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'Newcastle diet' advice

@paulins I was out today and texted Guy, whom I met at the end of the beach. I ended up doing about 16-17 miles I came back home whacked out. I've got to jump into the shower and wash up. We are having some really warm weather for this time of year. It was in high 70's this afternoon but great for a bike ride. I had my trainer Phil in town and he's really pleased with my progress. I can't wait to lose another 25 lbs. I am focused now..
 
@jack412 I don't know if your note was directed to me, but in any event thanks for the advice. I am eating well and have full fat cream in my coffee and tea all the time. I do breakfast typically with some nice fatty bacon or sausage I just avoid the carbs as much as I can. I had vegetable omelet today with cheese but I skipped the hash browns. They are not part of the plan. Nor did I have the muffin either & trust me I could have murdered it with peanut butter too!
 
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Great to see you so focused - and the weight will come off! I am so envious of the warm sunshine. It is freezing here today and I now have no fat to keep me warm!
 
paulins said:
Great to see you so focused - and the weight will come off! I am so envious of the warm sunshine. It is freezing here today and I now have no fat to keep me warm!
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Its tough at my age as my knees are no longer what they were 40 years ago. Still the warmer weather doesn't harm. My real concern is that some T2 Diabetic friends just won't heed the call of losing weight for the benefit of their families & that makes me sad and mad..
 
@paulins

Its been a week since I've last posted but I am running into a wall of not losing weight. OTOH I had a check up last Sunday morning and I got some good news. In the last 7 weeks I've lost only about 7 lbs or so, but my BP has gone from 111/68 to 94/66 my resting heart rate was a constant 60/minute. The good news is my waist has shrunk from 39" to 37" too but I'm not seeing much in the progression of weight loss. Clearly I can stomach losing another 20-25 lbs but almost that my body doesn't want to give up these pounds? Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you overcome this obstacle?
 
Are you building muscle? You will plateau whilst you are.
 
@Living-by-the-beach - it definitely does slow down and with the exercise comes muscle which is heavier than fat. But keep going and it will start to come off again! It did with me! Such good news about your blood pressure and heart rate - the overall health benefits here are so important aren't they. I am on steroids at the moment and suddenly was 3 lbs heavier for a couple of days, but they disappeared overnight! Must have been fluid retention. They can also make BS levels rise I was advised - and the first day it was 8.4 in the evening which I haven't seen for many months, but back to 4s and 5s again. Our bodies are complex aren't they!
@Andrew Colvin good to hear from you again! You have been my inspiration! I have lost 8st and last HbA1c was 4.5. Off all blood pressure medication. Did I ever say I had a student called Andrew Colvin some years ago?
 
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Hi @paulins

Eight stone! That really is wonderful I have just started (this week) that last 1/2 stone push after holding my weight at 12.5(ish) st for about 3 months. I am really pleased to hear you are doing so great and I hope the steroids aren't for anything too serious. You will now have to start working out how to increase your diet to something that is sustainable. I did it in little increments until I stopped losing and raised my carb and fat levels. How do you intend to do it?

Interesting about your student. Colvin is an uncommon name and it couldn't have been me as I am about 5 months your elder according to your profile. I am sure you were an inspiration to him.

BTW I did an experiment with some left over Halloween cola bottles yesterday - 40 grams of sugar and I was up to 5.2mmol/l at 30 mins (from 5.0) and at 1.25 hour I was down to 4.6 mmol/l So basically no impact. Have you tested yourself yet?
 
Andrew Colvin said:
Hi @paulins

Eight stone! That really is wonderful I have just started (this week) that last 1/2 stone push after holding my weight at 12.5(ish) st for about 3 months. I am really pleased to hear you are doing so great and I hope the steroids aren't for anything too serious. You will now have to start working out how to increase your diet to something that is sustainable. I did it in little increments until I stopped losing and raised my carb and fat levels. How do you intend to do it?

Interesting about your student. Colvin is an uncommon name and it couldn't have been me as I am about 5 months your elder according to your profile. I am sure you were an inspiration to him.

BTW I did an experiment with some left over Halloween cola bottles yesterday - 40 grams of sugar and I was up to 5.2mmol/l at 30 mins (from 5.0) and at 1.25 hour I was down to 4.6 mmol/l So basically no impact. Have you tested yourself yet?
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@Andrew Colvin I am trying hard to sort out the maintenance but dealing with other health issues so absolutely no appetite at the moment! I think that's why I'm still losing weight. I have been having spelt flour bread though and loving it and it makes no impact on my BS levels - we have a fabulous German Konditorei here and my sister bought me some, and now we make it in our bread maker. I am also eating lean meats, nuts for good fats, and avocado, and this week might try something new. The problem is that I am on the steroids so if the levels rise I won't know if it is the new foods or the drugs pushing levels up. The timing is not really good for testing. Interesting abut your name!
 
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I run 5/6 kilometers every day - not yards or metres. Sounds absolutely the right thing to do to get rid of the endocrinologist - I hate smug medics! And your exercise routine also sound just fine. Keep going - that last stone is really hard, but so worth it! I am having to take steroids at the moment as was warned they can push up BS levels, so not really worried that mine are a bit higher for a while. They will come back down. Had a liver scan for something else recently and there is now no fat in my liver. Nearly asked the doctor to do a quick scan of the pancreas while he was at it!
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@paulins I have a further question on your training, did you do any weights at all or basically just running?? As I am principally just cycling. The weight is staying stagnant around 45lbs off but seems that I 'm not going any lower. I've lost 2" off my waist though.. I think I am due for another notch in my waist belt..

JM
 
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paulins said:
Great to see you so focused - and the weight will come off! I am so envious of the warm sunshine. It is freezing here today and I now have no fat to keep me warm!
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@paulins Its been a while since you've last posted. Are you now still running 5-6 Kilometers / day?
 
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Living-by-the-beach said:
@paulins Its been since you've last posted. Are you now still running 5-6 Kilometers / day?
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Yes, in fact am just cooling down from a 6k run! Have now lost 8 st 7 lbs and working hard to stabilise and testing with introducing foods back into my diet. How are you doing?
 
paulins said:
Yes, in fact am just cooling down from a 6k run! Have now lost 8 st 7 lbs and working hard to stabilise and testing with introducing foods back into my diet. How are you doing?
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It's wonderful to see you Paulins. How are you in getting along?

This stopping losing weight is tricky, isn't it?
 
paulins said:
Yes, in fact am just cooling down from a 6k run! Have now lost 8 st 7 lbs and working hard to stabilise and testing with introducing foods back into my diet. How are you doing?
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@paulins

I am happy to say my weight today was 205 lbs / 14st 9lbs. Which sadly isn't much lost (just 2lbs) since the last 6 weeks or so. However on the positive side I joined a better and cheaper gym www.planetfitness.com. It costs all of $14/month on annual basis! The big deal was, I was making do with poorer quality gymnasium, and found Planet Fitness. They've got literally over 100 machines inside their local facility

So on Sunday (after church) I went over for a decent workout. I used about 8-9 different types of exercises and did 3 sets of each exercise. I came out of the gym and my feet felt wonderful for the first time in a very long time! Yea! I think I am getting in front of this diabetes! I just like you just got back from lunch. I have to cycle 6 miles to lunch (chicken salad with balsamic vinegar) and then another 8 miles home. I got off the bike and the feet feel wonderful again! Its very encouraging!

Unsure of my recent stats I know A1C was 6.1 last time checked.
 
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It's wonderful to see you Paulins. How are you in getting along?

This stopping losing weight is tricky, isn't it?
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@AndBreathe are you too exercising every day? I see your A1C looks very healthy at 5.1! I'll get mine checked in the new year. Health insurance payments over here could kill a person! Literally!


JM
 
Just to let you know - my diabetes consultant has said I can consider myself reversed and I am being removed from the Diabetes register. I am to have annual HbA1c blood tests so they can keep an eye on me but he said he is DELIGHTED! Apparently in research terms I am called 'an outlier' - I think this is someone who throws up unusual results in research. But, if that is the case, many of us are outliers as so many have lost lots of weight and now have normal readings.
This has been a hard year and I plan to continue with maintaining the weight loss and avoiding sugar and carbs. And I will keep up the exercise. Last January I could hardly walk without being out of breath. This June I plan to do 10k and split the money between Diabetes research and Breast Cancer research. Folks - it is definitely worth all our hard work.
 
Great results @paulins
Have you kept a record of your journey anywhere so other members who are doing newcastle or planning to do ( Like me ) can get some help and support.
Did you do a the shakes diet.
 
paulins said:
Just to let you know - my diabetes consultant has said I can consider myself reversed and I am being removed from the Diabetes register. I am to have annual HbA1c blood tests so they can keep an eye on me but he said he is DELIGHTED! Apparently in research terms I am called 'an outlier' - I think this is someone who throws up unusual results in research. But, if that is the case, many of us are outliers as so many have lost lots of weight and now have normal readings.
This has been a hard year and I plan to continue with maintaining the weight loss and avoiding sugar and carbs. And I will keep up the exercise. Last January I could hardly walk without being out of breath. This June I plan to do 10k and split the money between Diabetes research and Breast Cancer research. Folks - it is definitely worth all our hard work.
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@paulins

Congratulations! You are an inspiration to our community for grabbing your health back. Outlier? Bar humbug! Why don't these consultants tell their patients the truth? Lose weight & become an older athlete! Most kids when I was young, used to get fun out of bike riding and doing stuff outdoors. Now its all in front of a computer screen. The old ways were the right ways.

I know, I too have done lots of work on becoming an athlete. Essentially I have to have 6 pack abs and the ability to bring my percentage of body fat to around 10-12%. Then my diabetes will disappear from me. I am feeling the neuropathy is lessening in intensity as I become healthier. I saw a friend yesterday that I've not seen a couple of weeks. He had had to have his second leg amputated because of T2 diabetes. That will keep me focused.

JM

PS @paulins I just re-read that you've lost 123 lbs. FANTASTIC! I feel like a wimp as I've only recently joined the 50lbs club as in I've lost 50lbs yet its coming off.
 
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paulins said:
Just to let you know - my diabetes consultant has said I can consider myself reversed and I am being removed from the Diabetes register. I am to have annual HbA1c blood tests so they can keep an eye on me but he said he is DELIGHTED! Apparently in research terms I am called 'an outlier' - I think this is someone who throws up unusual results in research. But, if that is the case, many of us are outliers as so many have lost lots of weight and now have normal readings.
This has been a hard year and I plan to continue with maintaining the weight loss and avoiding sugar and carbs. And I will keep up the exercise. Last January I could hardly walk without being out of breath. This June I plan to do 10k and split the money between Diabetes research and Breast Cancer research. Folks - it is definitely worth all our hard work.
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Paulins - I'm so pleased to hear you continue to do well, and have been considered reversed.

As a matter of interest, what sort of carb levels are you eating these days, and what sort of blood scores do you see, if you still test?

Well. Well done. You should be very proud of your achievements, especially with the bumps in the road you encountered along the way.
 
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