Does this mean I have to start again?

[amoreamore]

I started the Low Mediterranean Diet recommended in Michael Mosley's Low Blood Sugar Diet book and managed to stick to it for 2 weeks. I lost 8 lbs and my sugar first thing in the morning was between 4.8 and 6.2. I was hungry at times but managed to overcome it. I exercise 3 times a week and have been motivated to push myself a little bit harder. Some of it is Pilates which is less intense. This weekend I have been away and tried hard to keep to it but on Saturday night the restaurant menu choices were difficult so I succumbed and ate pasta. I had linguine with salmon, prawns, courgette, tomato etc. It was delicious. I only ate about half of it in an attempt to keep calories as close to the 800 mark as possible but as I Had also had a cooked breakfast that day I did hit 1300.

On Sunday morning my blood sugar was 8.6 and this morning 6.8. I have returned to the diet completely but does this mean it is a case of starting again?

One other question is meat. I read this morning that you shouldn't eat meat when trying to reverse diabetes but the Mosley diet has meat in some of the recipes.

Has anyone else done this and did you carry on and manage to reverse your diabetes?

 

[kokhongw]

I read this morning that you shouldn't eat meat when trying to reverse diabetes but the Mosley diet has meat in some of the recipes.

We may all be different...but I have been eating loads of roasted pork belly for the past 18 mths...

 

[Brunneria]

I started the Low Mediterranean Diet recommended in Michael Mosley's Low Blood Sugar Diet book and managed to stick to it for 2 weeks. I lost 8 lbs and my sugar first thing in the morning was between 4.8 and 6.2. I was hungry at times but managed to overcome it. I exercise 3 times a week and have been motivated to push myself a little bit harder. Some of it is Pilates which is less intense. This weekend I have been away and tried hard to keep to it but on Saturday night the restaurant menu choices were difficult so I succumbed and ate pasta. I had linguine with salmon, prawns, courgette, tomato etc. It was delicious. I only ate about half of it in an attempt to keep calories as close to the 800 mark as possible but as I Had also had a cooked breakfast that day I did hit 1300.

On Sunday morning my blood sugar was 8.6 and this morning 6.8. I have returned to the diet completely but does this mean it is a case of starting again?

One other question is meat. I read this morning that you shouldn't eat meat when trying to reverse diabetes but the Mosley diet has meat in some of the recipes.

Has anyone else done this and did you carry on and manage to reverse your diabetes?

I think that all ways of eating need to be flexible enough to cope with life's little trials - and some delicious linguine, once in a while, is no Diet Destructor. Especially since you have jumped straight back into it.

Some people around here have found the 800 cal Med Diet so successful that they have continued for longer than 8 weeks, and some got what they wanted in less than 8 weeks, and ended it early.

Fortunately, our bodies can't count the days, so see how it goes.
What happened to your fasting blood glucose the morning after your linguine?

 

[bulkbiker]

One other question is meat. I read this morning that you shouldn't eat meat when trying to reverse diabetes but the Mosley diet has meat in some of the recipes.

I'm intrigued.. where did you read this?

 

[amoreamore]

We may all be different...but I have been eating loads of roasted pork belly for the past 18 mths...

Thank you. Pork is in Michael Mosley's book do I did wonder. I was on drfuhrman.com where there was a comment made on not eating any meat to reverse diabetes.

 

[amoreamore]

I'm intrigued.. where did you read this?

I read it this morning. It was a comment made on drfuhrman.com website where someone was saying don't eat meat if you want to reverse diabetes. It may be a comment from a reader rather than from the guru himself. Thank you for replying

 

[bulkbiker]

Yes but Fuhrman is a committed vegetarian.. so any advice from him comes with his particular slant.. plus he's very wrong in my opinion. Same with most people on his site I would imagine.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Yes but Fuhrman is a committed vegetarian.. so any advice from him comes with his particular slant.. plus he's very wrong in my opinion. Same with most people on his site I would imagine.

There are many animal based recipes on Dr F's website.

@amoreamore My advice would be that you don't get too bogged down following a particular diet. Use your meter and scales to work out what is best for you and keep an open mind. If you feel you need to go low cal again for a while, you will know best.