Today I received my blood phe test results from some tests i did to monitor the progress of my experiment with intermittent fasting.

I did a blood phe test after waking up just before I normally would eat at 7:58 am  It came back at 12.5 mg/dl

Then I did another blood phe test at 1243 pm at nearly 17 hours fasting and the result came back at 15.2

Then I ate my first meal and then waited and did a 4 hour fast between meals and took another blood phe test at 5 :16 pm. It came back 11.8 mg /dl

I weighed myself , and I had not lost any weight. I took my measurements and I had lost no inches. I had been keeping track of how i was feeling and waiting for it to get easier and it just never did.

I had a blood profile done by my doctor and my muscle enzymes came back elevated indicative of muscle breaking down.

after looking through all my own data and looking into my myself i have decided that this is not for me.   I do not like how it made me feel and i was so god damn hungry and emotional. I hated waiting so long to eat and struggled so hard to get through the morning.

I am honestly glad to be done.  I am shifting my focus back to eating healthier,  more low protein, more fruits and veggies and drink more water and try to do yoga more regularly.  Id like to get my levels under 10 again.  I am not drinking nearly enough water. I maybe drink 1 L a day and i should be drinking 4 or more.

I have a few plant based eating books and facebook groups im looking through to try to get some more meal ideas and give myself some variety.

one of my fellow pku adult bloggers over at PKU Positive has written a meal plan PDF that she is selling online and I hope to get it on my next pay day. I really like her outlook on diet management and being sucessful with out so much low protein and unhealthy foods. I like the sound of plant based and whole fresh food eating but i’ve never been able to do it in a way to stay full , and well i really like my low protein foods LOL

I just know I need to make myself a priority and get healthy again . I need to loose weight an be active and heath for myself and my daughter.