Mon, Aug-04-14, 10:20
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Senior Member
Posts: 122
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Plan: Paleo+Atkins+DIY
Stats: 309/289/165
BF:
Progress: 14%
Location: Rocky Mtns
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Insulin Resistance
I was doing great on a Paleo diet and lost about 20 pounds in about 6 weeks. I was at 310 pounds and am now at about 290. I still have a long ways to go and I thought I found my answer with the Paleo diet.
The diet is so effective that I find myself only really able to eat about twice a day. Breakfast: 2 eggs and about 5 slices of bacon; and dinner about 6 hours later, which is about 8 oz of a protein and about two cups of vegetables. About two hours after that I go to bed which is when I find myself unable to sleep. I toss and turn for hours and then I found the solution: A cup of Greek yogurt with about a teaspoon of honey. The reason I happened on the solution is I learned from low carbing in the past that after about two months of success, it sends my body into a normal state of insulin resistance.
From Mark's Daily Apple: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/does...lin-resistance/
However, going very low carb – to around or below 10% of calories, or full-blown ketogenic – can induce “physiological” insulin resistance. Physiological insulin resistance is an adaptation, a normal biological reaction to a lack of dietary glucose. As I’ve said in the past, the brain must have glucose. It can use ketones and lactate quite effectively, thus reducing the glucose requirement, but at the end of the day it still requires a portion of glucose. Now, in a low-glucose state, where the body senses that dietary glucose might not be coming anytime soon, peripheral insulin resistance is triggered. This prevents the muscles from taking up “precious” glucose that the brain requires. The brain’s sensitivity to insulin is preserved, allowing it to grab what glucose it needs from the paltry – but sufficient – levels available to it.
However, the honey and yogurt is pretty much derailing my weight loss. Can anybody help me figure out a way to side step this biological reaction and get my weight loss back on track?
Thanks in advance,
Lisa Marie
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