Re: 1 mo. followup on diabetes and cholesterol

[Guest guest]

Steve: It sounds from your post (and from what I recall) that you've only

been on CR about a month. You've lost 8 pounds. That is a significant

amount. The weight should come off slowly, not quickly, for optimum health.

I'm wondering if you or or any of the other diabetics would like to

help with a new file with advice for people who are diabetic or have other

special problems. Then when someone new in that category joins the list, we

could point them to the file for easy retrieva.

on 2/17/2003 2:39 AM, s_rudek <s_rudek@...> at s_rudek@...

wrote:

> I significantly cut back my calories and then my

> insulin just over a month ago (I think Jan 13). .....(snipped)

I don't know exactly what I weighed at the beginning

(I know, not very scientific) but I would have guessed

approximately 170 (too much tummy fat, though only

obvious when I'd slouch). As of last Wednesday, the

gym scale said I was 162 -- so the weight loss seems

to have been much less than I would have expected

[Guest guest]

> Steve: It sounds from your post (and from what I recall) that

you've only

> been on CR about a month. You've lost 8 pounds. That is a

significant

> amount. The weight should come off slowly, not quickly, for

optimum health.

It is possible my beginning weight and my weight loss were a little

less; the last time I recall checking my weight was some months ago

and I *think* it was no about 168. I don't actually know what my

starting weight was on Jan 13, when I started the restricted diet. I

guessed at 170 because it was after the holidays and it felt I had

probably picked up more weight. Maybe I'll be able to find a more

reliable/recent weight in my medical records, but I don't know.

In any case, I probably have not been eating as many calories as I

should per optimal CRON and I appreciate being reminded of the

importance of that; I will do my best to heed the advice. My main

target for the first month was to have my blood panel come in so well

that I could eliminate cholesterol concerns and, possibly, get the

diabetes staff intrigued enough to help me explore " extreme "

options. I achieved that for now and being super restrictive for

that short period was part of the achievement.

If I can get DW or some other program working properly that will

help, of course. Is DW really as good as it gets?

>

> I'm wondering if you or or any of the other diabetics would

like to

> help with a new file with advice for people who are diabetic or

have other

> special problems. Then when someone new in that category joins the

list, we

> could point them to the file for easy retrieva.

I intend to make this as much of a good experiment and learning

exercise as possible. I'd hope to share whatever I can. However,

every diabetic is relatively unique, even when we are grouped as

having the same " category " of diabetes. But what I find out about

glycosilation should be of interest and value to everyone, diabetic

or not.

My first, second, and fiftieth priority is arrestng and reverging

glycosilation damage and getting my legs to heal properly so I don't

have to worry about having my legs amputated before I die. I just

read (on the crsociety list) that CRON will actually slow down wound

healing. If so it probably won't even make sense for me to follow a

true CRON diet. If my body won't hold out past sixty, taking extreme

measures to lengthen my " maximum theoretical " lifespan to 120 doesn't

make much sense.

For the moment, though, I'm delighted that I have whooped the

cholesterol problem and that by when I only eat one meal a day I get

to take far fewer shots and have relatively long periods when my

blood sugar is near normal.

I suspect I may need to become a bona fide *expert* on

glycosilation. I'm even thinking I may need to go back to college to

refresh my biochemistry knowledge so I can properly sort through all

the leads. Most of what passes for science in the field of nutrition

is pretty low quality but there are doubtless some real gems.

Thanks again for all the interest and support. It really does mean a

lot to me right now.