Feeling funny after diet change?
Hi - a brief back story, I was diagnosed as pre diabetic so long ago, I cannot even remember when! It was at least 18 years ago. Sadly I ignored this, continued eating absolute garbage constantly and of course it got worse and turned into full blown diabetes eventually. The last 14 or so months, I made a drastic change to my diet - I mean going from eating anything I wanted like donuts, pizza, fast food you name it, to watching my carbs and cutting out flour and sugar. I would say now I get no more than 75 grams of carbs per day. And I typically dont go over 25 grams in a meal. I also have one protein snack with a smaller amount of carbs between lunch and dinner. So my question is, has anyone drastically changed their diet and just felt funny at times? It almost feels like a low blood sugar but I have worn CGM in the past and always check my number with a finger poke, and it is not low sugar. The only answer I can come up with (doctor looks at me like I am crazy when I asked) is that after a lifetime of poor eating and heavy carbs, my body is taking a while to adjust to this new way of eating. I am getting plenty of calories, but not too many as I have been able to drop about 50 lbs so far. My A1C is now in the pre diabetes range again, close to normal. Would love to hear others experiences.