Newbie trying Newcastle diet.

sammyhatesdiabetes said:

Hi everyone, new to this forum but been following some of you popular ones (feel as though I know you lol). Anyway think I'd like to join in as this is now my 4th week on the Newcastle diet and would love some support. I am type 2 and have been for around 6 years. Now feel time to take charge. I am on 2000mg metformin, 2 morning and 2 nightly. When I started I knew I would be high so did not want to test straight away. Anyway needless to say after 3 days in fasting bg was around 9.2. Cut a long story short. I am now seeing around 5.5 - 5.8 fasting and around 4.7 during day long after my shake. Then this evening I thought I'd test 30 mins after shake and it was a pleasing 5.3. Wondered if this is good and if this is just because it is only a shake. What would happen if it was a regular meal. Has anyone had experience of their bg after meals soon after eating a normal meal once they finished Newcastle. Also when did you make the decision to drop meds, what was the determining factor? Would be grateful if anyone would be happy to share their journey.

I have to say it was very hard at the beginning but even now I am literally drooling when I see anyone biting a sandwich, quite embarrassing lol. I started at 13.11 stone on 13th April and now 12.12 stone so going down slowly but I'm happy with it. Go on holiday a week after it finishes so kind of focusses me.

Thanks for listening, really hope that I lose this awful condition at the end of this gruelling 8 weeks

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The little white hen said:

Feeling a little worried today, my levels have been all over the place the last 5 - 7 days no matter what I eat. Lowest 7.4 and highest 13.0 before food first thing in a morning. Most around 9. I have had a little bit of a cold (hot & cold sweats etc) and it could be that. I am just worried that I will have to go back on my Forxiga 10mg (dapagliflozin) after all this hard work. They put me on that in addition to Metformin when this happened before. However, I was three stone heavier then. I have a blood on 19/5/15 and specialist appointment on 3/6/15. So we will see how it goes. I can tell its high this week without testing, that horrid headache all the time. I hope its just because I am ill. I felt so empowered when I started to take control and tablets dropped.

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The little white hen said:

Feeling a little worried today, my levels have been all over the place the last 5 - 7 days no matter what I eat. Lowest 7.4 and highest 13.0 before food first thing in a morning. Most around 9. I have had a little bit of a cold (hot & cold sweats etc) and it could be that. I am just worried that I will have to go back on my Forxiga 10mg (dapagliflozin) after all this hard work. They put me on that in addition to Metformin when this happened before. However, I was three stone heavier then. I have a blood on 19/5/15 and specialist appointment on 3/6/15. So we will see how it goes. I can tell its high this week without testing, that horrid headache all the time. I hope its just because I am ill. I felt so empowered when I started to take control and tablets dropped.

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The little white hen said:

Yes and they were between 4 - 5 most of the time.

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The little white hen said:

I went to see the specialist on Wednesday my HbA1c is at 4.5 (in old Money) so doing fine. He thinks the lifted levels were due to a bug and nothing to worry about. All the other figures are still heading in the right direction after ND. My liver function was a concern after I finished the ND but is almost back to normal now. I am eight weeks in to the gym programme the hospital set me on when I ended ND and I have lost over 3% of body fat and put on 7llbs of muscle but only gained 2lbs in weight. That's what my doctor calls good weight because its lean muscle not fat. Never had any muscle before. He has reduced my Metformin to two a day from four a day and once we know that is not effecting feeling great the ND itself was hell but it has made such a difference to my health and life in general. I would only do it with support of doctor because of risks (my liver showed that) but I would do it again if I had my time over.

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