ND done, 5:2 fast didnt work now ND with a twist

Re: A Geordie trying the Newcastle Diet

tree-peony said:

maybe it's got something to do with your kidneys not detecting excess glucose?

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Maybe. I will be seeing my GP soon(ish) so will ask him.

Just done another 15 mins on treadmill, woo hoo. That's me cream crackered. :lol:

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Sunday May 27 - day 35



Lunch
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 4.9


Dinner (solid food meal). 50g pork chop with veg 181 calories
Pre BG 4.9 + 2 4.6


Supper
Pre BG 4.8 + 2 still to do

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 3L? Been out a lot today, so not sure, but quite a few bottles, so quite a lot.
Tea black 3 cups

Exercise

2 hours gentle walking, after dinner 45 minute brisk walk with dogs - brilliant exercise day, really pleased again.

Verdict after day 34

Legs aching like mad today, but I have been on them almost all day. Decided to try on an outfit I love but have not been able to wear for I don't know how many years, as it was far to small. It is a pair of trousers and a little jacket top. Neither fitted, today when I tried them on, both fit AND have room to spare, I could have cried I was so thrilled. I have really pushed myself the last couple of days exercise wise, and while today's figures are not as good as yesterdays, I feel amazing. Being out in the sun and able to walk around for the first time in over a decade, and so I am making the most of it, by being out and active as much as I can.

Verdict after week 5

This week has just been so easy, much, much easier than the previous four weeks. I can't believe that just one proper mean can make such a difference, but it really does. The one problem I am having is simply managing my time, to fit in three shakes, and most days this week I have missed the third shake. But, even so, I feel amazing. I mentioned this earlier this week, but my daughter has informed me I have no bum, and both of them and himself have resorted to calling me skinny ass :lol: I can't deny it has boosted my ego so much, and made me feel a lot better about myself. I think I had accepted I was going to be 'large' for the rest of my life, and now I am not so large, not only I am spurred on to get into a healthy BMI, but also to become as fit as possible. I can't believe I just typed that. :lol:

Confessions after week 5

None. Infact as I have posted I am actually struggling to fit in all the shakes, so extra's are just not happening.

One note I need to make about today's figures. My +2 hour reading, and my pre dinner reading were one and the same, the +2 lunch reading was 3.5 hours not 2 hours, as I was out. So that reading is not completely accurate, but it is accurate for pre dinner.

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youngmanfrank said:

Last year pre-Newcastle diet I took my boy's football team to Exeter City's big youth football tournament at Feniton.Its a long day and I can remember the sheer relief of going out in the semi-final because I felt so tired and drained.

This year post diet the boys went all the way and won their age group.I arrived at 9.00am and finally left the place at 7.00pm.Throughout the day I was on my feet yelling them on,scribbling tactics on my white board between games.I felt totally energised throughout.

Its simple things like this which make the effort of doing the diet and controlling your blood sugars worthwhile.

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I couldn't agree more. I have a teenager, and one who will be a teenager this year, and they both love the fact they have mom back. They have never known me life this, as I was diagnosed with AJA before they were born. Himself is also thrilled to have the new improved me, rather than what I was.

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Weight wise. My scales are showing an add of 4lb which can't be right as I have stuck absolutely to the diet. I have mentioned that my weight has fluctuated all over the place this week, so I suspect I am carrying a bit of water. I also know the scales are wrong as there is 0.5 inches gone from my waist. Next week should give a better picture of what's really going on.

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catza said:

Muscle rather than fat, maybe? I know it's not supposed to but I can't think of any other reason. There is no way you have increased your intake to cause that big a weight gain. Do you feel a tad bloated, I would have thought with the way you now know how your body feels you would be getting some hint of where the extra weight was accumulating.

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I think calorie wise the most I have been up from last week, has been 168 and they were only two days where I did manage my third shake. Otherwise, maybe 20-30 calories a day up from last week. I do feel slightly bloated, but I am not sure I am, as I have lost 0.5 inch from my waist this week. I have walked a lot this week, so may have turned a bit of flab to muscle, but doubt it would be that much. I don't have any puffiness or swelling anywhere. The truth is Catza, I really have no idea what it is. I feel really in tune with my body now, and am certain it's water retention, but I am just not sure where.

It would be around ovulation time Didie, so perhaps it could be, but this has been going on like this since around Wednesday last week. I'm not really worried, as I am sure things will settle by next week, and I also know there is not a hope I really have added 4 pounds, it's a physical impossibility, but felt I just had to be honest about it all. Thank you so much, for your kind words, it's the support and generosity of so many people here and out in the real world who have kept me going. (((Didie)))

Either that or my scales are knackered :lol:

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Monday May 28 - day 36



Lunch
Pre BG 5. + 2 missed reading (I forgot)


Dinner (solid food meal). 75g lamb steak with veg - lamb was delicious - so tender. I cut off every tiny bit of fat I could, so all very lean.
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 5.2


Supper
Pre BG 4.3 + 2 4.7

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 2.5L
Tea black 4 cups

Exercise

One hour very brisk walk with dogs after dinner.

Verdict after day 36

I had quite a painful knee all day, so stayed away from home exercise, it turned out to be the wrong thing, as after dinner I went out with the dogs and while walking had no pain at all. Actually, I felt so good, I added around an extra mile and a half to the usual walk and we upped the pace to a very brisk walk. Got home and no pain in my knee until I sat down again - go figure.

I am finding that going out and walking is so much easier than plodding on the treadmill, so am going to make a real effort to get out in the fresh air every day. Days where I can't get out, the treadmill will have to suffice.

Feeling really good today, still miffed at the weight gain, but know I should have quite a significant drop next week.

[edit to add] Supper +2

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Tuesday May 29 - day 37



Lunch
Pre BG 4.8 + 2 5.1


Dinner (solid food meal). 1 boiled egg and ham salad 170 calories
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 5.2


Supper
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 Still to do.

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 2.5L
Tea black 4 cup
Coffee black 1 cup

Exercise

Didn't get out today so a very measly 25 minutes on the treadmill.

Verdict after day 37

Decided to have a cup of coffee early afternoon as I have not had one in ages, little did I realise the effect. :mrgreen: Spent the next 3 hours on the loo, any water I was retaining, should have well gone now. :lol:

Really struggling to eat my solid food meal, my stomach has shrunk so much, that even a small salad like I had tonight took around half an hour to plough through. My youngest daughter (12) eats at least double the amount I can manage. The upshot being, I just couldn't face shake number 2 until 10pm and even then I didn't want it, but knew I had to have it. So I am sitting here at 11:50pm waiting to do the +2 BG reading. Not sure how I am going to get this under control, as my meals really are small. I did have a double whammy of protein, so wonder if that's the cause. Feel so full at the moment, it really is the most peculiar feeling.

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tree-peony said:

depending on your weight loss this week, could you consider asking your GP if you can reduce the Metformin? It may help your appetite a bit?

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I had thought of coming of Metformin all together, but really don't want to for the heart benefits. This is a subject I am really torn over, so have decided to wait until I next see my GP tell him my thoughts and see what he says. I will have my latest HbA1c result then (that's why I am going to see him) so both he and I will be better placed to decide what to do. He always weighs me as well, so we should have all the information we need.

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tree-peony said:

good plan!

I have to say I wish Metformin reduced my appetite

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Today I had 100g of steak, 25g of cauli (which is just a minute floret) 25g spinach and 50g of cabbage and leek. So a really small meal, yet am sitting here, so stuffed I can barely move. Before Metformin I could have eaten 4 times that amount and had room for pud :lol:

I do have to say, it's not the Metformin now, as I do feel hungry, with Met, I never did. It's now stomach shrinkage, due to the ND.

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Wednesday May 30 - day 38


Lunch
Pre BG 5.2 + 2 forgot


Dinner (solid food meal). Steak with veg 189 calories
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 5.2


Supper
Pre BG 5.2 + 2 Still to do.

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 2.5L
Tea black 4 cup
Coffee black 1 cup
Green tea with grapefruit and pineapple 2 cups

Exercise

None

Verdict after day 38

Not feeling brilliant, think I am coming down with a cold. Cold, lethargic, sniffly, headache and muscle cramps, generally not brilliant. I hit the green tea, went for some echinacea to find I had run out.

I have lost some weight, so am now wondering if the water retention, and a cold have halted things a bit. Tomorrow is another day, and hopefully will feel much better then. I hope so, I have a reall busy day planned and can't afford to be sick!

I have decided tomorrows solid food meal is going to be pure veg. Knock the protein on the head for a day, and see how things go.

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Thursday May 31 - day 39


Lunch
Pre BG + 2


Dinner
Pre BG + 2


Supper
Pre BG + 2

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water
Black tea

Exercise


Verdict after day

Today is a bit of a non starter. I was out all day, and if why I was out comes to fruition, then it would be a major step forward for me as a diabetic. More later.

I managed a shake before I went out. I had a very small Ham salad while out, no dressing, just plain greens and a small tomato. Dinner was a steak with veg but I didn't touch the steak, so just a portion of veg.

No supper, by the time I got home, just hit the hay.

Exercise, well, hmm, I was on my feet a LOT and did quite a bit of walking. So yes, some...

Cold symptoms gone, feeling great.

Didn't get any BG's done, but my FBG was 4.9 today, so that suggests no damage done (phew).

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Friday June 1 - day 40


Lunch
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 5.7


Dinner Solid meal ham and 1 boiled egg salad 170 calories 3g carbs
Pre BG 4.6 + 2 5.3


Supper Dare not have any
Pre BG + 2

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 2L
Black tea 1
Green tea with pineapple and grapefruit 4
Green tea with blueberry and raspberry 1
Camomile tea 1

Exercise
Around 70 minutes walking out side

Verdict after day 40

I cheated! Rather stupidly, I thought I could bake an almond cake and freeze it. Well, it smelled so nice I had to have a slice. It was 318 calories a slice with 3.25g carbs and 2.23g of sugar (I did use Splenda, but even so) incidentally it tasted nicer than it smelled. :lol:

Feeling really good and upbeat (I might not be tomorrow when I check my FBG and weight) :lol: Life is pretty **** good right about now.

I am not drinking quite as much water as I have upped the amount of green tea, and I also love camomile tea, so adding that as well. It's just water anyway as I just wave the tea bag at the cup. Anyway, 1 calorie in the green teas and nothing else, 2 calories in camomile and nothing else.

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Saturday June 2 - day 41


Lunch
Pre BG 4.7 + 2 5.9 :shock: (highest reading in aggggges)


Dinner Solid Mixed veg only - no protein 140 calories 4g carbs.
Pre BG 5.0 + 2 4.8


Supper
Pre BG 4.3 + 2 5.3

3rd shake missed today.
Pre BG +2


Fluid

Water 2L
Black tea 2
Green tea with pineapple and grapefruit 4
Green tea with blueberry and raspberry 4
Camomile tea 2

Exercise
45 minutes treadmill

Verdict after day 41

Really shocked at the 5.9 after lunch. I exercised after that as it shocked the living daylights out of me.

I have a day of good exercise planned tomorrow. I plan walking the dogs until they walking on stumps :lol: I am wondering what effect a dinner of just veg will have, it was bloomin' lovely and SO filling.

Feeling really fit, healthy and alert, clothes getting looser so inches going, and weight is as well, so I'm a happy bunny.

[edit to add] supper +2

Seems my tight control is slipping slightly, a full point jump from pre supper shake to +2. Need to keep a close eye on my levels, today is very unusual. I am wondering if my differing amounts of exercise are to blame. Need to watch that too.

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youngmanfrank said:

A point to consider about Metformin.It does play some part in protecting against heart disease in diabetic patients,however you are currently returning non-diabetic blood sugar levels,and it can have its own side effects.

In America a low calorie diet similar to the Newcastle Diet was trialled by cardiologists on heart problem patients.Its effect was to reduce fatty deposits in the heart,reduce plaque deposit in the arteries,lower cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure.In other words the diet you have just completed will in itself provide heart benefits equivalent to or greater than the continued use of metformin.

I thought I did not suffer any reaction to my three metformin a day until I came off it,when I realised that I had lost a continous dull achy feeling in the kidney area.

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Frank, I really must apologise, I have only just seen your post.

I have to admit, I do think I have lost all the fatty deposits, and visceral fat around all my organs, as everything seems much easier. Breathing, walking doesn't have me puffed out, and I can feel my heart beating at a good rhythm when I exercise. Everything, seems to have benefited from the ND.

I will speak with my GP, see what he says, and I know that it will be a joint decision on where I go from there. I have a wonderful GP who does talk to me, and more importantly listen. I want to hear what he says about the Metformin, before I finally jump one way or the other.