Still Trying To Figure Out What’s Happening To My Blood Sugar

Filed under: Health — @ June 30, 2008

I wanted to give you a quick one-month update on my progress dealing with a possible case of reactive hypoglycemia. This seems like an incredibly odd subject to be talking about as someone who has been faithfully livin’ la vida low-carb for the greater part of the past 4 1/2 years. How can a low-carber be dealing with something like this when a low-carb diet is supposed to be one of the best diets for stabilizing blood sugar levels and, more importantly, reducing insulin levels?

I implemented several strategies for dealing with this as well as the coinciding slight weight gain that seemed to happen at the same time I started resistance training beginning in December, including eating lots of small meals about every couple of hours (see my menus blog), getting adequate quality sleep, continuing with my exercise routine including my weight training, and trying to lower the stress in my life by taking more breaks from my work. When I started this I weighed 274 pounds and today I weighed 262.

Although it has been moderately successful with bringing my weight down, I can see the numbers starting to stall out again as of late and I can’t help but go back to what is happening with my blood sugars again. Could this have something to do with my weight being elevated? Did the creatine I took in the first six weeks of my weight training impact my blood sugar levels and get ‘em all messed up? The honest answer is I don’t know.

Click here to see what happened to my blood sugar levels this morning in 15-minute increments after consuming a low-carb meal of eggs and sausage.