My Progress Continues This is my progress since I started doing intermittent fasting and keto at the end of November, 2022. I should definitely have lost at least 8 pounds by the end of the week for the month of March. My BMI has gone down several poingts since I started. If I can keep …
Category Archives: Curing my diabetes
My New Fasting Journey!
Fasting Again! I thought I would share where I am now and my new Intermittent Fasting (IF) journey. Background I’m Shirley Dawson, age 69, retired from 33 years working as a civilian with the FDA. I’m married (to Mel) and we have a big black Giant Schnauzer “Boaz” who is like our 2nd child. We …
Product Review: Book “The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body through Intermittent, Alternate-day and Extended
Product: “The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body through Intermittent, Alternate-day and Extended” by Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore, October 16, 2016. Purchase: The Complete Guide to Fasting Cost: Estimated >$21 My Rating: Target Audience: Health-conscious men or women who are interested in the newer “biohacking” methods and trying new things to benefit their health. Overview …
Why I Stopped Eating!
Eating has consequences for diabetes If the title of this post caught your attention and you are thinking I’m taking some drastic measures, well, you are right. I’m stopping eating two meals a day and some of the foods that are mainstays of the standard American Diet. Being a type 2 diabetic for many years is no …
Learning How to Eat Ketogenically to Lose Weight
Ketogenic Eating For the past two weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of research on practicing a ketogenic lifestyle. I’ve found out a lot about keto eating, its benefits and how to incorporate it into my intermittent fasting (IF) life. This week I began preparing keto meals in a serious fashion. I’ve been trying to eat …
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A Month Wasted
My One Month Fail I have to admit to having a very bad month since February 26th. I found that after my trip to take food photos, I got off my fasting/feeding schedule and slid backwards. I had so much trouble with my fasting times. My hunger came back strong and I began to …
Slowly Making Progress Again
I’m Finally Making Progress Again I did plateau for a while after my trip out of town and the food photo shoot. It seems like it took forever to get back into a groove. I was so messed up with my blood glucose levels that I’m back taking insulin several times a day – not …
I’m off all my insulins – Success!
SUCCESS WITH MY INTERMITTENT FASTING (IF) About the time I started doing IF, I met Dr. Manuel Lam online and he offered to help me, as I was struggling on how to determine how much of my insulins I should use and how to begin my intermittent fasting. He was awesome with helping manage my …
17 Down, Less than 100 to go!
CONTINUING TO LOSE WEIGHT! This is Day 34 of my journey in intermittent fasting and I’m down 17.4 pounds and practically off my insulins. This is the best thing I’ve ever found for my diabetes and my health. My fibromyalgia pain is almost all gone too. As for the experience, its been great. I continue …
My Fasting Ups and Downs
Each Day Has its Own Ups and Downs I continue my journey with IF (intermittent fasting) to cure my diabetes and to lose weight. Today is Day 22. I’ve had such awesome success these 3 weeks of fasting for my health. I have lost just under 15 pounds, reduced my insulins from 182 to 10 …