Hey Wabbit,
I remember your posting that you had lost a lot of weight. Congrats!
What was/is your plan?
Tks
It started with a very high fasting glucose reading with my annual physical. Dr ordered an A1C retest and it came up very high, so we approached a diabetes strategy.
I started wearing a glucose monitor, and keeping track of what foods spiked my blood sugar, and working to flatten those curves. That along with the exercise I was already doing, I added a daily walk. By discovering how sensitive I was to most carbs and finding suitable replacements (higher protein and fat, lower carb) I was interested in getting my A1C down (which I did) but the weight melted off as well. I ended up losing 60 lbs, down to 180. Iâve since ditched the monitor since my HC decided to only pay for a more expensive, less useful model, and also dropped the diabetes medication after a Chinese melamine recall.
So I am diet-and-exercise managed, and have found âketoâ snacks I can make that keep my cravings in check and leave me not feeling deprived. I am keeping the habits I developed while on the monitor.
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Was that just simple carbs, or did you also cut the complex as well?
Not sure what you mean.
I wasnât intending to go keto, but the idea is by cutting carbs to the bone and increasing the fat content (not even exchange, cover the difference with more protein), you teach your body to burn fat instead of carbs, and once the intake fats are used up the body says âwhere can I get more fatâ, which it then pulls from the body, meaning this is a way of getting your VISCERAL fat to burn instead of just your belly fat. Once Iâd lost 40 or so I could introduce small amounts of âbad carbsâ back in⌠a little pasta, or a slice or two of pizza, followed by a brisk walk, and still kept losing.
(the process of training to burn fat in this manner is what they refer to when they say âketogenesisâ. Technically the diet is supposed to calculate more precise ratios of carbs/fat/protein, but I didnât get that level of research into my process.)
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Also found that alcohol, which is technically a carb and even provides more calories per gram of carb, is less complex enough from sugars that it doesnât raise blood glucose, and I found that it even can block or slow the consumption of carbs that increase blood sugar, so by moving from beer to, say, scotch or bourbon, kept my levels down during my monthly poker games. So I can walk, or I can drinkâŚ
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But, can you walk after drinking?
Depends on how much. Vishe versha, ish not a prob⌠hic ⌠not a problim.
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Thanks for the very detailed post, very informative. 
I wouldnât trust myself drinking during a porker game. 
Interesting about the alcohol.
Well itâs poker among friends, and none of us mind losing the buy-in. I would never drink to inebriation at a casino table.
I used to work at a place where we would have a poker game every day at lunch. We would get in 6 or 8 hands every lunch. It was a buck in and up to a potential ten on the bet. We we basically a bunch of chickens and we would rarely bet unless somebody would have a straight or better. If anyone did bet everybody else would fold unless some one had a straight or better themselves. The occasional buff was great fun, everyone would get pissed. On a good day I would thank folks for the fill up on the way home. 
Well this is a Friday Night thing, tourney style (not cash) and tends to run 4 or 5 hours. For a $20 buy-in (sometimes twice if I get knocked out quickly) and a six pack and some snacks, itâs cheaper than a movie and a helluva lot more fun. Basically itâs a chance to drink and yak and talk shit with each other and the cards keep it from being ghey.
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So I should switch from IPA to Vodka? Hm, well my refer do have an ice maker.
If youâre managing blood glucose, look into it. For me the CGM monitor didnât even blink if I had a shot of tequila, which is somewhat sugary. IANAD & YMMV of course, but I also have a brewski from time to time, and sans guilt. Maybe boilermaker ingredients cancel each other out?
Did you ever consider wearing suspenders? LOLOLOL
I do have a belt that I am on the last hole, and it keeps my pants on but without it I can depants myself without unbuttoning. I do need a trip to Kohlâs very soon.
The reason that I thought of suspenders is that I have put on some weight as well and the thought of using suspenders came to mind. Itâs become hard to hang my pants on my waist, when I am in the supermarket I have to continuously keep pulling my pants up least I have an embarrassing moment.
My weight is pretty stable now, I tend towards the low carb, I just need to get more consistent.
but⌠I just told you⌠Iâve lost weightâŚ
Donât get too technical, post was meant for humor. 