Hello lovelies I thought this was an interesting video as it is easy to think you’re eating enough but not actually be consuming a right amount of calorie intake to maintain energy you burn up daily..
I use the Cronometer app from time to time mainly as a tool to ensure I have a balanced diet with foods from each food group. I was concerned as I was having several bouts of RH attacks and knew I’d lost weight as it is difficult to eat anything when you’re having an RH attack. So after watching this video a few months ago I thought I’d jump on the app and do a few days of eating to see if I was getting enough calories.
What I found was interesting one out of the three days I was indeed not quite eating enough calories. While my mobility and lung condition mean I can’t move about as much as I’d like to. It did mean one of those days I was likely to lose weight if I didn’t eat enough of the higher calorie dense foods.
Luckily I do have my own copy of the Diabetes Method so was able to find the list of categorised foods and they’re listed from higher nutrient calorie dense foods to the foods low in calories. I noted that I have enough fibre in my diet and was getting too much leafy greens. They’re naturally filling and low in calories and I don’t need to eat loads to obtain enough calories. So this is how I found while I was eating healthy I wasn’t eating enough of the whole foods such as potatoes and root vegetables and too much leafy greens.
The good news was I’ve been eating more sweet potato and eating larger portion sizes. I avoid using any fats to maximise my insulin sensitivity. Although this being said I’m aware that we as humans need a certain amount of fats to function and sustain life. Same applies to insulin and glucose is required for the brain to function.
When you have insulin resistance your body aswell as your brain doesn’t get enough glucose to function. This is why people with conditions such as Reactive Hypoglycemia (RH) Prediabetes aswell the other types of Diabetes Mellitus have mental sluggishness and lack of focus and brain fog. This can progress to confusion and high cortisol warning the body to eat quickly as they are low in energy. Anyhoo I’ve been managing to improve my overall quality of food and daily intake in terms of variety and volume of food and I’m managing to gain the weight needed. I’m nearly 7st 3lb or 100 pounds which is the most I’ve able to gain between RH bouts. However brain fog and mental sluggishness is also a common symptoms of Hypothyroidism which I also have.. Anyway its definitely worth watching.. N. x ❤️
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