = no change
From other areas = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1-hour PP (after meal): 86
2-hour PP (after meal): 87

To assess where to begin my exercise regime, SugarFree had me see how long I could hold a plank. I could only hold myself up a few seconds before I let go. My back hurt, too. 🙁 So, it’s clear I have little to no core strength and will have to start rehab to build it up. That means I need to start working out in a pool, where I can work hard safely. I hate public pools. I hate wearing a swim suit and seeing just how out of shape I am. Not happy.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 2 – 2/21

Weight: 160.8 = up .4 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 92
1-hour PP (after meal): 89

Was tested today for H. Pylori. Hopefully the results will be in soon.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 3 – 2/22

Weight: 159 = down 1.8 pounds

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 89
1-hour PP (after meal): 84
2-hour PP (after meal): 84

The weather is nicer so I can walk the twenty minutes a day SugarFree has assigned me (which I absolutely love) outside, in addition to two sessions a week at the pool.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 4 – 2/23

Weight: 158.8 = down .2 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87
1-hour PP (after meal): 85
2-hour PP (after meal): 82

No H. Pylori. The next step is an ultrasound and/or endoscopy.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 5 – 2/24

Weight: 160 = up 1.2 pounds

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 96
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 94

The weather is beautiful. Looking forward to my walk.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 6 – 2/25

Weight: 158.8 = no change

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 83
1-hour PP (after meal): 94
2-hour PP (after meal): 89

Though I went to bed late, my blood sugars remained steady.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 7, Day 7 – 2/26

Weight: 160 = up .2 pound

Ketostix: small

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 90
1-hour PP (after meal): 97
2-hour PP (after meal): 87

Had my first workout at the pool, and the exercises were a good measure of my current fitness level.

Maintenance Round 1, Week 8, Day 1 – 2/27

Weight: 159 = down 1 pound

Measurements:
Bust: 36″ = no change
Waist: 34″ = no change
Hips: 43″ = no change

From other areas = no change

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 87

Busy day at work!

Maintenance Round 1, Week 8, Day 2 – 2/28

Weight: 159.8 = up .8 pound

Ketostix: moderate

Blood Glucose:
Fasting: 91
1-hour PP (after meal): 96
2-hour PP (after meal): 90

So happy it’s another nice day for my walk.