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<blockquote data-quote="JohnEGreen" data-source="post: 2303976" data-attributes="member: 223921"><p>After years of taking prednisolone my weight slowly but surely went up till one day I found my self at eighteen and a half stone with drug induced diabetes.</p><p></p><p>As exercise is not an option for me I decided to do both low carb and a restricted calorie diet below 50 gm of carbs a day and approximately 600 to 800 calories I did that for a year or so.</p><p></p><p>I lost about eight and a half stone going down to ten stones I have now relaxed that increasing calories but not carbs by very much.</p><p></p><p>So I am now about 11.5 stone still a pred induced diabetic but with carb restriction maintaining blood sugars in the normal range and unfortunately with half the muscle mass I used to have.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if it was the calorie reduction or the low carbs that made the largest difference but I suspect it was mainly the drastic and prolonged reduction in calories that lost me the fat and muscle but the reduction in carbs that was the main driver of the normal blood sugar levels I have obtained.</p><p></p><p>So I stick with LCHF and don't worry too much about calories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnEGreen, post: 2303976, member: 223921"] After years of taking prednisolone my weight slowly but surely went up till one day I found my self at eighteen and a half stone with drug induced diabetes. As exercise is not an option for me I decided to do both low carb and a restricted calorie diet below 50 gm of carbs a day and approximately 600 to 800 calories I did that for a year or so. I lost about eight and a half stone going down to ten stones I have now relaxed that increasing calories but not carbs by very much. So I am now about 11.5 stone still a pred induced diabetic but with carb restriction maintaining blood sugars in the normal range and unfortunately with half the muscle mass I used to have. I don't know if it was the calorie reduction or the low carbs that made the largest difference but I suspect it was mainly the drastic and prolonged reduction in calories that lost me the fat and muscle but the reduction in carbs that was the main driver of the normal blood sugar levels I have obtained. So I stick with LCHF and don't worry too much about calories. [/QUOTE]
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