Weight loss ups and downs - 800 Calorie - Newcastle

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Yes it can be hard to start with Colin, but the recipe sounds good. Enjoy!
Not too exciting, but sometimes a glass of water (particularly fizzy one ) sometimes fools your tum into thinking its full for a while
 
Made something else for dinner... stir fry (in EVOO and coconut oil) garlic, ginger, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms... bit of soy sauce, bit of sesame oil, Sichuan peppercorns
Saw a real spike in BG from 4.8 before eating to 7.2 two hours post. A further hour saw it drop to 6.3 and it’s now 6.1 and I’m off to bed.

Anyone got any suggestions of what might have caused such a large spike?
 
ColinUK said:
Made something else for dinner... stir fry (in EVOO and coconut oil) garlic, ginger, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms... bit of soy sauce, bit of sesame oil, Sichuan peppercorns
Saw a real spike in BG from 4.8 before eating to 7.2 two hours post. A further hour saw it drop to 6.3 and it’s now 6.1 and I’m off to bed.

Anyone got any suggestions of what might have caused such a large spike?
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Nothing obvious there - but I wouldn't call 2.4 a large spike, especially from a low starting point. Well under a rise of 3, and a peak of less than 8.5 is not bad at all.
 
ColinUK said:
Made something else for dinner... stir fry (in EVOO and coconut oil) garlic, ginger, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms... bit of soy sauce, bit of sesame oil, Sichuan peppercorns
Saw a real spike in BG from 4.8 before eating to 7.2 two hours post. A further hour saw it drop to 6.3 and it’s now 6.1 and I’m off to bed.

Anyone got any suggestions of what might have caused such a large spike?
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That's just fine & normal. Really, don't stress about any peak less than say nine-ish, coz that way lies madness 🙂

The data I benchmark against has avg non-diabetic daily high at 8.0 +/- 1.3.

To look at it another way, non-diabetics on avg spend about 4% of their time at >7.8.
 
5.8 this morning which is absolutely fine. I’m out to brunch so curious to see what ours like after that.
 
ColinUK you're doing exceedingly well with your weight loss, well done you ~ and please don't fret about your spikes post meal, your numbers are good and in range. Keep doing what you are doing, it's obviously working for you. Stay in touch as to your progress won't you? Take care.
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So 5.8 out of bed. 5.8 before brunch. 5.7 two hours later!
 
Re-reading the recipe that I made for dinner last night and realised I left out a few essentials... like the 500ml of stock and boiling the whole thing for ten minutes... and adding coconut milk or yoghurt to calm the heat. No wonder it blew my head off!!
 
5.0 before dinner and a rather good 5.9 two hours afterwards.

Now if someone could take away the side effects of the metformin that would be nice! They’ve only arrived since stepping up the dose from 500mg twice daily to 1000mg twice daily as per the GP’s instructions. I’ll question those when I see him again this week and if he says they’re absolutely necessary I’ll see if I can switch to the slow release version or go back down to the lesser dosage.
 
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If it’s now in the wrong place then let me know and let’s move it 🙂
 
ColinUK said:
5.0 before dinner and a rather good 5.9 two hours afterwards.

Now if someone could take away the side effects of the metformin that would be nice! They’ve only arrived since stepping up the dose from 500mg twice daily to 1000mg twice daily as per the GP’s instructions. I’ll question those when I see him again this week and if he says they’re absolutely necessary I’ll see if I can switch to the slow release version or go back down to the lesser dosage.
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You may need to give it a few weeks before it settles down, it took me a while to adjust to it but am ok now, just make sure you have had food before taking it. Good luck
 
SueEK said:
You may need to give it a few weeks before it settles down, it took me a while to adjust to it but am ok now, just make sure you have had food before taking it. Good luck
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I’m taking them pretty much in the middle of meals or just after. It seems to be only the evening dose that has the side effects - actually thinking about it they did arrive slower today than yesterday so maybe that’sa positive.
 
I've got my first yearly appointment tomorrow with the results of my HbA1c .
I'm a bit nervous because I took myself off my metformin three months ago because I was deliberately eating more carbs than I wanted to because other wise I wasn't taking enough carbs in to justify the medication. I decided that was crazy and so stopped the metformin and kept my carbs under 20mg without worrying.
Now I'm panicking that the HbA1c will be bad because I don't want to go back to the tablets.
Today my tested blood levels were mostly around the 5 mark except 2 hours after my supper when I went up to 6.3. And I even ate six french fries at lunch time with my double cheese burger!! (hubby eats the buns and I hope he doesn't end up with diabetes because of it)
 
Those levels sound great @NotWorriedAtAll - hope your A1c result is a pleasant surprise.
 
99.6 kg this morning. That’s 15st 9 1/2lbs 🙂
 
Yeah! Your down into the 15's Colin, well done. Always good when one of the main digits drop.
BS measurements also sound good - so your doing great.
 
NotWorriedAtAll said:
I've got my first yearly appointment tomorrow with the results of my HbA1c .
I'm a bit nervous because I took myself off my metformin three months ago because I was deliberately eating more carbs than I wanted to because other wise I wasn't taking enough carbs in to justify the medication. I decided that was crazy and so stopped the metformin and kept my carbs under 20mg without worrying.
Now I'm panicking that the HbA1c will be bad because I don't want to go back to the tablets.
Today my tested blood levels were mostly around the 5 mark except 2 hours after my supper when I went up to 6.3. And I even ate six french fries at lunch time with my double cheese burger!! (hubby eats the buns and I hope he doesn't end up with diabetes because of it)
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Hi NotWorriedAtAll,
If those BG figures are typical then you have nothing to be concerned about. Your HbA1C will be good - my finger -prick tests tend to be higher than that.
Also Metformin has quite a small impact on BG levels. What you eat and when is much more important, so keeping carbs down under 20gm is huge compared with any effect you would be getting from taking Metformin.
So please don't worry, since stress and lack of sleep probably have a worse effect then ditching the Metformin!
 
5.2 before lunch
5.5 afterwards
5.1 before dinner
5.7 afterwards

Off to see my GP tomorrow. It’s the one who told me the news so lord only knows what he’s going to say about my figures and my weight loss.
 
ColinUK said:
5.2 before lunch
5.5 afterwards
5.1 before dinner
5.7 afterwards

Off to see my GP tomorrow. It’s the one who told me the news so lord only knows what he’s going to say about my figures and my weight loss.
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My guess: "Great work & keep on doing whatever you're doing"
 
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