Horse flies and histamines don't good bed fellows make. With updates 83.7kgs

 Monday 83.7kgs

It doesn't take a genius to work out that I weighed this morning!  I am going through a bit of a crisis in the last 3 days and so I need to weigh to keep and eye on things.  83.7kgs is ok considering what happened yesterday.

On Saturday I was fasting all day and in the afternoon we went out for a walk in the woods and got caught in a storm and got soaked.  Also I got stung on the right elbow by a horse fly.  It was really painful and as the night wore on it became more and more swollen and inflamed and hot and painful.  I didn't sleep well and when I woke up on Sunday morning it was in a right mess.  I tried icing it but that didn't really work.  In the end I took an anti-histamine tablet, even though I know they have a very negative effect on me, making me feel sleepy and horrible.  I was supposed to break my fast at 2pm but at 1pm I felt dreadful.  I was shaky, mushy headed, very sleepy and felt really, really unwell.  In the end I decided to eat.  I had done a ketostick and I was well into ketosis.  Thinking back I should have done my blood sugar but I couldn't think straight so I didn't.  I ate Bacon and eggs for lunch.  I had a large portion and ate it all but I still felt unwell.  I was shaky and feeling terrible.  In the end I went to bed and slept immediately for about an hour until Mike came back from cycling and woke me.  I still felt very unwell and so rather stupidly I ate a huge amount of those little cheese biscuits that mum gave me to bring back.  I just couldn't stop eating them and probably ate half of the pack.  I still felt unwell.  I took my blood sugar at about 6pm and I was shocked to see that it was 4.5.  Considering how much I had eaten I was surprised.  We had dinner which was a kind of cauliflower and pasta cheese bake with some bacon, and I had a steak with mine.  I didn't have a huge portion and I left half of the steak.  I still felt unwell after eating that and all I wanted to do was to lie down and go to sleep.  I took my Blood sugar again at 10pm just before bed and it was 7.  Now that didn't surprise me at all.  I really regret not doing it in the morning before I broke my fast because it might have explained how really dreadful I felt.  It could have been the anti-histamine but of course we will never know.

This morning I have got up and I still feel shaky and very, very tired.  It took all my energy to get out of bed.  I have just done my BS and it is 6.6 which is unusual for me.  Today is supposed to be a fasting day for me.  We plan to go out for a bike ride this afternoon.  I am wondering if I should change today and do it as a high fat, high protein day instead and not to fast.  Am I making up excuses?  What if I say to myself 'OK, you can eat anything and as much as you want of meat only today.  No fasting, no restriction, just no carbs, only meat'.  I am going to throw away all the little biscuits I binged on yesterday and so there is no temptation in the house.    I will keep going for as long as I can this morning and if I still feel unwell and shaky later I will eat.  This has to be doable.  I can fast all day tomorrow if I need to.  I need to get today done in the best way possible for me.  I really do hate this feeling of shakyness and weakness.  I might try a little walk and see if that makes it go away.  If I had my way I would go back to bed and stay there for the rest of the day.  Next time I pee I must do a ketostik and just see how far up my ketones have gone.

So at the moment there is no plan for today apart from taking it hour by hour and adjusting as necessary.  I must never, ever take an anti-histamine again.

Today I am grateful for

This blog which keeps me analysing and working my way forward.

My brain which is always researching and looking for the answers to the questions.

The internet which allows me to do both of the above.

UPDATE

It's now 12 midday and I have definately decided to eat today.  I will low carb but eat plenty, when and where I want.  I won't eat junk but I will eat as and when.  I still feel below par but we have to go out cycling this afternoon as the weather is changing tomorrow.  I am fitting this WOE around my life and atm my life says no rolling 42 today.  

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is August 1st and I am going to do Rolling 42's for August.  There is a group on FB doing this and I am joining them.  The plan is to fast Monday, Wednesday and Friday and then IF on Saturday and Sunday.  I can do this.  It may get a bit wobbly when Becky and Ollie are here but I will try my best.  They really do not need to know the details and most of the time they cook for themselves so that suits me fine.  I might even have a plan to eat my meals out in the MH unless we are out for food somewhere.

Today is another day and I am doing well.  I will update when we get back from our ride.

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