Well as stated in my previous blog, I am attempting to juice for the whole of October, and I am nearing the end of my second week, first week went great as always when I start off juice fasting, lost 3.2 kilo and stabilized my blood glucose levels to 5. which is my main priority when doing the juice fast, if I can't maintain the BGL's the doctor will put me back on medication for my diabetes, which I don't want and when I think about it, I am not sure the medication work! Looking back over the last 16 years, and 14 of them I was medication, in the beginning I had reaction to the normal medication given for diabetes "Metformin" and was put on a much stronger tablet that the doctor had to get permission to write the script for, only to find after taking it for 3 years that it was removed from the medication list as it was shown to cause heart attacks, how lucky was I to not have a heart attack and die? it would have just been put down to having poor diabetic control. 2 years before embarking on the sugar free way of life and 12 months prior to the Juicing crusade, I was put on Diabex, which the doctor told me everyone has good control this tablet, and that is what I wanted good control, especially as the doctor had told me that my pancreas was shot and I would have to go onto the insulin injections, (that didn't happen) but my whole point is, when I was on all these medications my blood sugar never got lower than 7.5, and I use to think I was doing well to get it under 8, but now after a year of intermittent Juice fasting, I strive for 5 but have had my readings as low as 3.5 with no side effects no hypos (hypoglycemia) and I can sustain it. I know my doctor has my best interest at heart to keep me healthy, but most doctors, these days are still following the outdated guide lines, the Australian Heart Association needs to update their data that the doctors rely on. My doctor can't argue with my results on my HB1Ac readings so last visit he was concerned that my blood pressure was a little high, (so we purchased a home monitor and I have been recording my normal readings for the last month) and the good old cholesterol is high ongoing debate, that he reckons 6 is high, in my book that is good! but to try and swing the doctor to my way of thinking I have been taking 1 Krill oil capsule everyday for the last 3 weeks and will be going to have the blood test on Monday. I am confident that the reading will be lower than 6, and if it is not then I will have to say that vegetables (raw) and a small amount of fruit causes cholesterol and wont that throw a cat among the pigeons? Anyway this juice fast has been a little challenging for me, as I am cooking for the daughter who is on her own little crusade at the moment and going low carb, and she is doing well, is looking good and has hardly complained at all, (ha ha) the hardest thing about going low carb or juice fasting is to stop doing what you have become accustomed to doing. We all know that Sugar (simple carbohydrate) is addictive but I feel that complex carbohydrate is just as addictive or habit forming, and going low carb does come with challenges, like a grabbing something for lunch while out shopping, all of your options come with or are carbs, and if you are hungry and want something fast, it can be depressing. I know as I have been in that situation for many years, but if you are determined enough there are options, and you get use to the weird looks you get when you order a Hamburger with bacon and egg, with out the bun and no sauce, (that is what I use to have at TAFE all those years ago) or you can order any subway you want as a salad without the bread or the sauce, you do have to be on the lookout for hidden sugars and carbs, as you don't want one meal to undo your good work. There is nothing that I would eat at McDonald's these days I don't even consider it to be food, mainly just a chemical shit storm, but it is the most popular takeaway and there was a time that I occasionally had a chicken burger and fries when the girls were younger, I have never liked or eaten their burgers or cheese burgers, to me cheese isn't orange, and the meat is not real meat I don't care what the lovers of big macs say, but when I was on the Atkins diet my daughter thought she would buy us all breakfast and knowing I wasn't eating carbs she ordered me a bacon and egg mcmuffin with out the muffin, it was take away so when she bought it home and I unwrapped it, I have to say it was the saddest thing I have ever seen, 1 over cooked egg and a slice of what was suppose to be bacon, I didn't have a mobile phone back then so I couldn't take a picture but the memory of it has been imprinted on my brain, and these days I would rather starve than eat a macca's meal, not even their fries will pass my lips, I just feel sorry for the people (including my daughters) that still have the occasional maccas. Saturday my youngest Grandson Dylan is having his 3rd birthday party, and normally I would allow myself come off my fast but as I am going to have blood tests on Monday I thought I best stay on the fast at least until I see my doctor at the end of the month, I am still striving for a gold star from the doctor, I know he is impressed that I have kept my blood sugars down and my weight off for 12 months but I just have to win this cholesterol debate that I have with him. If you wish to follow the food pyramid here is a better one to go off Stay Calm and Juice
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
May 2022
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