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Weight loss ups and downs - 800 Calorie - Newcastle

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I think it was more any weight loss would help a type 2 diabetic no matter what.
Professor Taylor had the question put to him once, but never made any comments on what the result could finally be. Just any weight loss would obviously help. This was picked up by some to justify any sort of "diabetic diet" they preferred as the way to go.
As to reversing diabetes, the only clinical test has been to the original shake diet. Anything else is speculation.
I have asked the question on here.
I am pleased that I have had confirmation that a diet with slow weigh loss did work, but unfortunately to date, it was from only one person.
Even the original trial of the Newcastle diet had better results, from 11 people, and there are certainly a much larger sample size on here, on many other diets, so I can't make any comment on that.
I hope the alternatives do achieve the same results for as many.
 
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86.9kgs!!!
 
Hi Linda,
Can you tell me what you exactly were told to eat and drink including any water and shakes and what food please.

Many Thanks

Mark.
 
Brilliant @ColinUK

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lord nelson said:
Hi Linda,
Can you tell me what you exactly were told to eat and drink including any water and shakes and what food please.

Many Thanks

Mark.
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Mark the advice is generally to do what it takes to drop 15kg. Layered on top of that is the suggestion that the best way to do that is to follow a very low calorie diet - 800 calories is often suggested - and get rid of the sugars in your diet as you do it.
 
 
HbA1C September 2020.... 38!

Got to pour all over the other test results but quite happy with that!
 
That is an excellent result Colin and reflects all your hard work. I hope the nurse/doctor was suitably impressed and gave you a big pat on the back.
Huge WELL DONE!
 
Fabulous, well done.
 
ColinUK said:
HbA1C September 2020.... 38!

Got to pour all over the other test results but quite happy with that!
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Nice!

But not surprised - well done.
 
rebrascora said:
That is an excellent result Colin and reflects all your hard work. I hope the nurse/doctor was suitably impressed and gave you a big pat on the back.
Huge WELL DONE!
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The nurse was stunned. She said I was the first person she’d ever seen reduced it by so much so quickly. She was also flabbergasted by the weight loss.
Her notes had me at 107kg originally and I came in at 87 on their scales yesterday.
 
Add my congratulations @ColinUK. Just shows what can be done if you make a plan and carry it out. Keep the thread going, there is a lot in here that people can learn from.
 
Docb said:
Add my congratulations @ColinUK. Just shows what can be done if you make a plan and carry it out. Keep the thread going, there is a lot in here that people can learn from.
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I'll keep it going as I'm not finished yet!
I've got more weight to drop as I'd like to lower my BMI and then I've got to keep it off.
 
Hello Colin, and congrats on your continuing weight loss, diabetic results, and so on

But I wonder - have you got round to doing any of The London Loop yet?
 
zuludog said:
Hello Colin, and congrats on your continuing weight loss, diabetic results, and so on

But I wonder - have you got round to doing any of The London Loop yet?
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Some bits of it yes but nowhere near enough!
 
ColinUK said:
The nurse was stunned. She said I was the first person she’d ever seen reduced it by so much so quickly. She was also flabbergasted by the weight loss.
Her notes had me at 107kg originally and I came in at 87 on their scales yesterday.
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Awesome results @ColinUK

So pleased that all your hard work has paid off so brilliantly 🙂
 
ColinUK said:
Diagnosed last week. In a rather unsatisfactory manner. (See my Bit of a Shock) thread in Newbies.

I’ve been 16st something for a while now and I know I really needed to shift at least three stone... worth noting that max weight over the last four years has been recorded at 17 1/2 stone.

Just wanted to share that today for the first time in living memory the scales showed my weight starting with 15! 15st 13 1/2lbs to be exact!

I’m not kidding myself that tomorrow it won’t be 16st something again but the trend is absolutely downwards!

Yay me 🙂
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Well done Colin. I had my second positive result on Wednesday of this week but was already on a diet. My old house was 10 minutes from the Gym but we moved last year and it is now nearly an hour. When I worked out the cost of a family membership I dropped it and bought an exercise bike which arrived at the end of July. I was 19 and a half stone. Very pleased to see a number starting with 17 stone this morning! OK, 17 stone 13lbs is still probably 4 stone above where I need to be but proud to be moving in the right direction! Low carbs and lots of exercise seems to be, for me, the way to get my weight under control
 
Congrats on your weight loss, Adrian, I hope it continues, but just an idea -

If you're happy with your exercise bike and it works for you, fair enough
But while we have a bit of summer left you could try doing some walking, which would also give you some fresh air
And as we know, exercise has a rolling effect - the more we do, the more we are able to do
 
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