2131tom
Well-Known Member
I was replying to another thread on the Newcastle diet a few minutes ago, when it occurred to me to raise this issue as a separate topic, as I'm finding it more difficult now to be as honest with myself as I was when I was first diagnosed, nearly a year ago:
I came off the Newcastle Diet three weeks ago, after losing a reasonable amount of weight - though not as much as I originally intended, mainly because in the latter stages I didn't stick as rigidly to it as I should have done. Although since then I've continued to go low carbs and I'm also trying to do 30 mins minimum on the running machine each day (plus walking more generally, whenever I can) I find that's still a real chore and I know that the main thing that's keeping me to this is my T2, and the thought of a return to the symptoms I had before I changed my lifestyle and eating habits. If it wasn't for that, my weight would have increased again (it hasn't so far) and I'm sure a heavy dose of kidology would have set-in, with me rationalising a substantial weight gain with the best of them.
On the other side of the equation, I now sometimes have to fight hard to record all the BG readings I take, rather than just the lowest ones - given that higher results might spoil my low average figure for the day, week, month etc. - and I'd be interested to know how many of you have felt the same urge to pull the wool over your eyes, even when you know, deep-down, that it's a pretty dumb thing to do.
I came off the Newcastle Diet three weeks ago, after losing a reasonable amount of weight - though not as much as I originally intended, mainly because in the latter stages I didn't stick as rigidly to it as I should have done. Although since then I've continued to go low carbs and I'm also trying to do 30 mins minimum on the running machine each day (plus walking more generally, whenever I can) I find that's still a real chore and I know that the main thing that's keeping me to this is my T2, and the thought of a return to the symptoms I had before I changed my lifestyle and eating habits. If it wasn't for that, my weight would have increased again (it hasn't so far) and I'm sure a heavy dose of kidology would have set-in, with me rationalising a substantial weight gain with the best of them.
On the other side of the equation, I now sometimes have to fight hard to record all the BG readings I take, rather than just the lowest ones - given that higher results might spoil my low average figure for the day, week, month etc. - and I'd be interested to know how many of you have felt the same urge to pull the wool over your eyes, even when you know, deep-down, that it's a pretty dumb thing to do.