One week and counting (My experience so far)

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It's now been 8 days since I began my " calorie " /fat/insulin

restriction. It's been remarkably easy (hardly even hungry or

tempted so far) and my average blood sugars are surely the best

they've been in 33 years. If it doesn't get any harder, I think I

could do this indefinitely.

Instead of taking 35 units of " lantis " long lasting insulin and 4-5

shots of 10 to 18 units humalog regular throughout the day, I'm down

to 25 units lantis and 1 shot of 8-10 units humalog in the evening;

sometimes with a small supplemental shot if my sugar goes above 170.

My blood sugar was averaging about 190 before this. My 15 day

average (which still has 7 days of pre-CR readings factored in) is

down to 148 and falling. About half my readings now are from 60 to

100 mg/dl (previously, I would have had to eat any time I had a sugar

that low as it usually meant I was minutes away from another low

blood sugar episode).

However, great as these readings are compared to what they were, they

aren't near good enough. I still have way too many " excursions "

above 200 which I have to knock down with supplemental insulin. A

lot of this problem is because the lantis is gradually taking my

sugar too low when I don't eat and I'm having small snacks (e.g., an

apple) throughout the day to counter it. Today I'm going to reduce

my lantis a bit more -- down to 20 units -- and see if that helps or

hurts (having lantis trend my sugar down is good to the extent it

keeps me from having to take extra shots and to help me get my sugar

down in the morning after the " dawn phenomena " ).

I've got to stop the glycosilation of my body proteins. Diet alone

isn't going to be enough. I know that; I don't think I'm being

unreasonable. I suspect my doctor's will think I'm being

unreasonable, though, when they notice my weight is dropping.

Diabetes is the proof of CRon, I think.

I'VE BEGUN PLAYING WITH WALFORDS DIET PROGRAM. It seems kind of a

pain, having to create a food-list every day which I then need to

bring in to the day's log. Also, the list of foods is really lame

for a vegan/healh food oriented person. Are most CRon-folk really

just junk-food-junkies on starvation diets? You'd think the FIRST

things which would go if you need to be nutrient dense and have a

healh focus, would be most of the pre-packaged crapola foods.

Does anyone have a database of more healthful (hopefully more vegan

friendly) foods for this program? How many of you use this program?

Do you share food nutrition and recipe databases?

I need to get a few scales for weighing food! Should I just get an

electronic office scale from Staples?

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P.S. You CR people are an interesting and extremely friendly/helpful

bunch. Thanks, all!

-Steve