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21 October 2018

Weigh-in: 129.0 lb

lost so far: 27.0 lb

still to go: 1.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(2 comments) gaining 4.2 lb a week

20 October 2018

yuck, now since someone brought up the caffeine itself as possibly messing with my ketone and glucose I checked that this morning too. one reading fasting and then 15 minutes after downing a 5 hour. no symptoms as I have reported before but yep, dropped my ketones to barely readable. that is how I started my day. it took me 3 hours after eating and 1 1/2 hour after cardio to get my ketones above 1 and my glucose was still high. Then I went to the bank to make a simple cash deposit, guess banking rules are changing had to cough up my license, then when I was pissed about that they then asked me to write down my occupation. I wrote down fish sales but now rethinking it I should have just said housewife. gosh it seems that no matter what you do someone is sticking their fingers into your private business. So being in a totally pissed off mood. I came home to whine and have my coffee. fog brain coming to help calm me down!

I think the reason I did not notice the dips before is because my ketones were so high in the higher range 2's and low 3's I was happy to have them drop a bit. I don't feel well when they are too high and glucose too low. balance thing. now that I am testing eating lower fat, it makes a huge difference.

I have to burn calories all day if I want to get my readings back to normal and that makes me feel like I am restarting my diet all over. I am in maintenance and I definitely do not want to have to work hard to maintain my weight and drop some fat. it feels like diet, I am over that.

The past week I have also been testing a new steak which has less fat and less flavor. I have really been unsettled this week and I think a lot of it is that I am not satisfied with my meal like I normally am. I know it may be odd but the difference in the flavor between the two types and fat is totally different. the lower fat level really makes a difference in the ketones.

so I will be running out to get my regular ribeyes this week. I am almost done with the short loin I got. I have just enough to get through the weekend. back to normal and I will have to get myself back into balance. Whether I do a minor reset this weekend with eating out of plan, I have not decided yet.

one thing I did learn before I started changing things, on the 2 weeks or so of maintenance eating like I normally do but more calories, is I could push my calories over maintenance and not gain a bunch of weight. easily adjusted with a weekly average. that was using higher fat and 5 hour energy. this week with lower fat, coffee and lower average calories all week I gained 2 pounds. so I did learn a bit about how my system is working in maintenance. I would prefer to eat more freely and enjoy things. low fat is not working for my enjoyment from dieting.

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19 October 2018

okay this has been creeping up this week and it stayed for 2 days so I am owning it. my calories have definitely been within my maintenance range and I am doing my exercise. so the big change is my coffee drinking and eating higher ratio of protein lower fat. While I know the change in the fat can make a difference in my ketone levels, the coffee is the major culprit here. It spiked my glucose level and dropped my ketones down big time. this is with or without cream so it is definitely the coffee and stevia combo. So no more coffee unless it is a treat on occasion. It is messing up my fat losing. the higher protein lower fat will definitely effect my ketone level but not to the point of bouncing me out of ketosis.

after a big eating night, still within my calories, fasting readings 1.3k and 4.2glucose, after a good sized breakfast 2 1/4 hours .9k and 5.4 glucose. this meal should keep me most of the day without feeling like I am starving like yesterday

and I almost forgot, I overslept today for the first time! that's a win

Weigh-in: 127.8 lb

lost so far: 28.2 lb

still to go: 0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(35 comments) gaining 1.6 lb a week

18 October 2018

lazy day, I did a little bike work and much later I finally pushed myself to do my total gym, been slacking. Got all my work done and was pushing not eating since my numbers were so high. by time I finally ate at 11;30 I was so hungry I started eating my small portion of steak so fast I forgot to weigh it. then I was still so hungry I cooked up a whole one and ate the whole thing. I will definitely not be real hungry at dinner time. blood readings really weird today all day.
fasting ketones after coffee .8 glucose 5.2 and yes later on in the day I found my ketones drop when I have coffee and my glucose rises. 2 hours after fasting and after exercise 1.1 k and 4.9 glucose, after another coffee .9 k and 5.1 glucose. 1 1/2 hours after the coffee and 7 hours after fasting 2.1 k 4.2 glucose. 2 hours after my huge 800+calorie lunch 2. k and 4.6 ketone. 1 1/2 hour after exercise and 4 hours after lunch .6 ketone and 4.1 glucose. that is the lowest I have ever tested since I got this meter. overeating definitely does effect my readings big time just like the coffee does. I think part of it is adjusting to less fat and more protein. fat does raise the ketone level and protein raises the glucose level.

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17 October 2018

felt good all day, drinking coffee and I shouldn't but overall feel good!

yesterday was a screwed up day the site drove me crazy and I had a bored eating thing going on. But I stayed in my range so all is good.

another part of that is trying other meats. chicken and pork. after dinner I was still hungry as it just did not satisfy me. the inner me is still craving the steak and steak fat. Since this week I am reducing my fat level down to 65% to help me lose fat at maintenance level, I was experimenting. But now I will stick mostly to my steak and eat the protein part first and leave eating the fat part to the end so I have that satisfied feeling at the end of my meal.

funny how you find just little changes can have such an effect.

running some tests with the higher protein lower fat. fasting glucose was 4.9 and ketone 1.1. that is a good reading and I did not have to eat, but I did. I exercised (400 calorie burn) and tested again right before I ate 10 hours later, glucose 4.2 and ketone 1.5. Again I did not feel the need to eat but I wanted to.

another good sized meal and still well under my goal for the day. 1 1/2 hours after eating 1.2 ketone and 4.8 glucose.

Eating more protein keeps my glucose level balanced all day so I don't have those big dips that make me feel unwell. I think those dips are also bad for my mood swings. I will be keeping to this routine for a while and see if it works for me overall. It would be nice to wake up refreshed and not being lite headed after sleep.

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