Life Changes 3
How to fix my problem?
90% diet. 10% exercise.
I stopped running 6 years ago due to knee injury. I will resume walking when cleared.
Diet - 90% carnivore. And I must stick to it. And I shall.
To be sure, several close family members feel this is an error. They may even feel that it was meat that got me into this situation. There is simply no objective proof of that. The "studies" were based on surveys of people trying to remember what they ate - not actual controlled studies with closely managed variables (types and amounts of food given).
There is no diet that can guarantee human longevity.
However, there is a diet that can guarantee a shorter life - the standard American diet.
- Dr. Ken Berry.
At the time this was written, 9 days without a processed carbohydrate. Only a handful of green vegetables consumed. 16 pounds lost. Blood Glucose returning to normal levels.
I'm sorry to hear of your heart attack - I've had 2 - but I'm very glad you came out of it relatively lightly. Good luck with your carnivore diet. I'm trying it myself, for the same reasons.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
You stay strong and dedicated. I am on my own journey NOT to get a heart attack by dieting and some exercise Limited since I have a bad back.
ReplyDeleteI am counting calories, reduced carbs to stupid small amounts and have no not eliminated meats at all.
You will plateau your weight once or twice. Ignore it and keep it going while smoking some ribs.
Glad you're still here. Check out "Mark's Daily Apple" for some eating inspiration and kindred souls. :)
ReplyDeleteWell done, sir! And prayers will continue!
ReplyDeleteHbA1c of 10 is life threatening in and of itself. But a strict keto diet will drop that in short order (an RBC lives around 90 days, which is why A1c is a long term parameter).
ReplyDeleteI've described my diet as somewhere between Paleo and Atkins for the last dozen or so years. If I could get a little more strict with Keto, I too would lose the stubborn extra weight. My main problem is a wife who can't gain weight and needs to. She can eat sugar with impunity, I can't.
As for the exercise issue, here's a comment I put on another blog recently:
I was a runner and marathoner for many years, until at the age of 60, orthopedic issues put an end to my running. At a follow up appointment, I asked my surgeon when I could start back into running, and he said "I just don't think it's in your best interest." That was a very hard thing for me to hear.
And then I discovered coach Mark Rippetoe, his book and program Starting Strength. For those of us of a certain age, the other essential book I cannot recommend too highly is Dr. Jonathon Sullivan's: The Barbell Prescription, subtitled: Strength Training for Life After 40. In a couple of years of lifting weights, I have completely rehabbed my orthopedic issues, and my back is stronger now than it ever has been.
As you have learned, it is not for us to be chasing numbers, but to maintain and improve muscle mass, with the goal of being as healthy and strong as we can be whatever our age.
These two books have changed my life, and learning proper form for squats and deadlifts have been essential parts of that process.
Some years back my wife woke me up at 0400 on a Sunday morning with chest pain. I half carried her to the car, and was in ER like you in about 10 minutes. Sometime later, they chewed me out big time for not calling 911. I said: "I'd have waited fifteen minutes for that ambulance" They replied that our ambulances here in the valley have a world renowned cardiac capability, and we'd have had the 12Lead EKG in ER before you could get here. As it was, they hooked up the 12Lead, and it took them fifteen seconds to say "Call the Cath Lab!" By 0630 she was out of the Cath Lab and upstairs in Cardiac ICU. The other program I cannot praise too highly is Cardiac Rehab. I hope you can get the kind of care we did. It'll take a couple of years to get your stents settled in and get off the Plavix (or whatever analog they put you on). You'll get pretty antsy to get your routine back, but listen to the pro's. They do this all the time, and the current state of the art is astounding. While you're waiting, get Dr. Sullivan's book. Like they told my wife: "You are fully recoverable with care and time."
Glad to hear you're cutting carbs and getting the blood sugars and diabetes under control!
ReplyDeleteFor cardiac health, the most important daily supplements seem to be K2, D2, and magnesium. I think K2 is the most important one, but unfortunately it fights with some blood thinners; but I strongly recommend starting a daily K2 supplement as soon as your doctor okays it. (Gress-fed butter is also a good source.) You should also be monitoring your blood levels of Vitamin D through regular lab tests.
I also recommend daily sunlight on your skin as one of the most effective ways to lower blood pressure. (Unfortunately, I don't think Vitamin D supplements alone are enough to replace the sunlight.)
To fight diabetes, the number one most important thing is to cut all the seed oils and other sources of omega-6 fats out of your diet. Your fats should be saturated, monounsaturated, and omega-3's. Linoleic acid is the single deadliest part of the standard American diet, and probably the primary cause of type-2 diabetes and the obesity epidemic.