- Messages
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Cruelty, bigotry
Weight: 87.7kg FBG 7.3
Well, here I am on Day 1 of the Newcastle Diet. even though I have kept good control of my diabetes through a LCHF diet and exercise since diagnosis in August 2016, my insatiable curiosity has driven me to try something very extreme which is against my nature.
Admittedly, a combination of a holiday in Portugal in mid-November and Christmas overindulging has ensured that my LCHF diet has gone a little off the rails, so I’m hoping I can reestablish some control over my eating. Once my eight-week stint is up I shall gradually return to LCHF. My aim is to shed weight and regain normal blood glucose although I’m realistic that this would never be a “reversal”, only “remission”, and that I’ll never be able to go back to the “old” ways of eating pre-diagnosis.
Hungry? A little. I’ve had water, one cup of black tea, two cups of black coffee and a Superdrug shake with soya milk (not bad!) and there is a pot of cabbage and kombu soup simmering on the stove for my lunches at work for the next couple of days.
If, at any time, I feel too ill, or too hungry, I am prepared to throw in the towel, but I’m prepared to give it my best shot. I may not post on here day by day, but will aim for an update at least once a week.
So, here goes...
Well, here I am on Day 1 of the Newcastle Diet. even though I have kept good control of my diabetes through a LCHF diet and exercise since diagnosis in August 2016, my insatiable curiosity has driven me to try something very extreme which is against my nature.
Admittedly, a combination of a holiday in Portugal in mid-November and Christmas overindulging has ensured that my LCHF diet has gone a little off the rails, so I’m hoping I can reestablish some control over my eating. Once my eight-week stint is up I shall gradually return to LCHF. My aim is to shed weight and regain normal blood glucose although I’m realistic that this would never be a “reversal”, only “remission”, and that I’ll never be able to go back to the “old” ways of eating pre-diagnosis.
Hungry? A little. I’ve had water, one cup of black tea, two cups of black coffee and a Superdrug shake with soya milk (not bad!) and there is a pot of cabbage and kombu soup simmering on the stove for my lunches at work for the next couple of days.
If, at any time, I feel too ill, or too hungry, I am prepared to throw in the towel, but I’m prepared to give it my best shot. I may not post on here day by day, but will aim for an update at least once a week.
So, here goes...
