Steve50
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Sorry - I meant - keep US updated!
And loads of water!I am one hour ahead of the UK, I am in Switzerland, thanks for the tips, so salt and Olive oil on the salad.
Fanstastic work Steve keep it going, are you having your ''meal" in the day or in the evening. I am no expert but I would slowly come of the meds to see what happens.And loads of water!
HI Telandy
I try and put off the first shake for the day till as close to midday as possible. I can do this by drinking loads of tea and water. Then I have the next one around 4pm.
Around 7.30pm I have my 'meal' with the family. This is usually a salad or soup that I have made for my self - but I have also tried a lot of alternatives for taste - garlic mushrooms are my favorite - they are really tasty, close to meat in texture and light - do you get more volume. I put it together with some salad - 50/50 up to 200gms.
Then it's tea or water till the next day. I do have zero calorie fizzy drinks for taste and because they tend to fill me up a little better.
If my fasting readings stay low for a couple more days I will consider coming off the meds. I have been having a few DP's (dawn phenomenon) episodes
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/dawn-phenomenon.html
so don't want to take any risks.
Think I'll talk to my Diabetic Nurse and see what she suggests.
Simple terms. For me it took less than a week on a Newcastle diet to bring blood glucose to normal levels. They remain so some 3+ years later, despite still having some 5+ stones to lose.
Whoever told you in such graphic terms what T 2 could do to your body did you a favour. Like many have reported, all I was told was ' It is a progressive disease, but you control with medication, and eat lots of starchy carbs'. I believe the starchy carbs advice was what tipped me over the threshold of T2 in the first place due to gaining weight on that diet.
I think the attraction of the ND is that it can for some people resolve high BG. very rapidly. For me, I have been able to eat anything at all without the spikes in BG. Yet this is the 'catch 22' . Without the spectre of raised BG, and being weak willed I have indulged rather too much in the sort of foods that make me gain weight. Therefore, thanks to @geordie90 giving me a wake up call I will do something about it.
I know there are many who successfully manage T2 with the LCHF method. Tried it, it did not work for me. Gained weight, had the most awful abdominal pains and diarrhoea. So I think we each need to find our own way to manage.T2 that suits. Ideally I need to lose a lot more weight, then stop eating (ok and drinking beer and wine ) in the quantities I have been to maintain a decent weight for me that avoids the danger of tipping back to T2 levels. I am happy with the T2 reversal I have achieved as an alternative to other ways of eating that may still require me to take diabetes medication. I have not needed any diabetes medication for a year now and want to keep it that way.
Admittedly, you make a very valid point, that we need to find a sustainable diet for life. ND is short term, but the advice thereafter is to reduce food intake by about a third of previous. It is very specific. This is where I have slipped up. Time to do something about it before I regret it.
Simple terms. For me it took less than a week on a Newcastle diet to bring blood glucose to normal levels. They remain so some 3+ years later, despite still having some 5+ stones to lose.
Whoever told you in such graphic terms what T 2 could do to your body did you a favour. Like many have reported, all I was told was ' It is a progressive disease, but you control with medication, and eat lots of starchy carbs'. I believe the starchy carbs advice was what tipped me over the threshold of T2 in the first place due to gaining weight on that diet.
I think the attraction of the ND is that it can for some people resolve high BG. very rapidly. For me, I have been able to eat anything at all without the spikes in BG. Yet this is the 'catch 22' . Without the spectre of raised BG, and being weak willed I have indulged rather too much in the sort of foods that make me gain weight. Therefore, thanks to @geordie90 giving me a wake up call I will do something about it.
I know there are many who successfully manage T2 with the LCHF method. Tried it, it did not work for me. Gained weight, had the most awful abdominal pains and diarrhoea. So I think we each need to find our own way to manage.T2 that suits. Ideally I need to lose a lot more weight, then stop eating (ok and drinking beer and wine ) in the quantities I have been to maintain a decent weight for me that avoids the danger of tipping back to T2 levels. I am happy with the T2 reversal I have achieved as an alternative to other ways of eating that may still require me to take diabetes medication. I have not needed any diabetes medication for a year now and want to keep it that way.
Admittedly, you make a very valid point, that we need to find a sustainable diet for life. ND is short term, but the advice thereafter is to reduce food intake by about a third of previous. It is very specific. This is where I have slipped up. Time to do something about it before I regret it.
Great job!End of week 7
Total weight lost 19Kg's
Beginning to see the end now as today will be my last day of diet next week and then on to some normal food.
Sick of shakes but not of veggies and soups as I can alter them a little to my taste
Fasting BG ranges between 4.2 and 4.8 although I only saw a 4.8 one day, average has been more or less like 4.5 both fasting and throughout the day.
Wearing a very loose and baggy looking 30 waist trouser now and I know if I get a 28 I will fit in it but I would not really like to go in that region, I really atleast want 30.
As per whatever I have heard and researched, Prof Taylor says 15kg or I think it was 25% of body weight needs to be lost in 8 weeks (I could be wrong as I think I read it somewhere) and I have gone beyond that in both respects.
Well done Mate.End of week 7
Total weight lost 19Kg's
Beginning to see the end now as today will be my last day of diet next week and then on to some normal food.
Sick of shakes but not of veggies and soups as I can alter them a little to my taste
Fasting BG ranges between 4.2 and 4.8 although I only saw a 4.8 one day, average has been more or less like 4.5 both fasting and throughout the day.
Wearing a very loose and baggy looking 30 waist trouser now and I know if I get a 28 I will fit in it but I would not really like to go in that region, I really atleast want 30.
As per whatever I have heard and researched, Prof Taylor says 15kg or I think it was 25% of body weight needs to be lost in 8 weeks (I could be wrong as I think I read it somewhere) and I have gone beyond that in both respects.
Well done Rob. Great effort.Day 14 and have lost a complete stone (14lbs) since starting ND. Clothes more comfortable as Telandy above mentions - stomach & face showing the main losses, athough the wristwatch is loose on my wrist too
Yep, my very tight stretchy 38" waist trousers are now comfortable and my belt has done up 3 notches more...was just making the last hole a couple of weks ago.Well done Rob. Great effort.
It's really odd when you notice where the weight is coming off. I noticed one day that I was walking round inside my trousers! They used to fit snugly - then all of a sudden I felt the front and back of my legs touching the material as I walked. I also noticed my slip on shoes were lose!
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