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So here's my question if anyone has any advice. If I know I'm going to have an extra calorie spend, is it better to tough it out, or is it better to eat a little extra? I'm going later today to help clean up an area that was hit by a tornado, and I'm wondering if I should add some extra...

Week 4 Summary: Weight loss: .7kg (5.3kg total) Fasting Glucose: 6.6 up from 6.0 last week Meds: Metformin 2x1000 Blood Pressure: 120/80 Observations: It's been a rough week. We had tornadoes near me resulting in a multi-day power outage, and a lot of stress. My eating has not been up to...

I'm assuming courgette is zucchini. I'm eating a ton of these lately. Mainly I'm using a spiralizer, and either making "noodle" stir-fry, or "noodle" soup out of it. I like the sound of the OP recipe. I will probably give it a try sometime.

I can relate. If I'm focused on it, I talk about it a lot. If I'm not focused on it, it's hard not to slide down a slippery-slope into old behaviors. That's one of the reasons I come here. I can "talk" about it all I want to like-minded people, and I can "listen" to other peoples experiences...

Absolutely. I have a lot of time to work it out, but I see it as absolutely critical to long-term success. I expect to be eating low-carb...maybe not keto low, but low. I expect to bump the calories up on successive weeks until I find the right level to maintain weight. Even though this...

Week 3 Summary: Weight loss: 0.1 kg (4.6 total) Fasting Glucose: 6.0 up from 5.4 last week Meds: Metformin 2x1000 Blood Pressure: 120/80 average Observations: I let my focus slip, and lost pretty much all the gains for the week in 2 days. Weight still dropped a hair, but BG hasn't...

Day 19: September 15, 2018 Weight: 80.6 kg FBG: 8.1 I've been putting off writing these updates. In a nutshell, days 17 and 18 were a bit of a mess. Day 17 was a planned deviation from the diet due to a full day work event. It was much worse than anticipated. Pretty much all the food...

I have not but I will. Thanks for the tip. To be honest though, I find the zucchini pretty satisfactory.

Personally, I wouldn't even consider a low-calorie diet like ND if I was underweight. When I started, my BMI put me in the low-end of the range that they accepted into the Newcastle study, so I was a little worried about the amount of weight loss I might have. It took some reading and some...

Breakfast sandwich is probably my favorite food item in the world. So far I have tried "cloud bread", and english muffins made primarily from almond meal as substitutes. The english muffin is pretty high calorie but is an excellent substitute. It can be made in minutes in the microwave...

I'm a big fan of pho (vietnamese noodle soup), but given how much carb is in it, and the fact that I'm 2 weeks into a Newcastle diet, this is what I came up with as an acceptable alternative. The key is spiralized zucchini as the noodle substitute. The texture is not quite rice noodle, but it...

Week 2 Summary: Weight loss: 1.2 kg (4.5 total) Fasting Glucose: 5.4 down from 7.2 last week Meds: I went back on metformin this week and am still on 2x1000 mg. Blood Pressure: 120/80 average Observations: Much like last week, I had a couple misses in my eating. This is hard. I have a...

Summary of week 1: Weight loss: 3.3 kg (80.4 down from 83.7) Fasting Glucose: 7..2 (down from 9.5) Medications: I have dropped all meds. I took BP meds a couple times early on but have dropped them again since. Blood Pressure: Although not posting it I'm taking it daily and am averaging...

Good luck Nicel. I'm a week into my own low-cal attempt. As I understand it, as long as you hit the calories deficit, the timing is up to you. I'm still tweaking my timing. Being busy at the times when you are hungry is something I'm finding helpful.

Hey Pipp, Just to be clear...I'm not on THE Newcastle diet. More like A version of it. I have 460 calories in shakes, and the rest is protein and veg. My protein so far has been dark-meat chicken, so I'm actually getting a significant amount of fat in my diet anyway. Not that I need to be...

Hey Pipp...thanks for the suggestions. I have read some of the research linked from your sig, but there are a few I have not seen. I will go through them this weekend. Yeah, I am having a good chunk of non-starchy veg with my evening meal daily.

Bump - updated OP for days 2 and 3.

I have a monitor and I take it every day. I am dropping the HCTZ right away because I don't want to contemplate taking a water pill while doing this. I'm staying on the Ramipril until my BP starts reading low. To be honest, I've had hypertension a lot longer than diabetes. I was diagnosed...

Hey There. I'm in Ottawa. Seems like THE community for those of us dealing with diabetes. All positive so far.

Thanks. I'm hoping I have the fortitude to stick it out. Posting here is my attempt at accountability.