It seems that on the net it is called fasting if you are just intaking liquids. This isn't fasting to me, I'm not sure what it is. But that's where I'm headed for two reasons: 1) to help my gastroparesis 2) to restrict my intake seriously and accurately. My idea is by restricting calories to just under 1000 with just a few drinks will enable me to spread my carbs out with small doses of 12-15 at a time, perfect for diabetes control. By only intaking a few foods, I can keep perfect records and thus know exactly how my body responds in terms of insulin control and weight loss. And by deemphasizing food, I will have a chance to turn away - to mourn the loss of food but welcome the gain of additional years of a joyful life.
So here's day one, much of which has been spent getting set up for record keeping and such. I keep charts and accurate records in Excel, and in the past they have been a great source of knowledge and inspiration to keep going. Today I spent some time setting myself up for a few months and getting some macros set up to automate most of the charting effort - plotting carbs, blood glucose, weight loss, etc.
As far as food intake goes, I have dribbled out 12-15 carb drinks all day long, so far up to about 400 calories and 60 carbs. I took my regular basal insulin dose but held off on fast-acting insulin even though my blood sugar was 140 when I got up this morning - I knew from past experience it would probably drop if I didn't intake more than 15 carbs in a wo hour period. And sure enough, it did drop gradually all the way to 95 even with a drink of something every couple of hours.
My first attempt at a protein powder was a bust! My friend Tim gave me a mixed drink of low-sodium V8, green tea, and protein powder last night. I tasted it last night and it was OK, but this morning it just looked like an unappealing lumpy mess. Tried adding some lime juice, no help. Perhaps I shouldn't have premixed it. I will try is again in a day or two. So I threw it out and just had V8 and lime juice instead, a regular drink I have. Later I had some Starbucks Frapuccino Light drinks - surprisingly low in carbs and very tasty slightly frozen (and very little caffeine), and I just tried a V7 Fusion green tea & mango drink that is quite delicious.
Bottom line: I'm a little hungry, a little cold, but getting pumped to do this. I ran a computer projection, and if I am able to keep the liquids to less than 1000 calories a day and keep my activity up to about 2500 calories a day as measured by my bodybugg, I could be out of morbid obesity in a year - maybe even close to a goal weight, though that seems an impossible dream. I've been down this road before with only limited success - but not with a willingness to go all in like this. I'm pretending I'm having a stomach bypass, LOL, or perhaps I'm in one of those expensive mountain clinics.. I am willing to trade the delights of food for a longer life. God help me to do it.
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