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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Boissetarian" data-source="post: 427130" data-attributes="member: 74062">Hi everyonejust been reading all your posts about the ND diet.  I have been type2 since 2009 and have steadily gained weight, especially when medications were changed about 18months ago.    I read about the ND but decided it was toooo hard for me, I knew I would not keep it up - I think all of you are very brave to take it on.  I have been told many times by my Medicine Generalist - I live in France and his is equivalent to an English GP. And I knew I should but knew I would not stay on a "faddy" diet.  Have tried Atkins and lost wight, but when I stopped put weight back on.  I know the ND is not a "faddy" one but I know I could not keep to it.  I like real food too much and the 2 glasses of wine a day.I then read about "The Fast Diet" or as it is also known the 5:2 diet - downloaded the book to my Kindle PC and liked what I read.  So decided to try it for a month.  I lost some kilos and my BS went down.  So went to GP to show him but he was not impressed, although he had said I should lose weight.  His recommndation was that I should eat  regular meals with a high carb intake.  Have tried that diet given by dietician, but I just put on weight.  My body does not deal very well with carbs.  But I told GP I was going on it anyway.  I went back to see him after another month on this regime, plus monitoring BS levels and with a new blood test, which showed lower readings all round.  He did not know what to say as I believe he had expected BS etc to have gone up.I have now lost over 5kg and my HbA1c is now down to 7.3% from 8.1%.  I used to take meformin, gliclazide & repaglinide, but now only ake gliclazide 2x per day with a half metformin in the evening, which is when I eat my biggest meal.  I now eat a "maintenance" diet with just one 500cal day a week and have maintained my weight loss and low BS.  I will be going back to the 5:2 diet to try and lose more kilos.It is not like a diet for me - more of a changed way of eating.  It suits me because I am not a great breakfast person - weetibix, milk and seeds & nuts is all I want; neither do I eat much at lunchtime so the 500cal days are OK for me but not everyone would take to it.  If you are interested to know more just Google "The Fast Diet"</blockquote>

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