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Blood glucose was 161 this this morning. Haven't checked it in the evening. I forgot until I was eating dinner.
Had a doctor appointment today. I showed him my blood glucose readings over the past week which went from a Monday morning count of 240 to a Thursday morning count of 161. At that time I told him I'd gone back on the Adkins Diet starting Monday reminding him that the last time I took my blood glucose number from 325 down to 128. I told him the VA Clinic prescribed me insulin but I haven't taken it yet. I asked if I got my A1C down to 6.1 as I did before do I really need insulin. He replied "Yes".
I'm confused. When I asked him why he seemed to not want to answer. Too busy I guess. So I'm studying up on insulin. I thought it was to bring your blood glucose level down. I'll a million dollars if I have been taking the insulin this week and not made the lifestyle change to the new diet my number would not be nearly so low as it is now.
I'm going to continue my way until I get my glucose down to an A1C level of 5.0. Then I'll start adding carbs and in the manner suggested by Atkins i.e. almonds, blueberries, etc.
It's just that I fail to see the need for insulin if I'm bringing my number down that far by a change in diet. I'm not eating any sugar, bread, high carb vegetables, etc. My glucose is plummeting. I just checked it since it's been 4.5 hours since I ate and it's 155.
My next blood work is in 6 weeks. We'll see then where I stand.
As for other things. I actually ate breakfast and a light lunch and dinner today. Such is my goal to eat three meals and two or three snacks as suggested. It's hard for me coming from eating only one 5 hour meal after work. hahaha Funny how it's easier to walk away from sugar and bread than it is to force myself to eat small but all day long.
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256.0 lb
Lost so far: 14.0 lb.
Still to go: 86.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 17 July 2014:
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2041 kcal
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Fat: 160.34g | Prot: 121.06g | Carb: 21.89g.
Breakfast: Heavy Cream, Mozzarella Cheese, Ground Beef (80% Lean / 20% Fat, Patty, Cooked, Broiled), Scrambled Egg. Lunch: Italian Salad Dressing, Iceberg Lettuce (Includes Crisphead Types). Dinner: Salami, Bacon, Scrambled Egg. Snacks/Other: Boar's Head Sandwich Style Pepperoni. more...
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losing 28.0 lb a week
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