Why my insulin injections and insulin resistance make me gain weight Another part of the curse of being a Type 2 diabetic is that the treatment for my diabetes made me gain weight and gaining weight was hurting me. It’s a vicious cycle. My blood glucose levels go up, my doc prescribes more insulin to …
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Product Review – “Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking” cookbook
My Review of “Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking” cookbook This book is the first ketogenic cookbook I have purchased in hard cover. I have googled and found different keto recipes online but never purchased a full cookbook before. However I’m really glad I got this one and got it in hard copy form. I am …
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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 …
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 …
Success With Intermittent Fasting
Success at Last! I’m continuing on my journey with intermittent fasting (IF). Since I started this journey on December 11th, I have lost almost 10 pounds (from 160 to 150.8). I’m also noticing that my tummy is becoming a little flatter (so nice!). But the best result is that my insulin requirements have dropped dramatically. From …
Continuing My Cure!
Beginning My Journey of IF (Intermittent Fasting) I began this journey on Sunday, December 11, 2017. A couple of weeks before that I had one of my few bouts with depression when it hit me that my daughter and her family, including my two precious and adorable grandsons, had only six more weeks until they moved out …
Curing My Diabetes!
Will this Cure Me? This week I decided to cure my diabetes. This disease has disrupted my life over and over and I have suffered lots of pain, frustration and even fear over the years. Plus treating it has been pretty expensive both money wise and time wise. I discovered a book by Dr. Jason Fung …
My weight loss journey continues
It’s all about Food Well, its been a while since I’ve blogged my journey. As I continue eating the “whole30” way, and researching this way of eating (WOE), I am more and more in favor of this WOE. I’ve managed to keep to my 26 pound weight loss (gaining back around 4 pounds from my high …