DAY 36 - 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

January 11, 2016

Today is Day 36.

Weight goal - 147 or lower
Actual weight - 145

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 92

Today is a Fast Day.



For me, that means that all I will have today is water, coffee, tea, or broth, all without caloric sweeteners or fat.  Each day, I will weigh in, check my fasting blood glucose, find out if I will feast or fast that day, update my chart and post it here on the big blog. I'm posting it to motivate myself not to give up, and if I think that anyone is looking at this, it will help to keep me accountable.

February 4, 2016

I know what happened.  I ate well at my luncheon yesterday, but was tempted by the fresh fruit plate.  There were lower carb choices on it, like blueberries and raspberries, but I also had some pineapple and grapes, which are two of the highest carb fruits there are.

Even while I was eating them, I was thinking it was a bad idea.  As I was biting into a little chunk of pineapple, I was thinking that I didn't want to fast the next day.  But I did it anyway.  I obviously need to work on this problem.  I need to say that there are certain foods I just don't eat.  I had no problem saying no to the garlic bread.  I need to add high carb fruit to that list and just stick to it!

So today I am paying the price.  Plus, I woke up sick this morning with a sore throat and stuffy nose.  And since the old (and probably true) adage says to starve a cold, I will be taking Zicam today and starving my cold.  Maybe I can turn it around.

35 DAYS DOWN AND  56 DAYS TO GO

27 FEAST DAYS AND 9 FAST DAYS - FASTING 25% OF THE DAYS

9 POUNDS GONE AND 9 POUNDS TO GO 

50% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER 40% OF THE DAYS

AVERAGE WEIGHT SO FAR - 148.3     AVERAGE BLOOD GLUCOSE SO FAR - 88

I made a few charts to track my progress.  The orange lines are my goals. The blue lines are my actual results.  The last chart is a little heat map to show at a glance how often I actually have to fast to achieve the results I am after.

This is a personal challenge just for me, but if anyone reading would like to join me, please talk to your doctor and make sure that it will not conflict with your current medical condition or medications.  If you are taking the challenge, please be sure to let me know how you are doing!  Thanks for reading!

To find out more about this challenge - the rules and how it started - click here.