The irony of cells starving for food while being surrounded by it (Glucose).
Try smaller, more frequent meals that do not have excessive carbs, especially simple carbs, except a piece of fruit at breakfast or after significant exercise, relative to your weight. In other words, try to avoid spiking your glucose levels with the goal to improve your insulin tolerance. Drink plenty of water such that your urine is light yellow and consider lightening up on proteins for your kidneys. The calorie shortfall of the above diet has to be made up by fats, so choose goods fats, such as grapeseed and olive oil. Regular exercise, in my opinion, is a fundamental part of maintaining endocrine health, which is adversely affected by high glucose levels.
I experienced insulin intolerance a while back with me feeling sleepy after a meal. Not a good situation for a truck driver. I also noted that when I peed, bubbles would form, indicating sugar and or protein, as in approaching or reaching type 2 diabetes and or kidney disease. I started a diet of 40% carbs, mostly vegetables, 40% fat, and 20% protein with a 500 calorie deficit per day. I also now regularly walk or bike 10 km, sometimes on consecutive days. My meals are 400 calories each, spaced 4 hours apart. On days I exercise significantly, I allow an extra 400 calorie meal or more, depending on how hard I work. No meals within two hours of bedtime or within two hours of last meal.
After the first 24 hours of this, my energy increased. After four weeks, my urine no longer bubbles. I have become more aggressive, which has been noted by several around me, probably indicating increased testosterone, an indicator of endocrine health. My cravings for food were the worst the first day of my diet, but have since subsided to more reasonable levels. I plan to cycle this diet plan according to four weeks on, two weeks off at calorie maintenance levels to help preserve muscle mass and immune system health. I have found that sardines in oil and peanut butter now have very high satiety as a result of my diet and exercise plan. As an example, I can only eat about a third of a flat tin of sardines before feeling full.
While I will not lift heavy on a diet or voluntarily exercise in marathon amounts, I guess my capacity is about 15% less when I had to push things because of work. I only started feeling weak when my rolling calorie deficit for the day exceeded 1000 calories. Other than what was previously mentioned, I have no adverse effects to report.
Hope my experience can help you.
