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Re: DIAGNOSED LAST WEEK SEEN GP SHE SAID DONT MONITOR WITH M Hi Well I would ignore the nurse, continue to test that is the only way to work out what you can eat & portion sizes that don't cause you a problem! She is right you can eat most things in small portions, but to be honest stuff...

My bg this morning was 7.1, higher than last night, so will continue to monitor regularly to see effects of food on me over next few weeks. Hope that I will gradually work out what I can eat & not & quantities.

Hi Gezzathorpe, Looking back prior to diagnosis I had symtoms for at least 18 months before without putting them together as diabetese, getting up in the night increasingly to go to the toilet at night, drinking more & thirst, falling asleep after meals, feeling more & more lethargic...

Quick update Had a Chinese take away tonight, a treat!!! :) Tested my BG just over 2 hours after meal 6.9 obviously higher reading than they have been on the diet but still pretty pleased with it, as had pretty large meal, rice, sweet & sour chicken, duck with pineapple & ginger & chilli beef...

Hi Nomistheman, I used some build up at the start & some complan but finally settlled into just using optifast, the soup is ok but actually like the taste of the shakes, vanila & strawberry, didn't try the chocolate as hate chocolate drinks! Yes all reports I read was that optifast was only...

Last day of my diet was yesterday, total weight lost 30lb down from 12st 9 to 10st 7, feeling great for the weight loss & exercise seems to be really working well, average bg from my meter 3 months is 4.7. Had a celebration breakfast this morning bacon, eggs, tomato's, mushrooms, potatoe farl...

Great Start Murph I am finishing my Newcastle diet today after 8 weeks, has been hard at times, especially with social occasions, but apart from that I have found it relatively easy to stick to! I have also included as much exercise as I can, it has really helped me, swimming has been good &...

Hi Lessci Don't be disheartened your weight loss is good, it will take time, but it does take will power. I'm finishing my Newcastle diet today after 8 weeks, I have lost 30lb taking me from 12st 9 to 10st 7, I'm 5ft 6 1/2, my bg when diagnosed in January was 28 & I was really feelng very...

Hi ARG, I'm doing the Newcastle diet, the eight weeks will be over Tuesday, so far I have lost 29lb, down from 12st 9 to 10st 8, my bg prior to starting the diet were regularly over 8 in the morning & went occasions during the day to 13, but normally in the range 6.6 to 9, after 2 weeks on the...

I did see a couple of blogs, I'm hoping that once I start eating more calories after the diet I will be able to build muscles back to the levels I want them to be, my legs have muscled up a bit with some heavy weights so when I start working the rest of my body I hope not to have any problems.

Hi Murph, I was 12st 9 when I started weighed 10st 10 this morning but was 13st 9 this time last year, lost a stone before Christmas & being diagnosed. The weight loss has slowed in the last 10 days I was loosing about 4 1/2 lbs a week but now seems to have slowed to about 2lb a week, I was...

Hi Cara / Murph, I'm in my last week of 8 now, starting to really count down the days :) I have stuck ridgidly to the diet no dairy products, meat, fish, beats, pulses etc. I'm not sure additional vitamins are required, I have used optifast & my GP after looking at the ingredients decided...

Hi Janeece, Plan to go back to eating a normal diet, will probably use the 5 2 diet to help ensure I don't put weight back on, but am looking foward to eating normal food most of the time. Best Mark

Hi Murph, I tend to eat all the veg as an evening neal, 250gm is not a lot to spread through the day!! It is possible to print out te diet & results of the research from http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/di ... versal.htm My GP had not heard of the diet when I first saw him, but I provided...

Hi Murph, I have 8 days left on the Newcastle diet & counting down, like you I am type 2, 5ft 6 1/2 but slightly older 49 & diagnosed in January this year, although probably type 2 for at least 18 months before that. When diagnosed I was 12st 10 but was 13st 9 last summer,I struggled to take...