So last weekend I set out to fast the 18th and 19th. It ended up only being the 18th.
I spent the day just drinking water but by 10 am after dropping Will off and taking Georgie for hike at our favorite park I had a splitting headache. I didn’t eat anything but my day was spent on the sofa reading and watching movies because I had zero energy to do anything. By night fall I was ready to start in on my own limbs. I ate some tacos for dinner (as planned) and in about 30 min the headache was gone and I was a bit more sane.
I just couldn’t face another day of headaches and zero energy so I did not fast the 19th.
I think that the lesson here is the blood sugar always wins and that not eating is not the way to gain control over your eating, at least not for me. But now I can say I have fasted (big whoop).
In other news, I went into see my Dr about all the tummy troubles I have been having and we agreed that I should go to the allergist and get checked out for food allergies. About 2 (3?) weeks ago one of the heirloom tomatoes we grew tried to kill me. Even though I have eaten tomatoes for years I was sensitive to them as a kid and based on this and my reaction the other week my Dr. advises I not eat them. On the one hand I am way bummed, I LOVE tomatoes, tomato sauce and most of all KETCHUP! Can you imagine, no ketchup on your french fries! Ignoring the fact that I am not supposed to being eating those anyway. On the other hand I will just have to make more pesto, oh darn. We will see how this plays out, I think Mexican food will be the hardest as I LOOOOOOOOVE salsa, but really I just want to feel good again. I am actually kinda looking forward to the allergy test results.
I am also going in to get my Glucose Tolerance and kidney’s tested as a precursor to maybe starting Metformin.
So while the fasting didn’t really give me much incite on anything but feeling hungry I think things are more on the road to getting more under control.
