Celebrating recent labs!

[u/h4rpwn]

I'll try not to make this too long, but I wanted to share a HUGE win today! I just got results back from today's blood draw at the VA and I'm absolutely over the moon!! I really just wanted someone to celebrate with...

Quick overshare for context: I first started getting into fasting and keto diet right around the COVID shutdown in 2020, mainly as a way to control my blood sugars and control my weight (I'm a Type 1 Diabetic on an insulin pump.) I was having a ton of success with it, and doing daily OMAD with 2 and 3 day fasts once a month. Numbers were great, weight was great, and I had everything dialed in pretty good. Then I lost my business in 2024 and fell into a pretty deep depression. Almost got divorced, started drinking heavily, my diet was terrible, and I pretty much just shut down. I ballooned up to the fattest I've ever been, and I was starting to have all kinds of health problems.

In July, after some counseling, some spiritual work, and deciding I wasn't going to continue killing myself slowly, I decided to jump back on the fasting/keto wagon. Did some baseline labs on July 13th, and then started doing 20:4 daily fasts, weekly 42h fasts, and I even got a 140hour fast in about 3 weeks ago! Here are the lab results from today, side by side with my July numbers. This is so encouraging for me, and I hope someone is encouraged for their journey as well! I actually can't wait to go talk to my doc next week, because these numbers are without my blood pressure meds, and without a statin! My daily insulin is down from over 100 units / day to like 25 units!

Still got a little work to do in a few spots--I'm on a quest to see my abs again and get to my HS wrestling weight (178), but at this rate, I'm hoping to be there by Christmas!

Thanks for letting me share, y'all! God bless!

	Target	July	Today
Weight	<200 lbs.	250 lbs.	196.3 lbs
Blood pressure	120/80	150-165 / 95-101	112 / 71
Hemoglobin A1C	<6.5%	8.1%	6.3%
Total Cholesterol	<200 mg/dl	259.0 mg/dl	195.6 mg/dl
LDL (bad cholest)	<100 mg/dl	166 mg/dl	114 mg/dl
HDL (good cholest)	>60 mg/dl	37 mg/dl	65 mg/dl
Triglycerides	<160 mg/dl	251.0 mg/dl	83 mg/dl
TSH (Thyroid)	<4.2 uIU/mL	10.5	3.37 uIU/mL

[u/Neat_Interaction1253]

Those triglyceride and A1C swings are wild in the best way. 140 hour fast while managing type 1 is no joke either, the insulin drop alone tells the whole story. Keep chasing 178, you're closer than you think.

[u/h4rpwn → u/Neat_Interaction1253]

Thank you! Yeah I'm really going to have to try and be humble at the doc's next week--she practically scolded me in July for saying I was going off my statin to get a baseline. She said "as long as you agree to go back on it when you come back in 3 months and your numbers are all over the place!" LOL.

Thank you for the encouragement! 👊

[u/Manifestecstacy]

Congratulations!

[u/Brave_Initial_334]

I’m so proud of you! You’ve turned it all around. 2024 you would be proud.