NoCrbs4Me
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Wow - impressive!Just starting to drink espresso again after two weeks of no coffee. I hope it gives the metabolism a kick.
Wow - impressive!Just starting to drink espresso again after two weeks of no coffee. I hope it gives the metabolism a kick.
My point exactly, glad you finally agree.
The only realistic diet is the original, and it doesn't need to be messed with to make it work.
The new version is shake only, so I guess you can read the results of that.
I didn't use shakes ate normal food and had the same results. If you cannot handle the shakes be creative. For me carrot sticks were my life saver. Fibrous and stopped me feeling hungry. I still eat bags of them per week.
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Thanks heaps for contributing this - great to see that food can suffice to do the same thing. And the carrot sticks tip.
It is, but I'm not impressed re. the lack of a drop over the past three days. I've literally eaten so little - I should have dropped at least a pound (so my mind says). The body is a miracle worker, really. I went to the gym and did 20 min on the treadmill and 10 swimming. I know I need to get that up to 90 min a day, but it's cold here. I did better in the Middle East. Hot country. Agrees with me more. But pushing on.
I'd LOVE to know the effects of exercise on everyone's results.
MM
Were you on the Newcastle for a year?So here is my weight/weight loss graph over the last year
If you look a couple of weeks in from the start I actually put weight on for a couple of days and shows other points where I jumped and plateaued. I only added points on the mornings my weigh varied so a gap means I didnt change. Don't get disheartened it will start again and muscle is much heavier than fat so just starting exercise you will be adding extra. Also note that while you are rapidly losing weight your BP and cholesterol will be unpredictable.
One more Q: I'm sure it's on the site somewhere: what is normal BG supposed to look like, and are you saying, you've been slowly adding carbs out of fear you'll revert back to 'diabetic'? What kind of carbs have you been adding, out of interest?
MM.
Good luck and I hope it works for you. remember to drink lots - for me it was gallons of black darjeeling teaIt's very encouraging to read the remission/reversal HBA1c's up there, and see the variations and personal adaptations to the VLCD as designed by the Newcastle study folk. And everyone's reasons for the variations. (I wouldn't use the word 'deviate' because of the negative connotation - but it sure sounded fun to read! Not to mention do. I enjoyed that - the deviating.) I was figuring out my own version of the Newcastle Diet in the last month or so, and started it yesterday, and it really helped reading these posts. I'm using a combo of green juice, the Newcastle diet style vege dish, and 'real food' homemade soup. I'm basically a paleobetic normally, with some dairy adaptation, so I could not imagine taking those shakes myself although I do understand the desire to stick to the Newcastle Diet how it was designed. And using the optifast or some equivalent would prevent the need to endlessly count calories - which is a crashing bore. I have been unsure about how to add the fat (I have a gallstone - ouch!) - and don't want my gallbladder to play up so was very interested to see Jack's (I think it was) contribution elsewhere on the forum of Prof Taylor's e-speaking to him of additional dietary fat in the diet, this time round, due to the gallstone issue, and other helpful souls translating that into caloric content. I am very grateful for that! Today I am just plain miserable and very irritable - but this forum is a treat to see how others have travelled this journey, or a similar journey at least. And put their T2D into remission/reversal! Inspirational indeed. I may be hungry and irritable, and it was damned hard to move my legs today - but I am very grateful for this forum! And this discussion.
Good luck and I hope it works for you. remember to drink lots - for me it was gallons of black darjeeling tea
excellent - I like your style. Just the way I went. It worked for me and when I needed to increase my calories I just increased portion sizes and added a little extra of the things I like.
Well interestingly I used to suffer cramps and pains in the side of my feet and cramps in my calf muscles. I no longer get these but I do get a needle pain in the end of my big toes as my bloods go into the low fours I also now suffer from cold fingers and toes that get colder the lower my BG levels. I seem to be hypersensitive to my BG levels now