Hello all,
Relatively newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. After the initial shock, I went through a faze of depression, denial etc.
Now I'm in a good place, accepting that I need to make changes. I am currently watching what I eat and have had some success at losing weight. I have recently come upon the fast 800 and wondered if anyone has tried this or anything similar?
I have in the past before I had type 2 diabetes, I would do 24-48 water fasting, which I found quite easy. My concern now though is taking metformin, I find I feel nauseous if I take it without eating. Wondered if doing the fast 800 would be a better option and welcome suggestions.
I know that most "diets" say to aim to lose 1-2lbs a week, however I have been researching and found some studies suggesting rapid weight loss might be a better option for someone with diabetes. I am about 19 stone and just under 6ft, so I do have a lot of weight to loose. The doctors have given me pretty much 3 months to loose as much as possible, but then have given me no guidance on how to do this. I'm worried about my diabetes getting worse, I currently just take 2 metformin a day, I don't want to increase that and I definitely do not want to take insulin. I realistically would like to go into remission, so would really benefit from some advise from people in similar situations.
Relatively newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. After the initial shock, I went through a faze of depression, denial etc.
Now I'm in a good place, accepting that I need to make changes. I am currently watching what I eat and have had some success at losing weight. I have recently come upon the fast 800 and wondered if anyone has tried this or anything similar?
I have in the past before I had type 2 diabetes, I would do 24-48 water fasting, which I found quite easy. My concern now though is taking metformin, I find I feel nauseous if I take it without eating. Wondered if doing the fast 800 would be a better option and welcome suggestions.
I know that most "diets" say to aim to lose 1-2lbs a week, however I have been researching and found some studies suggesting rapid weight loss might be a better option for someone with diabetes. I am about 19 stone and just under 6ft, so I do have a lot of weight to loose. The doctors have given me pretty much 3 months to loose as much as possible, but then have given me no guidance on how to do this. I'm worried about my diabetes getting worse, I currently just take 2 metformin a day, I don't want to increase that and I definitely do not want to take insulin. I realistically would like to go into remission, so would really benefit from some advise from people in similar situations.