The end of Week Four on the Newcastle Diet

Monday the Ninth of September 

Fasting blood sugars this morning were a little higher than of late at 6.3mmol/L. I have had nothing above 6 fasting all week till this one. It seems that fasting blood glucose levels are between 5.8mmol/L and 6.00 mmol/L pretty much every day, dropping to the mid 5's a couple of hours after breakfast.

Yesterday 

Waking/Fasting 6.00mmol/L

After breakfast 5.2mmol/L

Before lunch/ 5.7mmol/L

2 hours after lunch 5.7mmol/L

Before my evening  meal 5.8mmol/L

2 hours after  5.7mmol/L

bedtime was 5.8mmol/L

I missed my morning dose of metformin on Saturday. Normally I would have just taken it with lunch but as I tested before lunch and was still 5.7mmol/L I just missed it out.

Saturday was a tad unusual as I went and did a 5km Parkrun in Huddersfield. 29 minutes and 10 seconds with no prep apart from swimming and walking so just generaly fit. Ok probably about 10 minutes slower that I would have done it 30 years ago but then I was running marathons and training for running. It was an enjoyable change from swimming but I am not sure I would make it a regular thing. Maybe........... it would be nice to knock the time down a bit.


The weigh in!

A 5lb loss this week bringing me to 11stone 5lbs and a BMI of 24.1. I have little faith in BMI as an instrument of healthy weight but at least it is uncomplicated.

So halfway there. Will my diabetes be cured by the end of it? At what point do I reduce the medication to see? How much will it cost me in new clothes?

I have been a tad surprised by a few peoples attitude of they don't want to be regarded as diabetes free as they would loose the free prescriptions.............

So the question I ask myself every time I see  a bacon butty. Is it worth it?

Yes, if I can at the end of it not have to worry quite so much about what I eat. Reduce the risk of going blind or loosing kidneys or limbs. I think I have already reduced the heart attack risk.

I am not that bothered about a long life but to be healthy enough to do the things I want to do is a better goal for me.