Re: "Newcastle" Diet
Well done Frances! And I'm glad your GP is cooperating too!
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Well done Frances! And I'm glad your GP is cooperating too!
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FrancesB said:Update:
So I had a late breakfast, and have been drinking plenty of water.
Off topic, I recently bought some silicon egg poaching things, and they are rubbish! I had to scrape my egg out, and it ended up a combination of rubbery and snotty. Next time I'll poach the old-fashioned way!
My BG reading for the day is: 11.8.
Onward!
Frances x
youngmanfrank said:I sometimes hesitate before posting here,but I would like to offer support and advice based on my experiences.
I did the Newcastle Diet in 2011,finishing in early November.Prior to the diet I was a full blown type 2 with fasting bloods averaging in the mid 7's and an HbA1c to match.Weight had declined from 16.5 stones to 13.5 stones but was going back the other way and when I started I was nearly 14 stone even on 3xMetformin per day.
On completion of the diet I weighed 12 stone,which I still am today.HbA1c since then have been 38,39 and then stabilized at 40.I am off all pills and and special foods/diets,I just try to consume about 2000 calories a day to balance energy in with energy out.Fasting bloods vary normally between 5.2 and 5.6 ie mid 5's.
In my opinion (as someone who has actually completed the diet) you must follow the Slimfast/Optislim/Optifast route as attempts to make up your own diet diverge from the original experiment.To this you can add the recommended salad type vegetables as per original Newcastle suggestions.My twist on the diet is to combine it with exercise.This prevents the body "shutting down" and wasting muscle and lowering the rate of metabolic activity to conserve fat,which is normally the argument against starvation diets.
At the moment I have been described (by a consultant) as being "in remission".My diabetic nurse,in whom I have great faith,simply said after my recent annual review that possibly I would always have a tendency towards diabetes but if I continue with my current lifestyle of avoiding excess food consumption and exercising daily she sees no reason why I cannot maintain natural control over my blood sugars.
I hope this gives you some encouragement that the effort you are making does have some chance of succeeding in at least some cases.
FrancesB said:Morning all
youngmanfrank: Thank you so much for the encouragement and for sharing your experience. In the days to come I'll be looking back at your post here time and again, and it'll help me ignore the temptation to cheat on myself.
Although I added the fish yesterday, I am keeping within 600 cals per day (including the shakes as they're 230 each). Also, very penniless this first week, so I'm limited to what's in my fridge and cupboards. I'll move on to the fresh veg once I have some money.
Real exercise is a difficulty too right now. I take my dogs out every day, but I have a meniscal tear in my knee which is slowly healing (and I mean slowly). Yes... I am very unlucky. My doctor and I established that years ago Hopefully, next week I'll be able to go swimming regularly, which will probably help.
I'm not too concerned about my BG readings atm, given that a couple of weeks ago, they were hitting 14 - 17 fasting. I think it's an amazing improvement to be in single figures after eating, and I intend to give it at least three weeks before I worry if they haven't dropped to normal levels. My doctor will have input here, I'm sure.
Oh, and DaveNN: I'm such an idiot! Thanks for the tip, although I won't be eating eggs very often anyway (they're nearly 100 cals each!). Good luck with your diet. It's very challenging to stay within the calorie limit, shakes or not. If you ever feel like falling off the wagon again, don't hesitate to lean on me/this board first
Peter, thank you for the offer - I've sent you a pm.
Ok... onward with day six.
That's all folks!
Frances x
NICKY1966 said:I went on a simular diet to this 18 months ago.600 calories. Just low fat yogurts for 8 weeks. I managed to lose 3 stone ,. I have now lost 6 1/2 by eating properly but much less , low fat low sugar. It is brilliant instead of having 5 injection a day i now have 2 and my blood sugar is really good. The insulin has gone from 60 and 50 in the morning to 10. and 90 at night to 18. I can't thank my diabetic doctor enough.