Expecting improvement

[NearlyWellBeing]

Didn't try home made soup again yet.

Following FreshWell week 2 and reading up about blood test results, but generally no change. I keep thinking we might have to start counting carbs. I don't want to count carbs. However, Lunch I seem happy to try just having a soup from the vending machine. Is that going to work. Doesn't seem to be a problem but doesn't seem to be doing much either.

Sigh. Loaded the Carbs & Cals app. carbs counter.

 

[Leadinglights]

Didn't try home made soup again yet.

Following FreshWell week 2 and reading up about blood test results, but generally no change. I keep thinking we might have to start counting carbs. I don't want to count carbs. However, Lunch I seem happy to try just having a soup from the vending machine. Is that going to work. Doesn't seem to be a problem but doesn't seem to be doing much either.

Sigh. Loaded the Carbs & Cals app. carbs counter.

You don't need to get too hung up on 'carb counting' but just estimate what carbs there are in the portion you are having so you have an idea of how much you are having at a meal. Obviously that together with testing before you eat and 2 hours after will tell you that the meal was OK if the increase was less than 3mmol/l if not then too many carbs and you know what to do next time, reduce the portion of the high carb component and have more veg.
Serious carb counting really is for those taking insulin.

 

[NearlyWellBeing]

Not much happening on the ketosis. Weight stable at 94.5kg test strip value maybe down one point.

Then yesterday morning I woke up with a locked elbow (my arthritis has gotten into my elbows and in the morning they take a little bit of gentle persuading to get moving again but this time it was locked).

Then I thought, I wonder . . . so I went and weighed myself and sure enough I had lost another 1kg. Isn't that strange.

Im not saying there is any real connection between losing weight and locked elbows, but who knows.

 

[AndBreathe]

Not much happening on the ketosis. Weight stable at 94.5kg test strip value maybe down one point.

Then yesterday morning I woke up with a locked elbow (my arthritis has gotten into my elbows and in the morning they take a little bit of gentle persuading to get moving again but this time it was locked).

Then I thought, I wonder . . . so I went and weighed myself and sure enough I had lost another 1kg. Isn't that strange.

Im not saying there is any real connection between losing weight and locked elbows, but who knows.

I'd honestly not worry too much about ketosis. It'll happen or it won't, but if you are losing weight and otherwise well, I'd guess you are moving in the right direction.

Regarding losing weight and your elbows becoming more troublesome, I, personally, might be more inclined to point in the direction of the weather than losing weight. Many find when they trim up osteoarthritis and other join pains can be a bit easier. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, it could be you are having a bit of a reaction to something new or increased in your diet, but one time is no reason to make any changes yet.

Good for you grasping the reins. It is a tricky condition, but it is possible to live a good life and in many cases a healthier life with diabetes than before diagnosis. Hopefully you'll be joining that merry band soon.