could cgm (continuous glucose monitoring) help me improve my relationship with food?

[Judy2]

hi there:)

i hope this question doesn't sound all too stupid or naive...but i've been wondering if it might be worth a try to buy a blood glucose monitor and try it out for a few days to help me get a better feel for what my body's energy needs are. 

while i do know a lot about nutrition, i am struggling with food for emotional reasons and have difficulty understanding my fullness and satiety cues. 

buying a blood glucose monitor is quite a financial investment, but perhaps it might be worth it if it helps me get a better feel for what my body needs (when, how much, which combination of macronutrients). i don't plan on becoming obsessive about it, it might just be a useful tool to assist me in becoming more intuitive about my relationship with food again, and i don't plan on needing the monitor in the long term...trying it for a few weeks, though, could help me understand a few things about my intake and how it affects my mood and energy levels throughout the day. if i see a curve on paper, i could possibly match it with my intake at different times of the day and see how this affects my subjectively felt experience as well, then draw some useful conclusions based on that. i could totally do that without a blood sugar curve, but perhaps it's useful to have one nonetheless...kind of like counting the days of my cycle because then i know where i am at with my mood, hormones, and energy levels. 

 

...i'm curious to hear if you have any thoughts on this....if this is a silly idea or if there might be something to it:)  

apologies if this is stupid<3

Edited 12 hours ago by Judy2

[Salvijus]

I've been doing keto diet since few months. Best decision of my life. But it's difficult in the beginning to brake the patterns.