That diet would have killed me, or at the very least removed the will to live. It doesn't look very nutritious. Did they give you supplements?
No supplements unfortunately.
After the starvation diet, I could hardly walk but it has to be done.
I lost about 3.5 stones, fasting bg levels dropped from 9.8 -13 to 4.9 - 5.9. HBA1c also dropped from 85 to 38.
My bg levels normalised until now so it did work!
It was horrific.
No supplements unfortunately.
After the starvation diet, I could hardly walk but it has to be done.
I lost about 3.5 stones, fasting bg levels dropped from 9.8 -13 to 4.9 - 5.9. HBA1c also dropped from 85 to 38.
My bg levels normalised until now so it did work!
It was horrific.
Yes well done for sticking to it. Is there a reason you didn't do the ND 800 cal diet for 12 weeks?No supplements unfortunately.
After the starvation diet, I could hardly walk and I felt like I have just come out of a Nazi concentration camp to be honest, but it has to be done.
I lost about 3.5 stones, fasting bg levels dropped from 9.8 -13 to 4.9 - 5.9. HBA1c also dropped from 85 to 38.
My bg levels normalised until now so it did work!
But it was a horrific life-changing experience.
I don't know how you did it, but well done for sticking at it.
Yes well done for sticking to it. Is there a reason you didn't do the ND 800 cal diet for 12 weeks?
hmmm, that's not true. I realise you are trying to be modest. The reality is very few of us could do that, and if we did the outcome might not be so positive. I am so glad it worked for you after all your efforts.but if I can do it, anyone can do it for sure.
No way.. I'd disappear!
I did my own version of the Newcastle Diet but it was starvation diet because I was desperate to get into remission fast.
hmmm, that's not true. I realise you are trying to be modest. The reality is very few of us could do that, and if we did the outcome might not be so positive. I am so glad it worked for you after all your efforts.
I also think it's important to look at our whole health, not just the diabetes. Whilst we are 'curing' one thing we may be causing damage elsewhere. I am not referring to you @NewTD2 as you did it properly, under medical supervision.
Well done again.
That decision could very easily have proved harmful. I find it hard to comprehend why an endocrinologist, a dietician and a GP would sanction, let alone prescribe, a starvation diet.
Your comment "If I can do it anyone can" is one I loathe. We are individuals and we each have to base our decisions on our own personal circumstances. I can get into a size 8 dress so by your reckoning everyone should be able to do the same.
I can get into a size 8 dress so by your reckoning everyone should be able to do the same.
I don’t want to be misunderstood here.
Just trying to give some sort of encouragement.
What I meant was, I had the determination to go for it but on the other hand we are all different.
Yep we sure have.I get it, it certainly seemed like you were just being modest and encouraging. It was a far cry from saying "why doesn't everyone else do it, what's wrong with people?" I think we've been a bit sensitised to that in this thread
I get it, it certainly seemed like you were just being modest and encouraging. It was a far cry from saying "why doesn't everyone else do it, what's wrong with people?" I think we've been a bit sensitised to that in this thread
I get it, it certainly seemed like you were just being modest and encouraging. It was a far cry from saying "why doesn't everyone else do it, what's wrong with people?" I think we've been a bit sensitised to that in this thread
Sorry to bring up the subject again but when terms like courage and determination are used it follows that a person who tries and does not get the desired results from any particular diet lacks those things.
Using the term 'If I can do it anyone can' actually means only 'If I can do it, I can do it' nothing more.
I am a little envious that this is an option for you. So tempted to try it myself. The reason I won't is one I have posted on this forum before. I will post it again so that others on this thread who may not have read it before can understand my reasons.
11 years ago my teenage son and I caught flu, we didn't eat anything at all for 5/6 days and then the next 5/6 days ate very little (200 cals with perhaps 400 on the last day.) My son, who wasn't overweight to start with, lost 11 and a half pounds. I was morbidly obese and only lost half a pound. It was then that I ( a serial dieter) realised that to keep cutting calories to lose weight was the wrong thing for me personally to do. So I focussed on trying to become healthy instead. I have done some (maybe 3) vlc diets since then (we never learn do we?!) to hopefully shift a few pounds but to no avail. I now try to do my metabolism a favour and eat at least 1200 cals a day (no maximum). I don't want to go back to the bad old days of thinking that the less calories I eat the more weight I would lose. It didn't work out like that for me. For me low carbing (in various forms/diets) is the answer.
I find it hard to comprehend why an endocrinologist, a dietician and a GP would sanction, let alone prescribe, a starvation diet.
Yes, I think the key for some, is to 'confuse' the metabolism. I have been doing that by random and intermittent fasting. My main aim is to maintain the good BG levels. An added bonus would be to lose some excess weight. I am resigned to the fact that some of us don't seem to be able to slot into any particular theory, and so the search for a solution goes on. Some would say that having followed ND in the past I have messed up my metabolism. Perhaps if I had discovered LCHF first I could have used that method and had the sort of success I am often envious about when I read of others having done that. Can't turn the clock back, so will never know. It really is tedious at times, a d those who haven't lived it don't always understand.
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