Hey, I thought this would inspire some of you.
I started my daily fasting routine on 1 May, 2020 and I still continue to fast daily to this day without fail.
I was and still am on a Fat-based “VLCHF” diet of abt 2000 calories per day. I eat regularly Greek olives, Greek extra virgin olive oil, green beans, green peas and chicken breast.
Total daily carbohydrates (fiber subtracted) less than 40 grams. Fat makes up 64% of the calories I eat.
Though I did not break the daily fasting regimen at all, I allowed myself to have some alcoholic drinks and milk chocolate during Xmas & Easter Week 2020 and Easter Week 2021.
When I started, I had T2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, polyuria, blurry vision, orthostatic hypotention, brain fog, erectile dysfunction and I was waking up tired every day. It reached a point where I wondered how on earth am I going to keep working in this state. Imagine waking up every day tired and needing to sit down to pull yourself together.
My MD had me written off and had prescribed me a metric tonne of pills and meds to take daily and predicted that I would be diabetic for the rest of my life. He also prescribed to me a high carbohydrate very low fat diet as per the “American heart Association’s”, or smt similar-sounding, recommendations to help with my T2 Diabetes Mellitus.
I thought he was nuts as I am only in my 40’s and begun to research alternate solutions.
I weighed 138 kilograms when I started the daily fasting routine and radically changed my diet. My waist circumference was 152 centimeters.
I also bought a treadmill, parked it in front of my TV, and gradually built up to 6km walking per day, every day, 30 days per month, 365 days per year, without fail.
577 days later I follow the same diet and fast for 20-21 hours every day without fail. I also follow the same exercise programme after I had the technicians come round and change a few parts out of the treadmill which malfunctioned from too much use. This is the only diet regimen I have managed to follow in my life as I could not stay on the High Carbohydrate diets due to hunger.
Results:
- My T2 Diabetes Mellitus has gone “into remission” they said. I no longer have it.
- I weigh 88 kg and my wait circumference is 90 cm. I think I am in about the same shape as when I was in the Military as all my uniforms and fatigues from that time now fit me.
- I no longer have hypertension.
- My vision is no longer blurry.
- I don’t get brain fog.
- I am no longer tired, ever, no matter what I do.
- I no longer have orthostatic hypotention.
- I no longer have hyperinsulinemia.
- I no longer have polyuria.
- I no longer have ED.
I never fasted more than 22 hours or so daily, I never did 36 hour or 72 hour fasts.
I am now full of energy and apart from random bouts of euphoria that hit me I also have the odd feeling that I am getting younger.
This lifestyle has greatly benefited my sex life, to a ridiculous and even embarassing extent even, I seem to be more virile now than I was when I was 18 and following a High Carbohydrate diet. This is smt that I honestly cannot comprehend.
All I can tell you is that if you are like me you are on the right path.
Good luck
Congrats on your astonishing achievement!
I’m also a “former” T2 diabetic. My A1C was 13.4 5 years ago and I was in about to enter losing-toes-territory. I went hardcore Keto and Intermittent Fasting and within 9 months got my A1C down to 4.9.Since then I’ve gone to more “Lazy Keto” and keep my carb count about the same as yours and only eat between Noon and 6pm. My A1C has been stable around 5.3 and I’m off Metformin, and all blood-pressure medications.My cholesterol and triglycerides are all perfect.
Like you I’m more mentally sharp and energetic. My doctor was VERY opposed to the low-carb diet in the beginning, but to her credit didn’t argue with my lab results. She’s also a great doctor because she is in favor of taking people off medications and eventually took the T2 diabetes diagnosis off my charts.
So congratulations on all your hard work and dedication. You really do deserve credit. I’ve read that about 80% of T2 diabetics are capable of our kind of transformation, but only 5% achieve it and maintain it.
You and I really are in unexplored territory here. There is some evidence that if you and I keep this up, newly formed cells in our body won’t be insulin-resistant. That means over time we may be able to tolerate more carbs without starting the insulin-resistance cycle again.
Have you read anything by Dr. Jason Fung? It’s his work that got me onto this path.
Imagine what would happen if every doctor was enforced by law to give such a report bundled with some short guidance explaing the science behind such “miracle” to every diabetic/obese patient out there before beeing allowed starting “treatment”