I'm wearing a Dexcom 6 for a Wearable Challenge in association with Levels. I put in big bucks and will lose $50 for the day if my blood glucose goes above 120. Now THAT keeps you on the straight and narrow! Eating moderate protein, high fat. Funnily enough heat + exertion stress has made my bg jump the most but only to 116. It's a one month challenge and there are little breaks when you have to reapply your sensor and it takes 24 hrs. to deliver reliable numbers. I had a margarita 😊. I think I'm probably under eating a tad out of paranoia but overall has been a good experience.
Yea I have the same experience with heat + exertion. But as you said, never as much as real carbs would, it just goes from the 70-90 range up to the 90s or sometimes 100-100 range.
This is unrelated to the post you have here, but I am leaving for a 2 week vacation where I will have little control of my menu, so I thought I would post an update.
After 12 weeks of following this plan, my weight is where it started: 201 pounds. It could be worse, I guess. I lost 10 pounds in the weeks before I started and was having trouble keeping my weight down. I have maintained without too much effort, but not lost any additional weight. My belt is on the same notch, so I can't claim that my fat/muscle ratio really shifted either. I had been hoping to lose another 10 pounds. As a 6 foot male, that would still leave me with a BMI above 25, but the last time I really felt physically fit, I was right around 190.
General observations are that I am seeing large reductions in the amount of pain in my points. I have had pain in my knees and ankles for all of my life, and there is noticeably less over the last few months. And whenever I have a day where I say "forget it" and eat whatever carbs are in front of me, the pain comes back the very next day. And it takes a week or more of careful eating to get back to where I was with joint mobility.
The lower protein has in some ways felt easier to maintain than other Keto diets I have tried. I feel like I have fewer cravings for excluded foods, and have less nausea and digestive problems than I had with carnivore. But it seems like I have cuts and scrapes that heal more slowly. I got some scrapes on my ankle a few weeks ago when mowing the lawn, and still have marks along my sock-line.
Summary is that I learned some things. My body is happier with Keto, even if my weight is not as low as I would like. I think I will start adding more meat or cheese or collagen or something. I think that I will still be drinking cream, but scaling back. I will also be diligent about keeping the PUFA out of the Keto. Other than that, I am not sure.
Thanks for the update! Maybe you're too close to normal weight already? Most of the people it seems to work really well for are much more overweight or obese than you seem to be (sounds like you're at 200lbs right now, is that right?)
The joint thing is something many discover on carnivore. It probably means you are allergic to something you're cutting out now, maybe bread. You could play around with that - does the pain come back if you eat a lot of white rice for a day? If not, it's not carbs per se.
The scrapes/bruises probably indicate that you're lacking protein or B vitamins. You could try a B vitamin complex or specifically biotin supplementation, and yes, eat more protein in general.
If I were you, I'd try to just maintain on "adequate" protein, e.g. 1g/protein per pound of lean bw. You're probably around 140-150lbs lean mass if you're built similar to me. I have 150 at 6'1.
So if you aim for 150g/protein/day that should be very adequate and you're likely to still be in ketosis if that's the only change you make.
I'm wearing a Dexcom 6 for a Wearable Challenge in association with Levels. I put in big bucks and will lose $50 for the day if my blood glucose goes above 120. Now THAT keeps you on the straight and narrow! Eating moderate protein, high fat. Funnily enough heat + exertion stress has made my bg jump the most but only to 116. It's a one month challenge and there are little breaks when you have to reapply your sensor and it takes 24 hrs. to deliver reliable numbers. I had a margarita 😊. I think I'm probably under eating a tad out of paranoia but overall has been a good experience.
Yea I have the same experience with heat + exertion. But as you said, never as much as real carbs would, it just goes from the 70-90 range up to the 90s or sometimes 100-100 range.
This is unrelated to the post you have here, but I am leaving for a 2 week vacation where I will have little control of my menu, so I thought I would post an update.
After 12 weeks of following this plan, my weight is where it started: 201 pounds. It could be worse, I guess. I lost 10 pounds in the weeks before I started and was having trouble keeping my weight down. I have maintained without too much effort, but not lost any additional weight. My belt is on the same notch, so I can't claim that my fat/muscle ratio really shifted either. I had been hoping to lose another 10 pounds. As a 6 foot male, that would still leave me with a BMI above 25, but the last time I really felt physically fit, I was right around 190.
General observations are that I am seeing large reductions in the amount of pain in my points. I have had pain in my knees and ankles for all of my life, and there is noticeably less over the last few months. And whenever I have a day where I say "forget it" and eat whatever carbs are in front of me, the pain comes back the very next day. And it takes a week or more of careful eating to get back to where I was with joint mobility.
The lower protein has in some ways felt easier to maintain than other Keto diets I have tried. I feel like I have fewer cravings for excluded foods, and have less nausea and digestive problems than I had with carnivore. But it seems like I have cuts and scrapes that heal more slowly. I got some scrapes on my ankle a few weeks ago when mowing the lawn, and still have marks along my sock-line.
Summary is that I learned some things. My body is happier with Keto, even if my weight is not as low as I would like. I think I will start adding more meat or cheese or collagen or something. I think that I will still be drinking cream, but scaling back. I will also be diligent about keeping the PUFA out of the Keto. Other than that, I am not sure.
Thanks for the update! Maybe you're too close to normal weight already? Most of the people it seems to work really well for are much more overweight or obese than you seem to be (sounds like you're at 200lbs right now, is that right?)
The joint thing is something many discover on carnivore. It probably means you are allergic to something you're cutting out now, maybe bread. You could play around with that - does the pain come back if you eat a lot of white rice for a day? If not, it's not carbs per se.
The scrapes/bruises probably indicate that you're lacking protein or B vitamins. You could try a B vitamin complex or specifically biotin supplementation, and yes, eat more protein in general.
If I were you, I'd try to just maintain on "adequate" protein, e.g. 1g/protein per pound of lean bw. You're probably around 140-150lbs lean mass if you're built similar to me. I have 150 at 6'1.
So if you aim for 150g/protein/day that should be very adequate and you're likely to still be in ketosis if that's the only change you make.