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For the past two weeks, I’ve had a Continuous Glucose Monitor on the back of my arm.

My blood sugar is within normal range. The reason I'm wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) is because I believe in data demonstrating personal responses over dogma. I know what the textbooks say should happen. But I wanted to know what actually happens inside my own body in real-time.

I thought I had a pretty good handle on things. I was wrong.

What I've learned in just two weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. It has changed how I think about food, timing, and what "healthy" truly means. Here are a few of the plot twists:

My Metabolism Works Backwards.

Textbook physiology says we're most insulin-sensitive in the morning. Our blood sugar response should be better earlier in the day.

My body's response? The complete opposite. A simple cup of cottage cheese with one peach for breakfast sends my blood sugar on a surprising spike. But for dinner, I can eat chicken, vegetables, and a serving of rice, and see nothing but a gentle, rolling wave. My body is clearly primed for carbs in the evening, not the morning. I would have never known.

My Blood Sugar Spikes are Lightning Fast.

We're taught that blood sugar typically hits its highest point about 60 minutes after a meal.

My personal data shows my peak is almost always at the 30-45 minute mark. By the one-hour point, I'm well on my way back down. This is a huge deal. It means that a standard lab test, where they check your blood at the 1-hour and 2-hour marks, would have missed my peak entirely. The only way to see this is with a CGM.

A "Healthy" Peach Spikes Me More Than Cake.

This one broke my brain a little. A single, "virtuous" peach eaten after a small protein-rich lunch causes a sharper spike than a generous slice of birthday cake after dinner with a glass of wine. Is it the timing? Is it the fat in the cake slowing things down? Is it the wine? The investigation continues.

The Unexpected Heroes.

I also found two simple, almost laughably easy "hacks" that made a measurable difference.

• Vinegar: One tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in water before my cottage cheese and peach significantly blunted the spike. It acted like a metabolic brake pad.
• Water: When I noticed my glucose levels rising during a busy afternoon, a big glass of water brought them back down. Simple hydration.

My biggest takeaway from this whole experience is this: your body is unique. It is sending you signals all day long, but you can't hear them.

Without this data, I would have kept eating that "healthy" breakfast, thinking I was doing the right thing, while unknowingly starting my day on a blood sugar rollercoaster.

This level of personalization—this ability to finally learn your body's unique responses—is exactly why I built the CGM component into my new founder's program, The 6-Week Metabolic Reset.

If you are tired of guessing and want to start knowing, if you are ready to get the real data and build a plan that works for your body, I invite you to learn more about the program.

I can't wait to help you discover what your body is trying to tell you.

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I'll be in touch in two weeks, take care!

Olga