Hi Sue,
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By low blood sugar, do you mean hypoglycemia or just 'lower than you have been used to?
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Well, to be honest, I thought that low blood sugar was just the English translation for the Latin term hypoglecemia, for laypeople at least. I have read somewhere that the definition of hypoglycemia is 50g/whatever, whereas somewhere round 90g/whatever is normal.
I haven't got a glucose meter so I have never measured my blood sugar at home. I just had those spacey, light-headed slightly dizzy feelings, which I suspected were low blood sugar and kind of had confirmed when I ate something like a dried date or a couple of dried apricots (this would only be 10-13g of carbs, but fast-acting ones!!!) and then felt better.
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This whole diet thing is very confusing; talk about too much information. How does one discern between fact and hypothesis when the authors of all these books can't agree? I assume that that is why the advice to us is to pick a plan and stick to it!
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I think it is wisest to choose ONE plan and then stick to that as best you can, as, for example, a very high-fat plan would not combine well with a higher carb regime. (Well, unless your aim was to get fatter!) I have reduced my fat/protein intake slightly (not by weighing anything, just reducing the quantities) to make up for the fact that I have upped my carbs slightly and it seems to be doing the trick. I have lost the 1kg of water/fat weight I accumulated over the weekend due to a carb blow-out and too much beer - and it went again in just two days!!! I guess most of it must have been water bloat, but I sure did feel fat!
Now I shall continue with my new SPII regime and see whether I maintain or lose. And then I'll take it from there...
The vain person in me wants to be down to 61.4kg again, rather than 62.2kg, because it all seems to go on my bum, belly and thighs. And our summer holiday is coming up!!! AAAAARGH!!! Beach holiday!!! Can I wear a swimsuit or will it be a chador???
I shall have to look up this Zoe Harcombe: I've never heard of her before.
How are you doing with her plan? I felt great when I first switched to low-carbing - masses of energy and really zippy!
amanda