Day two begins with the exact same blood glucose level of 115mg/dl as I woke up yesterday. Strangely, I slept like a log and woke up shortly before my alarm still in the same position I went to sleep in. I know you might be wondering how do I know what I did during my 6.5 hours of sleep last night? Well, it’s because I sleep with a giant wedge-shaped pillow under my legs to alleviate sciatica pain, and normally, around 1:30 – 2:30, I kick it out of bed so I can sleep on my side, but not last night.
Weighing in, I’m at 225.2, down 1.6 pounds in 24 hours. Before eating half my L-Bar, Caroline and I went for a two-mile walk to get things going. At 10:00 this morning, I have a visit scheduled with my doctor as I asked for some extra visits during this period I’m trying to lose so much weight. My goal this week would be complete if I only lost three more pounds, as that would mean I’d lost 20 pounds of fat in less than 30 days.
Just before heading out to add another mile to my step count, I’m feeling great, having only eaten half my L-Bar, and I should note that I skipped yesterday’s scheduled afternoon snack of a Choco Crisp L-Bar that pared 90 calories out of my intake.
Everything looked good at the doctor’s office, except she couldn’t agree about the efficacy of fasting for a diabetic, though she couldn’t disagree with the results either. My next visit isn’t for another month when she plans on having full blood work done to see where all my levels have gone after two months of dieting, fasting, and exercising with the goal that by that date, I’ll be down between 25 and 30 pounds.
Lunch was a small packet of olives and some tomato soup that I made with extra water. It wasn’t my intent to dilute the soup, but wanted to increase the volume so I could trick myself into thinking I ate more. The other thing was that it was only 11:30 when I started preparing lunch because I was hungry. My blood glucose was 120mg/dl before lunch and 114mg/dl after. Though I slept well last night a nap crashed into me after eating.
Waking again, I just wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t have a mind to participate in anything that might otherwise have interested me. After yet another walk, I passed 11,000 total steps and expected to see another 5,000 in order to ward off the carbs that were messing with my blood sugar. I was a bit bored, really, and may be preoccupied with trying to find a strategy to cheat, but I didn’t want to. Maybe it was time for a coffee?
Coffee on an empty stomach hit hard, encouraging me to exercise my jaw more than I should have.
At dinner time, I was famished, but that’s in part because I only ate half my L-Bar today, and I missed that the second pouch of olives was meant for a mid-day snack. So, by dinner time, I was missing nearly 200 calories from my limited 800-calorie meal plan for the day. The olives and butternut squash & quinoa soup were both amazing, likely made more so because of how little I’m eating. My pre-dinner glucose reading was a comfortable 83mg/dl, so I’m happy there. Time for a walk to bring me up to my goal for the day.
With 15,800 steps, I walked 7.3 miles or 11.8km, giving me 130 active minutes on my Fitbit. After dinner, glucose measures in at 79mg/dl, so I’m finishing my L-Bar with an average glucose reading for the day coming in at 106mg/dl I feel that while my carb intake is a higher percentage than I’d prefer, my sugar levels are within margins I’m comfortable with. Onward to day 3.