Mon, Mar-18-02, 15:25
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Posts: 68
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Plan: GO-Diet
Stats: 164/133.4/120
BF:
Progress: 70%
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Starfish,
Maybe it isn't the artificial sweeteners for you. I was drinking 4 cans of Diet Rite a day.
The glucose tester you can get in any pharmacy department (Walmart, Walgreens, etc.) I bought the cheapest for $19.99. You have to also buy lancets (the needle part) and the test strips. The strips were expensive though, $25.00 for 50 of them. The pharmacist could probably help you pick something out. To me it was worth the expense to find out that my glucose rose and dropped rapidly when using artificial sweeteners, but not with the low carb meals without artificial sweeteners. You should have a slow drop to normal--2-3 hours after eating, not the rapid one I had with the Diet Coke (same thing happened with the Diet Rite too). Here's my two test results:
Test 1:
Starting bg (blood glucose) 75
Drank 1 can of Diet Coke
15 minute wait 80
15 minute wait 70
15 minute wait 76
Test 2:
Starting bg 77
Had 2 pieces of low carb bread, 3 sausage patties, 2 eggs, 1 slice of cheese
15 minute wait 81
15 minute wait 93
15 minute wait 104
15 minute wait 100
15 minute wait 97
Sorry I don't have a journal. I just keep track of the weight per week and started my own line chart, which someone in this web site suggested. It's a good idea; it helps to see your weight loss pattern and also to see that it is going down, even if it's a slow decrease.
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