Hi,
@Tannith .
I am not so sure about 'awful warning' , but I do believe anyone following the Newcastle diet method needs to be aware that the calorie restriction phase is only a very small part of it and not a one off miracle cure. I regained just under half the weight I had lost in the three years following ND. During this time I was ill, and needed two major surgical procedures, depended on others to provide meals for over a year. Immobile for much of that time. I did find that I was able to eat high carb food without spiking blood glucose, but of course there was the weight gain.
Around 3 years ago, I found out about low carb method, and have maintained good BG levels until recently. My weight has remained fairly stable low carbing with a plus / minus 5-6 kg, until recently. Gains have generally been after steroid meds, which I have needed 3 or 4 times a year. Since January I have needed higher dose than previously of steroids on 2 occasions. The most recent was in May, and I have had problems with erratic BG levels since then. I gained around 7 kg in a month, but lost them with an extra 4kg with a combination of Very Low Calorie Diet, fasting, and keeping to low carb eating. I was seeing double figure BG levels immediately after the steroids. That improved after the weight loss, but I still have higher fasting levels than I would like, and last week, when I was ill again, some more double figures. Weight loss has stalled again.
I do have several other medical conditions, some give more problems than my diabetes has to date. Whatever is giving the more troublesome symptoms at any time has to be given the most attention. Lately that has been the allergic responses, requiring steroids, and the lymphoedema, causing swelling and pain. If they cause weight gain and higher BG levels then managing diabetes takes priority when I have stabilised the other symptoms.
Regarding exceeding Personal Fat Threshold, it could be that I have, though getting below that is not simple. I do think the PFT is not set in stone and alters for all sorts of reasons, such as ageing. There are several members here, who, like me, appear to struggle, regardless of method or methods they choose, to lose weight. Not naming anyone, they know who they are, but are often humiliated by HCPs and others, who blame them. Criticism just flows off me now, and I accept I am never going to be slim, but work on staying as well as I can be.