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<blockquote data-quote="douglas99" data-source="post: 1425663" data-attributes="member: 38028"><p>I did a low fat, calorie controlled diet for about a year or so, low GI, foods, checking with a meter, so I could eat a balanced diet, without spikes.</p><p>This got my weight down considerably, and helped get my BG back into the normal range.</p><p>I then finished it off with an 800 calorie diet for 6 weeks, three tesco shakes, and a dry fried veg stir fry normally.</p><p>This seems to remove the stubborn visceral fat, and now I can eat any diet.</p><p>I eat healthily, a mediterranean diet when I can.</p><p>I still avoid most fats, mainly as they're too calorific, and when I do eat then, I always avoid saturated fats as they push my cholesterol through the roof.</p><p>But if I'm out, I can eat carbs, I eat in restaurants, fish and chips, greggs pasties, etc, not my first diet of choice, but convenient if I need food.</p><p>I avoid cakes, sugar, pasta, potatoes etc still, but really as I have lost my taste for them.</p><p>And as I don't want to increase my weight again, I don't waste my food intake on empty calories.</p><p></p><p>My BG, Hba1c, and other blood tests have been normal for several years now.</p><p>I was asked if I wanted to come off metformin, but declined, so I take 500mg a day for the other benefits it seems to have.</p><p></p><p>My weight does fluctuate, but if I gain a few pounds, I just eat less for a while until I lose it.</p><p>So I'm quite happy to overeat on special occasions, then diet again later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="douglas99, post: 1425663, member: 38028"] I did a low fat, calorie controlled diet for about a year or so, low GI, foods, checking with a meter, so I could eat a balanced diet, without spikes. This got my weight down considerably, and helped get my BG back into the normal range. I then finished it off with an 800 calorie diet for 6 weeks, three tesco shakes, and a dry fried veg stir fry normally. This seems to remove the stubborn visceral fat, and now I can eat any diet. I eat healthily, a mediterranean diet when I can. I still avoid most fats, mainly as they're too calorific, and when I do eat then, I always avoid saturated fats as they push my cholesterol through the roof. But if I'm out, I can eat carbs, I eat in restaurants, fish and chips, greggs pasties, etc, not my first diet of choice, but convenient if I need food. I avoid cakes, sugar, pasta, potatoes etc still, but really as I have lost my taste for them. And as I don't want to increase my weight again, I don't waste my food intake on empty calories. My BG, Hba1c, and other blood tests have been normal for several years now. I was asked if I wanted to come off metformin, but declined, so I take 500mg a day for the other benefits it seems to have. My weight does fluctuate, but if I gain a few pounds, I just eat less for a while until I lose it. So I'm quite happy to overeat on special occasions, then diet again later. [/QUOTE]
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