Welcome DawnieP – great that you are planning to make this change together and hopefully bring you both to a healthier and happier place. Have you read the Fast 800 book? It’s a while since I read it myself, but as I remember, Dr Michael Moseley was himself quite trim, but still with a high blood sugar level – what he described as TOFI, ‘thin on the outside, fat on the inside’. The idea of pulling the calories (and carbs) really low is to give the body a bit of a shock and rid the body of visceral fat (fats around the organs) quickly and by doing this lower blood sugar levels.
As your husband has a very physical job, I would suggest maybe taking a gradual approach to allow his body a bit longer to adjust, so in the first few days perhaps allow a few extra calories, but make these up chiefly with fats – nuts, seeds, oil dressing on salad/veg, a little cheese or perhaps a little cream in coffee and avoid extra carbs as much as possible. Ideally though, he should be aiming to get down to the 800 if he can. It’s all a steep learning curve for everyone and there’s no harm in being gentle with yourself in the first few days.
If you do a search using the box at the top right hand of the page, you will find previous posts, where people undertake strenuous exercise whilst on the 800, so it is possible to be very active on what appears to be a very limited calorie intake to no ill effect.
Best wishes to you both for great success and we’ll look forward to reading of your progress.
