The Diabetic Fat Burner

I love real food and so do my blood sugars!
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Bacon, eggs and avocado for breakfast, steak and avocado salad for lunch. So delicious!
Thanks to a low carb ketogenic diet, I get to enjoy nice and stable non-diabetic blood sugars!
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Found a Keto bakery! Couple carbs per treat. The Boston Cream was delicious!
This is the first time in over a year I've had anything like this. Blood sugar didn't budge!
Sugar Daddy's has desserts and breads and snacks that are keto-friendly, 100% gluten-free, and grain-free!
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Felt like pizza today! Almond flour crust, pepperoni, bacon cheese, ham, sausage, jalapenos, and shredded cheese. Also had a keto chocolate cheese cake with 2 net carbs. Soo good!
Replacing my sensor and not having blood sugar readings isn't an issue on keto. Just coasting around in range.
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Sockeye salmon... One of my favourites! Nice and stable blood sugars when the carbs are kept low. Almost 1 year Keto and my health has never been better.
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Loooove these days. Several coffees throughout the morning. Deviled eggs for lunch. Steak, broccoli and cheese for dinner. Nice and stable.
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Steak and eggs for breakfast! With a coffee of course.. Delicious and I know it will keep my blood sugar nice and stable.
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Keto Coconut flour crust pizza! Made two and they were delicious! Nice and flat blood sugars!
1.5 cups shredded mozzarella, 2 tbsp cream cheese for 90 seconds in the microwave. Then mix in 1/3 cup coconut flour and 2 eggs. Kneed together, roll into a circle and bake for 8 mins at 425F. Add your sause (we used Renee's mighty ceaser) cheese and toppings and bake for another 6 mins.
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Craving a sandwich so I made keto bread with an egg, a tablespoon of almond flour and little baking powder, stirred and put in the microwave for a minute. Added eggs, cheese and mayo between the bread.
Nice and stable sugars! :D
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Steak, eggs and a few berries! So good and easy on the blood sugars!
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Gourmet almond flour keto pizza! Soo delicious I ate the entire thing. Nice and stable blood sugars!
Pizza use to make me feel like garbage. Not anymore!
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Keto pancakes! 1/2 cup almond flour, half cup cream cheese, 4 eggs, blended and poured onto a frying pan. Whipped cream sweetened with a little Erythritol and Walden farms sugar free syrup.
Considering how sweet this tasted, it was amazing to watch my blood sugar stay nice and stable!
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Had some delicious wild Alaskan sockeye salmon with broccoli and butter! Nice and stable blood sugars eating like a king! Obviously I had to share my salmon.
Looks like I had a few compression lows during the night! Does anyone else accidentally sleep on their cgm?
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Low carb foot long tacos! :D These were delicious!
1lb grass fed ground beef, half cup of cream cheese, shredded cheese, jalapenos on a lettuce wrap!
Nice and stable blood sugars burning fat rather than carbs!

Halloween candy temptations! I used Halloween as an excuse to make a lb of bacon, buy a Lilly's coconut chocolate bar and a giddy yo bar so I was "less tempted!". Last Halloween I was definitely getting into the skittles. Nice and stable blood sugars this Halloween. So grateful there are such delicious keto friendly alternatives! :D
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Mmm these are so good! Pork rinds have really grown on me, specifically this brand. They allow for super stable blood sugars! Found this big jug at Costco for $10.
Snacking is a habit I'm trying to move away from. I use to be snacking constantly from the time I woke up until I went to bed. Now it's only in the evening if I'm watching a movie or show. Well, if I can't kick the habit at least I'll keep stable blood sugars while doing it.
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Who needs a bun? Even the dessert was low carb! Unsweetened baker's chocolate, cocoa powder, butter, stevia and peanut butter. A home made reeces peanut butter cup.
Blood sugars are nice and stable when the carbs are low! The law of small numbers. :)
If you have any questions about how I manage my type 1 diabetes on a ketogenic diet don't hesitate to reach out.
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Hiking in Ontario during the fall is insanely BEAUTIFUL!
I managed to catch my sugars right before going low with half of a glucose tab and I started snacking on some almonds!
Hiking in beautiful places is a huge passion/ hobby of mine! I used to really struggle controlling my sugars during cardio type stuff like hiking. I would start going low, panic and over eat carbs and end up going way to high. With the roller coaster blood sugars I'd feel like absolute garbage.
Once I started eating a ketogenic diet and my blood sugars became stable I was able to learn exactly how much a glucose tab (4g carbs) raised my blood sugar. Now I rarely over correct lows. Sometimes if I'm lucky I catch them before they happen.
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Isolation tank! 900lbs of salt and the water temperature is matched to your body. Total isolation and relaxation! No sound, no sight, no sense of touch. I made sure my blood sugar was nice and stable and took my dexcom cgm completely off before getting in. (Wasn't sure if the salt would cause any issues)
Stress management is key for any success in life, including diabetes management. The mental health of diabetics can often get over looked as the focus remains on their physical condition. Make sure to find ways to unwind your mind!
What are some of the ways you manage stress?
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Bacon and eggs! Easy on the blood sugars!
One of my favorites! I make sure to have no more than 6grams of carbohydrate in the mornings. Bacon and eggs fits that target nicely.
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Pretty sure I've nailed the chaffle insulin bolus! This Keto brunch was delicious and easy on the blood sugars!
For the "chaffle" bread we used 1/2 cup shredded cheese, 1 large egg, 2 tbsp almond flour, mixed and cooked in the waffle press for 4 mins.
It was nice having something close to a BLT again!
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Thanksgiving Keto style here in Canada! I'm so grateful to get to spend this day and everyday around so many supportive and loving people!
All this protein is nice and easy on the blood sugar! I'll skip dessert and make some Keto chocolate when I get home! A little discipline now will save me the roller coaster later!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
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Steak and eggs for breakfast. Keto brownie for dessert. We googled keto brownie and tried an easy one with 6 ingredients. So delicious. :D
Nice and stable blood sugars too!
Keto was an absolute Game-Changer for my type 1 diabetes management.
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Woke up to see that my Keto tacos were nice to my blood sugars!
On Keto I use regular insulin to cover my protein and have some pretty delicious meals while staying nice and stable!
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Keto Cheesecake! Sooo delicious! Wild caught Alaskan sockeye salmon with jalapenos and baked asparagus.
I love that I can eat a meal like this with a rich dessert and have my blood sugar stay nice and flat. This was my last 24 hours. I had this delicious meal and a few others and stayed in a non-diabetic blood sugar range. Keto makes managing my diabetes much easier and I get to eat like a KING!
For the Cheesecake
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup sweetener
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
For the Crust
1/2 cup almond flour
1 tbsp sweetener
1/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch salt
2 tbsp butter, melted
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Huge bacon pancake Brunch! Super easy on the blood sugars!
1/2 cup almond flour,
4 eggs,
1/2 cup cream cheese
Blended and poured over cooked bacon in a frying pan.
Walden farms maple walnut sugar free syrup on top.
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Figured I'd revisit this book today! What are you guys reading? Any other books that have helped with your lifestyle/ diabetes management that you recommend?
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@ Toronto, Ontario

Fall hiking is my favourite! We found a nice waterfall! Had bacon and eggs this morning and a few almonds on the hike! Being fat adapted makes my blood sugar during hikes much easier to manage.
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Can't seem to get my blood sugar up this afternoon. I've eaten 5 glucose tabs but it keeps pulling down. I was drifting higher a few nights in a row and have required micro adjustments throughout the night.
I've already started writing everything down. Food, exercise, insulin types and amounts. My slow acting might need adjustments.
Bacon is the best comfort food!...
Probably not the best time to have a beer, but as long as I only have one I won't have to worry about the liver not being able to do it's job getting glucose in... And it's only 3 carbs!

OMG a Keto sub! So before I went keto I was obsessed with sandwiches. Seriously obsessed. I ate a sub 5 days a week for years. I loved sandwiches and bread and ate them almost daily... But obviously once I adopted a ketogenic lifestyle my sandwich/ sub consumption dropped off almost entirely. I can't believe I can eat at Mr.Sub again! What a treat! Easy to keep blood sugar nice and stable. There is a Keto substitute for most things but a lot of them require you to make it yourself. This was a nice change!
Unbun makes some delicious buns! Almond flour, egg, psyllium husk, cream of tartar, salt, coconut flour, flax. Soo good!
I've already eaten a glucose tab to address the low blood sugar. If this were regular bread there's no way i'd be having a low.
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Keto meatloaf! I actually didn't like meatloaf growing up but this was insanely good, I couldn't stop eating it. I tried it with mustard, SF ketchup, even SF syrup but I enjoyed it most with avocado mayo!
2lbs grass-fed ground beef, half a cup of cream cheese, cup of shredded cheese, half cup of almond flour, 3 tablespoons of walden farms sugar free ketchup, two organic eggs, tablespoon of oregano, teaspoon of soy sauce, 1/8 cup diced onion, clove of garlic.
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Steak, jalapenos, ceaser salad, asparagus, almonds, and cheese :D ! I ran out of pork rinds so I guess no croutons.
A good meal before a 24 hour fast. Going to do some basal testing over the next few days!
What's everyones Keto meal tonight?
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5km, 25 obstacles and relatively stable blood sugars!
This was my first “truly physical test” since becoming a fat burner and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had to run 5km, up and down hills, with 25 obstacles between me and the finish line. I decided to fast leading up to the event so there were less variables to control. That morning I had two coffees before the race with a tablespoon of MCT oil in each. I was fighting a low that persisted for the first mile or so of the race. Luckily I had glucose tabs, insulin and my CGM receiver in a water proof phone case I lugged through the course with me. I would run up to an obstacle, throw the case down on the ground, do the event, run back and grab it and continue on.
The rest of the race the only change in my blood sugar was a slight rise from 4.2mmol/l to 5.4mmol/l (76mg/dl to 100mg/dl) I started the race with a Simpatch over my transmitter hoping it would keep my transmitter attached. By the end of the race the simpatch had ripped off but the transmitter was still intact. The sensor was in rough shape but it held on.
Without Diabetes this would have been a huge challenge. With Diabetes I was obviously nervous about breaking some of my equipment, losing my transmitter, or having my sensor rip off and not know my blood sugar level. However the biggest worry, unstable blood sugars, was not a problem. What I found interesting was how good and energized I felt. I had been so use to feeling fatigued all the time that the thought of running a race like this with stable blood sugar would have seemed ludicrous 6 months ago. As a type 1 diabetic exercise always came with the risk of causing hypoglycemia. In the past, activity usually meant a crazy drop in blood sugar. It is much easier to manage exercise with a unit or two of rapid insulin.
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@ Kitchener, Ontario

Nice Sunday morning Keto breakfast! Bacon, eggs, kimchi, Vit D3 and magnesium.
Blood sugar stability has never felt so sweet!
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This book was incredibly helpful in learning how to properly manage my Type 1 Diabetes!
This book discusses what the Ketogenic diet is and how it helps control blood sugar. It talks about what to eat and what not to. Tips for avoiding high carb favorites, cooking and dining out. How to manage blood sugar on the diet, the role of exercise and how stress affects blood sugar. It talks about alcohol consumption on the diet as well as ketone supplementation.
After two decades of blood sugars 4 or 5 times higher than they should be, my body couldn't handle anymore abuse. I needed an immediate health intervention and this book helped get me on the right track!
I talked about this book and many others on my website at TheDiabeticFatBurner.com