Newcastle Diet -

[Kreator]

My family are now complaining I'm too scrawny and need to put weight on.

Yep, same here for me! - I'm gonna stay the same thanks! - well done @Weekender you look amazing mate 😉

 

[Weekender]

Getting over confident / being stupid

Recently I have been thinking 'I have fixed this Type 2 Diabetes, I can eat and drink what I want from time to time.
Looking at my fasting blood sugar trend in the last 8 weeks, this is a big mistake.
I will exercise more thought and control. I don't want my October Hba1c to be back in the diabetic range :-(

 

[Weekender]

Weekly Update

Fasting blood sugars (FBS) are trending way too high. I suspect I have been too lax with the carbs.
I did my first 10km run on Sunday, and Mrs Weekender was advocating following the advice for runners to have carbs the night before and the two hours before the race, so I went along with it. But my FBS was too high days before and after this, so it's not the cause.

I've also gained 0.6kg on average over the week - I'm less fussed about this than the FBS

This week I will follow a strict zero carbs policy and see what happen. If this doesn't work I may have a few 800 calorie days.

I'm wondering if I've lost too much muscle and this is a cause . . .

 

[Weekender]

Week 18
Roy Taylor in The Guardian today

The worrying blood sugar trend carried on this week until I stopped evening snacking and eliminated all carbs a few days ago - I'm relieved to see this has worked.

It's a change of mind set, or the stories I tell myself.
I was thinking "I've lost all this weight, this should have fixed my insulin resistance so I deserve to be able to eat more normally"
I'm now thinking "You put in all this effort, if you relax now you will revert to having T2D, it would be a shame to have wasted all that effort, skip the potatoes / snacks"
In other words diabetes is for life.

I was influenced by a case study in a Professor Taylor presentation of some American who had low blood sugar after eating a blueberry muffin. It can be "cured!" was my take away.

On this forum you will see a range a views @travellor "eating a normal healthy Mediterranean diet" is in the 'fixed it camp whilst @Drummer is very alert to the dangers of carbs.

It was hard to know what to think.

I've made sense of this by recognising that the Genetics of type 2 diabetes is very complex and will vary from person (family) to person. My readings demonstrate that I will need to be vigilant.

I've lost 20% of my body weight. My waist is still 35" as a 21 year old it was 30"-32". Perhaps if I lost more weight I could eat a more normal diet, but I'm pretty skeletal at 80kg.

I'm very keen to avoid having to take drugs, but I'm not ruling anything out




I've gained weight based on an average of the daily readings this week


But being more in control the last 2 days has brought weight down from 81.6 kg to 79.9kg

 

[mage 1]

I’m so glad you’re back on board and you know what needs to be done. I do understand how you feel I also watched the video of Professor Taylor and the cure I think we all understand now that there is no pure cure we just need to watch what we’re eating and drinking I am very happy with my diet and what I eat. I know I’ve just got to continue with my diet to maintain my HbA1c I would also like to get it a little bit lower so we’ll just wait And see . Well done with what you have active so far

 

[Weekender]

Thanks @mage 1 and good luck

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I found it was the last few pounds that reversed mine.
There is a personal fat threshold, and I think it also has some hysteresis.
I got down to a "comfortable" weight fairly slowly, but hadn't reversed my diabetes.
I used the Newcastle diet to go further, and did finish up quite ill looking, at a low BMI.
Whether it was the speed of the loss, or the final weight loss clearing the internal fat I don't know, but I have put some weight back on, I no longer look like a skeleton, and it still seems ok.

 

[Drummer]

@Weekender - I saw my father's mother slowly deteriorate over a number of years when I was young - I know now that it was mostly down to my father and his father nor understanding the problems she had with carbs as a type two diabetic.
That experience left a mark and if it was a case of living off frogspawn to get control - well, sorry frogs.
Happily it is possible for me to live on low carb very well and easily and to have results far better than I ever expected.

 

[Weekender]

I found it was the last few pounds that reversed mine.
There is a personal fat threshold, and I think it also has some hysteresis.
I got down to a "comfortable" weight fairly slowly, but hadn't reversed my diabetes.
I used the Newcastle diet to go further, and did finish up quite ill looking, at a low BMI.
Whether it was the speed of the loss, or the final weight loss clearing the internal fat I don't know, but I have put some weight back on, I no longer look like a skeleton, and it still seems ok.

That's really good to know.
Coincidently, I've just been to the Gym and had a more accurate set of measurements done.
My muscle mass is low - particularly my legs, my visceral fat is 9 (1 = good, 12 = Worst), my belly fat is too high.
So more work to do. The instructor suggest I can get my basal metabolic rate up from 1900 to 2200 calories with resistance training.

@Weekender - I saw my father's mother slowly deteriorate over a number of years when I was young - I know now that it was mostly down to my father and his father nor understanding the problems she had with carbs as a type two diabetic.
That experience left a mark and if it was a case of living off frogspawn to get control - well, sorry frogs.
Happily it is possible for me to live on low carb very well and easily and to have results far better than I ever expected.

That would be searing experience. It makes perfect sense. You will have inherited their intolerance. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

That's really good to know.
Coincidently, I've just been to the Gym and had a more accurate set of measurements done.
My muscle mass is low - particularly my legs, my visceral fat is 9 (1 = good, 12 = Worst), my belly fat is too high.
So more work to do. The instructor suggest I can get my basal metabolic rate up from 1900 to 2200 calories with resistance training.

That would be searing experience. It makes perfect sense. You will have inherited their intolerance. Thank you for sharing.

Yes, increase muscle mass, that uses glucose anyway, and concentrate on the belly fat.
I found the gym really improved my Hba1c, and diabetes overall.
Increasing your metabolic rate is a further win.

 

[Weekender]

Morning All - Week 19

Got more of a grip on my diet, particularly evening TV snacking, and fasting blood sugars reduced. I'm getting an HbA1c test today, really curious to learn the result.
Weight has fluctuated quite a bit.
I started going to the gym to build muscle in order to stabilise my blood glucose.
My active minutes have dropped, I don't know if this is because I'm giving myself a pass because I'm going to the gym, or the fact it's been raining non-stop.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Morning All - Week 19

Got more of a grip on my diet, particularly evening TV snacking, and fasting blood sugars reduced. I'm getting an HbA1c test today, really curious to learn the result.
Weight has fluctuated quite a bit.
I started going to the gym to build muscle in order to stabilise my blood glucose.
My active minutes have dropped, I don't know if this is because I'm giving myself a pass because I'm going to the gym, or the fact it's been raining non-stop.
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The gym should make a good difference.
No question the improved muscle reduces BG, improves circulation, and helps overall.
I found the old adage "eat less, move more" was probably the best thing for me.

 

[mage 1]

Well done hope you’re next HbA1c goes well and is just as good as your last one

 

[Kreator]

Good job @Weekender - I knew you would work it out 😉

 

[Weekender]

Well done hope you’re next HbA1c goes well and is just as good as your last one

Thanks

 

[Weekender]

Good job @Weekender - I knew you would work it out 😉

Cheers @Kreator

 

[Weekender]

Latest 5th Oct HBA1C = 31. CHUFFED

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Latest 5th Oct HBA1C = 31. CHUFFED

Brilliant result!
Nailed it.
Congratulations.

 

[Weekender]

Brilliant result!
Nailed it.
Congratulations.

Thanks, I was apprehensive. Steady as she goes 🙂

 

[Deleted member 33972]

Frightened to bring up this subject. I noticed my lower jawline had some deep linesfrom the amount I’ve already lost. I’m terrified of loose skin with a bigger loss. When I was at the actual slimming club there was a young man getting surgery for his Moobs but think he got scared and put the weight back on again. I’m sure no one will give me surgery at my age and the skin wont just disappear like when I was younger and will just have to live with it. Change of subject . So much has happened last few weeks, worst of all next door neighbour dying and funeral tomorrow. I’ve gone off plan and after binging on sweet stuff I’m finding it difficult to get back off them again. Hope everyone is doing well.