From mid June until Mid August (ish) I did a real food Newcastle Diet. ( It wasn't 100% perfect but Prof Taylor says the weight loss is what matters, not how quickly, although the sudden calorie deficit is what helps to rid the liver of its fat.)
I had already lost a stone in weight (by LCHF) before beginning ND and then lost a further 16 lbs during ND, taking my weight loss so far to 30lb which is about 18% of my body weight and my BMI is now 24.
During the ND, my FBGs came down to low 5s and I stopped getting the rise (liver dump) in them after waking. My pre-meal BGs were also low 5s and often into the 4s, sometimes towards the lower end. I was, understandably, thrilled. I was disappointed that I was still reacting to carbs and that ND hadn't been a 'cure' for me but I was going to have a few weeks off and then try a few more weeks of ND to try to shift the rest of the abdominal fat. My own GP had warned me that weight loss may not have a huge impact on my diabetes because I did not a huge amount of weight to lose (BMI at diagnosis was 28).
Since I have finished ND 3 weeks ago, I have been doing LCHF and have only put half a pound back on so can't have increased fat around my liver, yet my FBGs and pre-meal BGs have gone back up, although not (yet) as high as before doing ND. FBGs have been gradually rising into high 5s and are now often into 6s. This morning was 6.3 with a rise to 6.8 before breakfast.
During ND I kept my diet as similar to normal as possible so was eating low fat yoghurt with berries for breakfast (now full fat with nuts), perhaps salmon with veg for dinner (now with butter), maybe a couple of ryvita crackerbread with lf soft cheese and tomatoes etc for lunch (now home made low carb almond crackers and pate). I would say that I was eating more carbs during ND (as a lot of low cal things are higher in carbs) compared with now.
I just don't understand what has happened and why my FBGs and pre-meal BG have gone back up. To say I am disappointed is an understatement; I was almost in tears this morning to see that my pre-breakfast BG was almost 7. I understand that the meter is not completely accurate but there is a definite pattern of increase since stopping ND.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.