I do wonder about mine. She's very active and loves most food. She would eat 24-7 if she could! Obviously I'm pretty strict but she doesn't slim down. Her sister is fine figure wise although has a higher bmi than most - but she's muscly and has meat on her which I think is perfect.
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Diagnosed prediabetic Easter 2014. Just left to get on with it, no guidance or help from GP. Every day I'm learning something new.
i know nothing about the newcastle diet really apart from not fancying doing it, what worries me is the fact they hail it as a cure, they stated it on this tv "show" like it was, thats like saying i used to have vertigo but I'm cured, all i have to do is stay away from high places, or i cured my peanut allergy, if i don't eat nuts, would the newcastle diet "cure" people that are not overweight and fit as a fiddle but have t2 db because of genetics reasons alone and not due to poor lifestyle choices? (that is a question) and if you did the newcastle diet got "cured" then went on the eat a bag of sugar a day, you i assume would be uncured
I don't agree that the diet industry is the cause of obesity, no one forces people to eat and weight gain is caused by over-consumption, in other words if you take in more calories than you burn then you'll gain weight, but that said said there are medical reasons too why people gain weight so it's not all what it seems.
No, no -one forces people to eat and gain weight, but I was young and silly when I listened to the media and I didn't diet because I was fat. I started dieting when I was only around 8 1/2 to 9 stones as a response to magazine articles about losing weight to look good in a bikini ready for the summer holidays. Why did I feel I needed to? Well I was a pretty average size 10/12 and a typical English 'pear' shape, which I didn't like, I hated my hips and thighs as I never looked like the women in the magazines. I thought that losing half a stone would make me look good and give me more confidence. Yes, I now know there was no way I was ever going to get slimmer, that was just my shape. Even targeted exercises would not have changed my shape a lot. I also know now that even if I had succeeded in losing the weight I wouldn't have had more confidence: the problem was within me, not with my weight.
So, I didn't diet because I was fat; I got fat because I dieted to get my weight below what was natural for me. ( My target weight was still within a 'normal' BMI range though). This slowed my metabolism and yes after several failed attempts at dieting I ate too much and then got fatter. Carbs made me hungrier and I ate more. I have rarely eaten more than I needed to stop myself from being hungry. I mastered the art of leaving food on the plate when I was no longer hungry years ago.. No one forced me to diet, but hey I was in my 20's and wanted to look better on the beach, was that so wrong? Now I am 'apple' shaped, I would dearly love to be a 'pear' again.
Yes well I have several stones to lose yet, but I hope to be there again one day!Hi, I'm just under 9 stone and my shape is probably between hour glass and pear. I'm happy with what I've got at age 56and the only thing I would like to change is to gain a couple more inches in height. Plus, if people don't like the way we look, hey, then that's their problem
Yes well I have several stones to lose yet, but I hope to be there again one day!
Thank you. I will get there because the support from everyone on this forum is fantastic and it makes all the difference.'What lies behind us and what lies before us, is nothing compared to what lies within us' Good luck and all the best
A bit of an aside, but are your kids eating the same meals as you are now Deb?
No, no -one forces people to eat and gain weight, but I was young and silly when I listened to the media and I didn't diet because I was fat. I started dieting when I was only around 8 1/2 to 9 stones as a response to magazine articles about losing weight to look good in a bikini ready for the summer holidays. Why did I feel I needed to? Well I was a pretty average size 10/12 and a typical English 'pear' shape, which I didn't like, I hated my hips and thighs as I never looked like the women in the magazines. I thought that losing half a stone would make me look good and give me more confidence. Yes, I now know there was no way I was ever going to get slimmer, that was just my shape. Even targeted exercises would not have changed my shape a lot. I also know now that even if I had succeeded in losing the weight I wouldn't have had more confidence: the problem was within me, not with my weight.
So, I didn't diet because I was fat; I got fat because I dieted to get my weight below what was natural for me. ( My target weight was still within a 'normal' BMI range though). This slowed my metabolism and yes after several failed attempts at dieting I ate too much and then got fatter. Carbs made me hungrier and I ate more. I have rarely eaten more than I needed to stop myself from being hungry. I mastered the art of leaving food on the plate when I was no longer hungry years ago.. No one forced me to diet, but hey I was in my 20's and wanted to look better on the beach, was that so wrong? Now I am 'apple' shaped, I would dearly love to be a 'pear' again.
The media do have a lot to answer for when it comes to how a lady should look Zand.....that is for sure!!!!
...the way they spoke about the Newcastle diet was as if it was a cure for diabetes, but the more I read about it, its not...if we revert to eating normally after finishing the course we're back where we started, ie diabetic...so what's the point. of it.? None as far as I can see ...what we do is about controlling the diabetes we already have...no permanent cure..
In defence of Newcastle diet, I did it almost 3 years ago and even though I lost a lot of weight, I am still obese. However, my objective then was to get blood glucose levels into non-diabetic state. Within days they were, and have stayed that way since.
I don't feel 'cured' as I know the b g could become raised again if I don't eat a diet to suit my needs.
If eating 'normally' includes eating the foods that I ate before then I would expect b g to rise again. Unfortunately the advice usually given on diagnosis to eat plenty of healthy carbs seems to contribute to the problem of raised b g. In my case.
If, on diagnosis, I had been told of the possibility of reversing diabetes by the Newcastle diet I would have leapt at the chance. I don't get the reason why anyone would be reluctant. It takes eight weeks of your life. People have a lot worse treatments for conditions in the hope of a cure, or remission e.g. Some chemotherapy for cancers.
During the time I was on Newcastle diet the fact that I did not have to spend time on planning shopping and preparing food gave me the time to focus on what had gone wrong in my diet to make me so much overweight, and how I could make changes to my diet after Newcastle.
Anyone seeing Newcastle just as a quick solution to the problem of their T2 diagnosis is deluded. Just like with any other diet regime, if you return to previous eating patterns then you will return to your previous state.
There is no single fix for T2. A lot of the 'solutions' are chosen by the NHS for financial reasons. Bariatric surgery was being offered frequently where I live. I am guessing that someone is seeing Newcastle as a cheaper way. The main point I want to make is that there should be well balanced independent information available in order for individuals to make an informed choice. Although I am happy with my choice of the Newcastle diet, I accept it is not for everyone. I certainly would not try to insist my way is best for all, or dismiss anyone elses choice just because it is different to mine.
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...the reason I said I couldn't see the point Pipp was because its spoken of by professionals as a 'cure' and said to 'reverse diabetes' .... I have seen from you and others on here that it can take diabetics back to non diabetic levels but sometimes eating sensibly can without such drastic measures, maybe I was just lucky I don't know...my hb1ac was 16 at diagnosis and I was given Metformin until I got it under control, then diet only for 13 years, then prescribed metformin SR as my hb1ac went up to 7.1.
...as said, its more when professionals talk about the Newcastle Diet being a 'cure' and 'reversing diabetes' that rankles with me. It suggests that you will no longer be diabetic when you'e finished the course, I think its misleading for people who are newly diagnosed. I was in no way deriding anyone who decides to go on it, it just isn't for me, we all have our different ways of seeing what will work for us...
I have to agree the programme oversimplified the issue.i definately have no problems with people doing the newcastle diet, if it works for you it works for me, i dont like it being called a cure is all
To be honest, if I had had a go at the ND, and found myself with non-diabetic levels, and able to maintain that for years, without any great strain, I wouldn't care if my HCP called it a cure. they could call it Doris for all I'd care.
By other means, I have achieved non-diabetic HbA1cs, which I will work hard to maintain. I don't call it a cure, I just call it my, currently happy, situation.
I would hate to think I would close myself off from a potentially life changing treatment, which only takes a few weeks to test out, just because the terminology offended me.
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