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Week 5: Lose weight or die ! my diabetes dogma

Well I hit the wall this week, no drop in average weight!

This week up 0.05kg - that's the result for Week 5 - leaving me the same as last week. I guess that I am still making headway towards the goal weight, with a target of 68kg. Overall down 2.20kg (about 5 pounds) in four elapsed weeks of the program (the first week was just measuring my current weight - which I don't often do).

BUT - bad news for the loss program - I have to go away on business to Japan this weekend, a little rushed, and that's going to mean even if I eat a little less I'm not going to be able to get to the gym 4 times a week.  I don't have a opportunity to join a gym while I am there.

My magic formula appears to be slowing down, it could be some of those Xmas nibbles that I ate, but I was very cautious, or maybe the body adapting to less food.  But I will keep up my program when I return from Japan:

1. eat less; and,
2. exercise more. 

You can see a huge variation in weight during the week, with readings varying by 1.8kg (more than 4 pounds) on consecutive days.  I'm not sure what's happening there as I try to measure myself in the same place in the exercise schedule each day.  That's not always possible because sometimes the machines are all taken and I have to alter the sequence.

On the exercise front, I am using the cycle machine for about 10 kms (6 miles) and the rowing machine for 6 kms (about 4 miles, 28 minutes), plus stretching.  This is four times per week, hence the number of weekly weight reading below. I am definitely getting fitter and so there is benefti even if my weight has hit a wall for now.

I'll be back on the job in the new year and see if I can get down to the goal of 68kg.

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Here are the results so far (in kilograms):

WEEK	READING 1	READING 2	READING 3	READING 4	AVERAGE
1	73.2	73.4	73.2	73.4	73.3kg
2	73.2	72.6	71.8	72.6	72.55kg
3	72.0	73.4	72.0	72.1	72.38kg
4	72.0	71.6	70.2	70.4	71.05kg
5	71.2	71.0	72.0	70.2	71.1kg
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GOAL					68kg

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Green apple boosts bloood sugar

Green Granny Smith apples - Glycemic Index of 35 - would not be expected to have a dramatic effect on blood sugar, after all I have measured Pink Lady apples and seen no dramatic rise.

(By the way, Granny Smith apples originated in Australia and have a sweet but tart taste and give a hearty crunch.)

A GI of 35 is low and considered to be something good to consider in a diabetic eating program.  For example, it is far less than a mango's GI of 50 which is at the edge of an intermediate reading for GI and bordering on high.

My measurements for eating a whole Granny Smith, with a first reading and then after 30 minutes, 60 minutes and 2 hours, are as follows:

1. Before - 4.90 mmol/l (88 mg/dl), then 8.70 6.50 4.80 (157 117 86); as compared below to a Red Lady Apple,
2. Before - 5.60 (101), then 7.05 6.58 5.98 (127 118 108) (these readings an average of 6 different events).

The jump in the first 30 minutes from 4.90 (88) to 8.70 (157) - up 3.80 (68) - was what stunned me about the Granny Smith, as compared to a rise of 1.45 (26) for a run of 6 trials with the Pink Lady.

This contrasts with the Pink Lady results. (Pink Lady - notable for its hot pink skin color and lily white flesh - is a cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. Crunchy Pink Lady has a unique sweet-tart flavor described as "Gala with a zing!")

The results from my Granny Smith experiment are disappointing since green apples like a Granny Smith apples are said to be particularly helpful for digestion because of the acid and characteristics of the green skin - related to extra pectin.

A half apple eaten before a meal is a regime which I am measuring now to see if I can detect and report any effect on lower blood sugar response. Hopefully this will be positive, even though the effect of eating a sole green apple in the absence of a meal seems detrimental to me in terms of a high blood sugar escalation.

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Massive mango makes no difference to blood sugar

Trialing my reaction to eating mangoes gave me surprising results, no real problem.  The fibre and complexity of the flesh must make up for the sugar content and reduce the absorbtion rate.

Mango fruit has a medium, or intermediate, Glycemic Index of 50.  However the effect in me seemed low.  A score of 50 is at the edge of an intermediate reading for GI, bordering on high.

My measurements for eating mango, with a first reading and then after 30 minutes, 60 minutes and 2 hours, are as follows:

1. 6.50 before, then 6.80, 6.00, 5.70
2. 6.90 before, then 7.40, 6.40, 6.00

The first from eating 1/4 a ripe mango and the second from eating 2/3 of a large ripe mango. The largest difference from beginning to end of that sequence was a 0.5 rise and in both cases after one hour the reading was below the initial reading before eating the mangos. Surprisingly, after one hour in each case the reading was 0.5 below the initial reading.

Those result for me are encouraging as far as mango being a fruit that has low impact on blood sugar levels.

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