Normal Glucose!!!!!!

[Julie_IL]

Well folks I can't believe it!!! This is day 9 on induction for me, and this is also the beginning of my 3rd day of completely normal blood sugars.
They are consistently low 90's to low 100's. The wt. loss has not been quite as amazing, but I am absolutely thrilled with the numbers on my glucose monitor.
The weight loss baffles me, cause I have stuck to the induction plan religiously. I am wondering if the fact that I was eating low carb prior to starting induction is affecting it.
But I am not complaining!!! Atkins and this message board has saved my life!!!!!

[FLdoodette]

Fantastic, Julie! Don't worry too much about the scale ... it'll get there; looks like you've lost a nice chunk of weight already ... congrats! Atkins has lowered my cholesterol already, and that's something I worried about. So aces all around!

[Julie_IL]

Hi Norah, thanks for the encouragement. Of course I want, and need to lose wt. but most important for me right now is these blood sugars. My A1c was 9 and my glucose levels were wacky no matter what I tried. I would wake up in the morning with a 176 after a 12 hour fast. I am so excited!!!!!

[LaceyLooWho]

Yay! The very same thing happened to me within 2 weeks of starting Atkins It is absolutely wonderful!

[Julie_IL]

Congratulations to you too!!!!

[Sherri]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Take one day at a time, and put your best Atkins foot forward everyday. Remember, this isn't a diet, it's a Lifestyle. It's not a race either. It takes time to make lifestyle changes. Patience is all part of the process! You're changing eating habbits for life! You are going to become the healthiest that you've ever been on the Atkins plan. Follow the plan 100% and you'll get 100% results.
Not only will you lose the weight but you will become healthy internally, just as, if not, more important! Good health starts internally! Weightloss is only one of the fantastic benifits of being in the Atkins Lifestyle!
One of the tools that benefited my weightloss was using the GI (Glycemic Index) to choose foods lowest on the GI off of each rung.
Dr. Atkins explains the GI on page78-84, 92 DANDR. He describes it as a "Beautiful Tool". It certainly is for me. 48 days into Extended Induction my Type-2 Dibetes disappeared, never to return again. (that was four years ago)I lost 100 pounds in ten months. I noticed that choosing foods from the GI kept my glucose levels at a steady level without any spikes and dives. Nice and steady! So important for weightloss. I didn't eat fruit for a year. I stayed mainly at Rung 3.
Here's a link that Jimmie gave me to help choose foods lower on the GI. It's easy to do. Just go over your allowed foods on your list on page 125, 126 DANDR and choose those foods lower on the GI. For example- Yellow onions are high on the GI, leeks and green onions are lower than the other onions allowed. So those are the types of onions I chose.
Table 1. Glycemic Load Values For All Food Types
Glycemic Load of Carb Foods - GI in Food Serving
Also you can go to www.glycemicindex.com to learn more about the GI and GL (glycemic load). I really believe in this tool to help with your glucose level to stay nice and steady and to benifit weightloss. You don't have to be Diabetic for this tool to work. Try it, what do you have to lose, except POUNDS.
Wishing all of you the best of health and lite.
Sincerely, Sherri

[Julie_IL]

Thanks for the link! Going to check it out now.

[momtomany1]

So happy for you! It probably feels like dodging a bullet. Keep sharing your excitement, folks need to know what this can do for a person!

[db7]

Congratulations Julie! It's amazing how quickly this way of eating can correct problems like this. Mine changed in just a couple of days and has not gone up since I started on 07/22/08. No more shots for me! No more pills for me! It's made my life much better as I'm sure it will yours. Keep up the great work!

[SwissMiss]

Awesome! Congratulations!