Ketogenic....I thought I was, but I think now I was not.

In my last post I was completely frustrated and it got worse before it got better!  I was additionally becoming frustrated because my BG numbers were creeping back up...I tried to figure out what was going wrong with me.
I realized that with that big scary triglyceride number I started to eat less fat and more lean proteins.  The power of fear is amazing...that shadow of a doubt that can derail you... But I was so low carb, even though I was eating less fat...somehow that protein was making my glucose readings worse and I could see that my A1C was going to be worse at my next Dr. visit not better.
The other day I was on my Kindle...in the book store on my kindle and not sure what I was even looking for...ANSWERS...I knew I was looking for answers but how do you search that?
The book store always puts recommendations at the top based on books you have purchased and things you search for and there was a recommendation for KETO Clarity by Jimmy Moore and Dr. Eric Westman.  I read the blurbby thing that says what the book is about and thought "What the heck" and downloaded it.

http://www.amazon.com/Keto-Clarity-Definitive-Benefits-Low-Carb/dp/1628600071

After reading a the intro/forwards and a few chapters the light bulb went off.  TOO MUCH PROTEIN!!
DOH!
Freakin' Glyconeogenesis!  My body was turning my proteins into GLUCOSE because I'm NOT in ketosis, though I thought I was, I'm still burning glucose for fuel not ketones.  DAMNIT!
And shame on me for backsliding!  I read in Wheat Belly that I should be eating a high percentage of fat, but maybe all the books I've read since then muddled me and caused me to waver.  The light bulb hadn't really clicked with me on how to get into ketosis with that book, I mean that really wasn't the point.  It made me give up all grain which was the point now wasn't it?  So that's why I had a eureka moment with this book...it all came clear!  All the pieces to the puzzle fell into place...  Like a ton of bricks!  Like a slap to the forehead!
 I had an answer, a solution and a guide!   (clouds parted, rays of sun shown down, angels were singing).  I started right away by cutting the carbs to as 0 as I can, cutting the protein way down and upping the FAT!  And the first day after doing that I already saw dramatic results...BGs like 100, 101, 105.... Where they had been 120, 122, 125....and that's just the first day.  My goal is to get a reading below 100 which I have failed to do since my April diagnosis when I started testing.

The best thing about this is that I have hope again and I have a path.  The low carb served me well in getting my A1C down to 6.6 but I want sub 5!
I want off meds completely.  I want to dump excess weight.
So bacon and cream cheese, beef and mayonnaise, butter and egg yolks, avocado and cheddar cheese...
Challenge accepted.

I really want a ketone tester and thinking about the ketone breath tester...  I have to make sure I get into ketosis and stay there!

and I want to send out a big FU to our government for the guidelines they send out year after year that are killing our population.  I'd like to tell them where they can shove their "Healthy Whole Grain".

Frustrated- Depressed

On follow-up with my doctor I had more blood work done.  Turns out I lowered my A1C to 6.6 from 9.1.
That's so great!  Yeah, but my triglycerides are over 500 now.  WTF??
So....I hadn't even had a chance to celebrate my A1C and I now was angry with a pit in my stomach about my triglycerides.  Doctor prescribed new meds for that.  I'm not taking them.
I am reducing my red meat intake and started doing more cardio at the gym which I had cut out in order to do more strength training.  I'm trying to do 30 minutes of elliptical and 30 to 45 minutes of strength training now.
The other BAD news was that despite the super low carb diet...and we're talking ketogenic here...and going to the gym...I lost NO weight.  Never have I ever made so many dietary and lifestyle sacrifices/changes for so little reward.  I'm not scoffing at my lower A1C but I know much of my problems would vanish if I could just lose 20 pounds.
And it seemed like the moment my Dr.s appointment was over I started getting really high fasting blood sugar readings again.  I mean, I already had a pretty bad case of Dawn Phenom but this is worse...like 50-60 points higher than usual worse.

Differences in my diet since the Dr. are these:
Less red meat, more chicken/fish and trying to cut back quantities even further....
could that be raising my BG levels?

Thinking it may be stress or sleep related I started taking Holy Basil to lower stress and thus cortisol levels... which is great and this morning my numbers are still high, but down from yesterday by almost 20 points.  This might be a random reading and may go up tomorrow.  But while writing this I realize it could also be that I'm trying to eat less fat and less food in general in response to not losing weight and the high tri-Gs.

So I just cant seem to find any resources for people with Hypothyroid AND Diabetes to lose some weight.  Maybe because it can't be achieved.  Maybe I have to spend 10 hours a week exercising instead of 5.
Maybe I can get liposuction and have a good excuse for it.

So my Thyroid meds got upped but they don't seem to be doing anything for my metabolism and neither is any of this exercise.

If anyone can help me, feel free to reach out.