Day 34 - Another check in with the Nutrimost doctors yesterday resulting in some pretty fantastic new. Except for hubby's BMI every other reading is falling in the green or so close to it that one more week should do it. When he started this program his metabolic age was well over 90 (anything over 90 keeps just showing 90) and with yesterday's readings he now has the metabolic age of a 53 year old...he's 54 right now...and with 11 days left they hope to get him in the 30-something age bracket.
Day 35 - Endocronologist Visit (type 2 diabetes). Hubby shocked the heck out of the doctor and nurse when they weighed him in and check his last weight 6 months ago. The doctor was asking questions about the diet he is on as some of these plans that call themselves "homeopathic" actually give you a injection weekly that once you go off them you gain the weight right back. He explained to the doctor about the 44 day start and the remaining phases that we'll be seeing soon. Even the doctor says that it sounds logical and if it works she wants to know more about it on his next visit in 6 months. She looks at his daily blood sugar readings and has seen that they have leveled out to be "normal" without taking any of his medications. She did recommend though that once he gets back into the you can basically eat anything you want phase that he continue with one of his diabetic meds which doesn't let your body absorb the bad sugars to spike the blood sugar. She explained that it would actually help him maintain his weight or even lose some more based on what he was eating.
Last weekend we flew up to Atlanta for a Hops in the Hanger event....yup a beer fest. Hubby was very careful about what he ate and came back 1 pound lighter....even with sampling the beers. I on the other hand gained 5 pounds....my problem is with flying and the fact that all of a sudden my body starts holding so much water to the point that my feet, ankles and even my hands swell. It's not enough that anything hurts but it's just something I've always had to deal with. So after 2 days back now I've only got 0.8 pounds to go and I'll be back to my pre-trip weight.
Potatoes!!!!! So during Phases 1 & 2 you are on this strict diet with absolutely no potatoes, rice, grains, etc. Over the weekend we went out to dinner with our son who ordered french fries and yes, you guessed it....I had 3 french fries. I'm not kidding....3 french fries. They tasted so good but then about 15-30 minutes after eating them all of a sudden I felt bloated, my stomach felt "funky" and by the 45 minutes after all I did was want to curl up and go to sleep. WTF! Literally 3 french fries sent me into a carb coma feeling? But the better question is, what was with the bloated and funky feeling? Well is just so happens that the Nutrimost staff started talking to him about the next phases where they would start reintroducing some oils and foods into his diet. Without him saying anything they mentioned that fact that when he starts eating potatoes again to be prepared for the result. Hubby just laughed and told them about my experience over the weekend and their reply was....yes, even a small about of certain bad carbs will produce that result. They also said that because I was following his diet part and with my reaction to the french fries it was because I too had "detoxed" from the opiates which naturally occur and are found in potatoes and even with the very small portion I had it would hit like a ton of bricks.
So to date.....Hubby and I both love how we are feeling. We both have more energy during the day and we are sleeping longer and more soundly at night. We're both still dropping weight and even with "special events/weekends/etc" we are able to dump any temporary weight gain quickly. I was skeptical when hubby wanted to do this but after 30 days and with the results we've seen I think it was probably one of the very best decisions we've made.
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