szymanskicolleen wrote: »

I can weigh in every week but I'm not sure if I will remember to post daily. I'm a teacher and mom of 4 busy kids but I do go to the gym before school each day. Logging my food in the morning has been helpful.

@szymanskicolleen. Do what you can. Small steps.

You need to find out what works best for you. You do this through tracking and experimentation. What works well for others may not work well for you.

Even if the daily post is "Tracked, In budget and did XYZ activity", this helps. Having this public accountability I find often pushes you to do something so you can at least report something.

concordancia wrote: »

craigo3154 wrote: »

• Blood sugar rises sharply after carbs (especially those not consumed either not with fibre, or from gluten based sources)
• Blood sugar rises, but not a sharply after protein rich food.
• Blood sugar changes little with fatty food that is not carb rich.
• Blood sugar falls and stays lower after exercise.
• Blood sugar falls and flattens out the longer you do not eat.

So far, the only thing that has caused a spike was beans, and that was when I first hurt my back, so it could have been the pain or the meds, or even the PMS. In general eating has had little effect (within 5-10 pre and post, both 1 and 2 hour), my fasting reading is usually my highest and it does not go down until after I eat something. Yesterday, I fasted until noon, that is, after my walk, and my 8am and 11am readings were about the same. I saw huge improvements the first two weeks of low carb, and then the last two weeks seem stuck just over 100. If I were to continue like this for another month, I would expect my next A1C to be very good, but still with less than ideal fasting numbers. That is, well within the ranges of diabetic control, but with the initial improvements both the dietician and I expected to be able to achieve normal numbers. Hopefully, being able to engage in more intense exercise again will help!

@concordancia. This is VERY unusual. Trying to work out how this can be even be possible. Only if your system is hyper-sensitive to insulin could eating lower blood sugar. (ie. the digestion causes the insulin release, the hyper-sensitive cells soak the blood sugar quicker than the pancreas can change states to stop producing insulin and start producing glucagon to restore the needed blood sugar levels).

Digestion of food should INCREASE blood sugar until insulin has the ability to transport it into cells or store it in the liver's glycogen store (or combine into fat for storage in fat cells).

Once blood sugar falls to a sufficient level, the pancreas stops releasing insulin and starts releasing glucagon. Glucagon is the "anti-insulin" and triggers the release of glucose from the livers glycogen stores and commences the breakdown of fats.

A person without diabetes has a normal fasting reading between 80 and 110. This is what the pancreas should manage the body to maintain with insulin and glucagon. If you below 110 a few hours after eating, then all is good. A person NEEDS a minimum level of blood sugar to keep the brain running. Too little then "hypo" event. Too much then long term damage to eyes, kidneys, etc... (normal diabetic type 2 problems).

Blood sugar is one measure that CAN be too low. 80-100 is the "goldilocks" zone. Stuck round 100 is a GOOD thing. Do not try to push it lower, only worry when it starts staying over 110.

If your A1C is test comes back below 110 you are doing excellent (and not even considered pre-diabetic). 110 to 135 is pre-diabetic, 135+ is diabetic.

concordancia wrote: »

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I got an inordinate percentage of my calories by grazing today, but still a couple dozen under, so it is all good. I was also smart enough to get on the bike before the sea breeze started, so no headwind

Just as a side-note. Normally, for people trying to control blood sugar (ie. with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes), grazing the probably the WORST thing you can do. You WANT the blood sugar levels to be at normal "fasting levels" for as LONG as possible to restore the bodies insulin sensitivity.

March 14
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 5km in 38 mins (hills).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

5km walk again. Late dinner, so finished after dark.

Finally finished new race quad build today. This is the first one I have built completely from scratch. I'm a bit of perfectionist, so it has everything on it I want and nothing I don't want. Also vision correction lenses arrived for my FPV goggles. All I can say is WOW. I can see where I am flying clearly and the new race quad flew amazingly (so fast, smooth and controllable).



Daily Strength challenge

Challenge for March 14 is side lunges ()

3 sets

• First set 10 or 15 each leg (if 10 is too easy continue to 15).
• Second set 6 or 9 each leg.
• Third set 5 or 8 each leg.

concordancia wrote: »

@craigo3154 , it would seem that Australia and the US have diverged in blood glucose standards. Here, the prediabetes cutoff is slightly lower, at 100, not 110.

As for the fasting being the highest of the day, it is considered a rare form not fully understood. I am just going to have to wait for the A1C next month. I am also considering requesting a prescription for a continuous monitor, as that can give the best picture, including what is happening over night. It is quite possible that it has as much to do with the extended hours of no physical activity as the fasting.

@concordancia. The numbers get a bit confusing.

A1C is measured as a percentage and tracks the last 3 months through testing of hemoglobin saturation. (5.7 to 6.4 is pre-diabetic - this is the equivalent to an average of 110 mg/dL to 135 mg/dL ).

The Fasting Plasma Glucose is taken after 8 hours of no eating or drinking. For this 100 mg/dL to 125mg/dL is considered pre-diabetic.

The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test is a two-hour test that checks your blood glucose levels before and 2 hours after you drink a special sweet drink. For this 140 mg/dL to 199 mg/dL is considered pre-diabetic.

There is ongoing research into the classifications of diabetes. Diabetes is the general label to high blood sugar, which is a symptom, not a cause. The underlying systems that regulate the bodies blood sugar levels are much more complicated. (ie. insulin production, insulin release, cell insulin resistance, auto-immune response to insulin, liver glycogen storage, glucagon production, glucagon response, auto-immune response to glucagon). A failure in any one of these systems can cause an elevated blood sugar response, but each should be handled differently (some slightly differently, some radically different).

A continuous monitor is a good step so that blood sugar response to daily activities can be tracked to determine the root cause of any issue. Address any root cause and and problems go away.

You sound like you are right on the lowest edge of any real concern though with the numbers quoted.

(As a side note: I am convinced that obesity can be a side-effect of diabetes, not a cause. Treat the root cause of the diabetes symptom and it is likely if the obesity was a side-effect, it will be rectified.

Giving insulin to a type-2 diabetic does not address the root cause of the diabetic symptom, just masks it. It may reduce the high blood sugar symptom, but insulin resistance increases which then requires more insulin to keep blood sugar lower. The whole cycle becomes a never-ending spiral out of control).

inshapeCK wrote: »

@GoBlue1981

It actually is a "Happy weigh-in day" for me!

Username: inshapeCK
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Week's Weight: 154.1 pounds
Todays Weight: 151.0 pounds

WOOHOO!!!!!! I am blown away losing 3.1 pounds in just 1 week!!!!
Plus I lost 2.1 pounds of my vacation weight the previous week!!
That's 5.2 pounds in 2 weeks!
Don't know if I have accomplished that before!

Now I have to work hard to keep it off!!!
I am finally feeling that the 140s are in sight and achievable!

As of today I am down 19.1 pounds from my highest weight.

@inshapeCK. Well done. Simple awesome.

March 15
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 2x3km in 24 mins each (hills).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Caught a rodent in a trap overnight, so first walk was to release rodent in the forest. Second walk was pre-dinner (spare 30 mins).

Not sure if the rodent was a rat, mouse or marsupial. May have predators in the forest, may not. (The Kookaburras love snakes and lizards (hove not seen a snake here in 20 years), but I think the owls prefer rodents.).



Daily Strength challenge

Challenge for March 15 is side planks. ()

2 sets

• First set 15s, 30s each side, wait 2 mins
• Second set 15s, 30s each side.
  

Stimpy56 wrote: »

Username: Stimpy56
Week: MAR WK 3
Weigh day: Thursday
Previous week: 237.8
Current weight: 235.0

I am Mid way to getting out of the 230's! Hopefully in 2 weeks I will be in the 220's.
Stay Positive, stay moving Team!

@Stimpy56. Great result. Seems like you are on the right track now. Keep doing what you are doing.