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<blockquote data-quote="dbfisher" data-source="post: 237447" data-attributes="member: 38642"><p>Hi Geordie.</p><p></p><p>Good luck on the diet.</p><p></p><p>I did the diet just a few months before Christmas with excellent results. Can't say its a cure. However I am still within the normal weight range for my age/height. The first time since I left school, and I'm 58. Sugar control has certainly become much, much easier. Chrismas festivities etc has put me back a little bit on sugars. Yes it does take the thinking out of meal making somewhat but do be adventurous with the vegetable part. Remember it is an 800 cal diet and not 600 cals as it keeps being reported. An important 200 cals are vegetables from the list. The other important thing to remember is that your tastes will change (for the better) over the course of the diet as your body gets used to what you are consuming. A lot of diabetic medication (and blood pressure medication) affect your taste buds as well. Do monitor your blood pressure as well as sugars, as you may find that will drop a bit as well if you are on blood pressure medication. The first sugar reading in the morning is the important one and the main guide. The first 4/5 days of the diet is the time when the side effects appear but I found that quite mild. Hunger Wasn't the issue. Food smells affect you a lot initially and other people around you can be a nuisance. It does take the 8 weeks. I found it was only the 7th/8th week when things started being rock solid stable so don't be disheartened by some high readings. It has certainly changed my life. It's improved things far more than I ever expected. The diet was no where near as hard as I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed it a great deal and would have no hesitation of doing it again should the need arise but I do not expect to have to do it again. Hope you have the same experience with it. Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Brian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbfisher, post: 237447, member: 38642"] Hi Geordie. Good luck on the diet. I did the diet just a few months before Christmas with excellent results. Can't say its a cure. However I am still within the normal weight range for my age/height. The first time since I left school, and I'm 58. Sugar control has certainly become much, much easier. Chrismas festivities etc has put me back a little bit on sugars. Yes it does take the thinking out of meal making somewhat but do be adventurous with the vegetable part. Remember it is an 800 cal diet and not 600 cals as it keeps being reported. An important 200 cals are vegetables from the list. The other important thing to remember is that your tastes will change (for the better) over the course of the diet as your body gets used to what you are consuming. A lot of diabetic medication (and blood pressure medication) affect your taste buds as well. Do monitor your blood pressure as well as sugars, as you may find that will drop a bit as well if you are on blood pressure medication. The first sugar reading in the morning is the important one and the main guide. The first 4/5 days of the diet is the time when the side effects appear but I found that quite mild. Hunger Wasn't the issue. Food smells affect you a lot initially and other people around you can be a nuisance. It does take the 8 weeks. I found it was only the 7th/8th week when things started being rock solid stable so don't be disheartened by some high readings. It has certainly changed my life. It's improved things far more than I ever expected. The diet was no where near as hard as I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed it a great deal and would have no hesitation of doing it again should the need arise but I do not expect to have to do it again. Hope you have the same experience with it. Good luck. Brian. [/QUOTE]
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