I thought I made a post about talking to my doctor. I'm obviously still finding my way around here.
I hear and appreciate the guidance to work with my doctor while employing this plan. I'm afraid my doctor wouldn't be very encouraging, though. He isn't very creative in his practice or particularly open minded. He is tolerant of my opinions, though, which I appreciate, and I look forward to telling him in the future why I'm doing so much better (ever the optimist).
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> I'm fortunate in that I am am only taking metformin, and not any of the other meds that (typically) cause low bg levels.
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> I needed this plan, and am so grateful for it. I had my head in the sand about my diabetes for a while... I'd stopped watching my diet and testing my bg levels at home - and was shocked to see at how out of control I'd become. A significant vision shift was what tipped me off, and that's a scary thing. Sure enough, on the morning I started testing again, my fasting blood glucose was 18.7 mmol/L! Mind you, I had the flu and some PMS, both of which will raise my bg levels, but still, I was in trouble and had to do something serious.
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> That what about 5 weeks ago. I've been eating low carb since which brought my fbg down to about 11. Now with Fast-5 and low carb, I'm starting to see all single digits in the morning. Whew. Yesterday it was 6.9.
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> I'm encouraged and very relieved. I even hope to see normal levels again someday.
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> This is day 9 for me. 4 mmol/L points off my fbg and 5 lbs lost. Pretty darn good.
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> > RickS is correct -- the book says diabetics shouldn't engage in the Fast-5 plan *without a physician's supervision.
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> > The reason for the extra caution is that diabetes introduces a number of variables, including a state of overall health that may range from relatively healthy to one that is very fragile. Further, unless one has a thorough understanding and monitoring of blood sugar and insulin, the shift to fasting could result in mismanagement of insulin and other antidiabetic drugs which could be dangerous.
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> > I do encourage overweight diabetics to try the Fast-5 approach, because it has the potential to be very helpful and overweight diabetics have a lot to gain from both losing weight and simplifying their glucose/insulin response patterns. Further, weight loss with or without the Fast-5 way of eating may eventually restore normal insulin activity and eliminate the diabetes. Diabetics should discuss the plan, monitoring, and results with a physician so that it can be done safely.
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> > > Hi, all. I'm on day day 6 of the fast-5 plan and hoping for good
> > > results. I'm type II diabetic, and although the book says diabetics
> > > shouldn't engage in this plan, I suspect we are the first who should.
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> > > I'm encouraged by what I've read. I hope to see much lower fasting
> > > blood glucose levels in the morning as my body heals, and of course,
> > > losing weight will be a nice bonus. I could stand to lose 70-80 lbs.
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> > > At this particular moment, I'm more hungry right now than I usually am
> > > while in the fasting phase. That could be because I have a roast in the
> > > crockpot (smells amazing) and because I made my daughter an egg and
> > > vegetable dish before she headed off to work. This is the most I've
> > > been exposed to food while fasting this week. And now my son has put a
> > > pizza in the oven. That isn't going to help.
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> > > The hunger doesn't really bother me though, and I'm surprised it
> > > doesn't. I'm sure it's because I still eat everyday, and eat things
> > > that satisfy. It is hunger without panic, which is a whole different
> > > animal than the hunger of deprivation.
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> > > The biggest problem I have is that I am feeling a bit weak and foggy,
> > > and I'm hoping, really hoping, these feelings are just temporary and
> > > part of the adjustment period. I'd rather not 'treat' it by introducing
> > > food before my eating window as a more gradual adjustment. Cold turkey
> > > suits my personality better.
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> > > Anyway, that's where I'm at. And happy to be here.
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