I’m off to a great start to the week having just completed a 38 hour fast. I went to bed early last night as I was feeling cold and grumpy. Had a terrible headache (carb flu) but slept well despite waking up a few times. Just eaten a couple of medjool dates and some peanut butter with a cup of rooibos and it tasted delicious. Was going to have a boiled egg but I can’t face it so I’ll have it at lunchtime. I have to be really careful what I eat after a 36 hour fast. I’ll leave it a couple of hours before going out just in case! This week I am going to stay low carb, time restricted eating and more walking. I am looking forward to making progress slowly but steadily. Today feels like a win. Last Monday I only could manage a 24 hour fast.
Have a good day everyone. Take it one day at a time.

Hi all, so nice to read such cheery posts from so many!
I have been weighing and recording in MFP like I did seven years ago. I am sticking to 8-900 cal and less than 40g carbs, mostly less than 30. My regular weight day is Friday but I’m doing a cheeky weigh on Tuesdays as well. Sadly so far there’s little progress but we’ll see what Friday brings.
Today I went to a ‘gentle’ exercise class. I wouldn’t want it to be any faster! But although it felt like hard work at the time I felt great after it and I’m going to continue once or twice a week.
Hope everyone is having a good week. Good luck with the rest of your fast, Mixnmatch.
Sueblue, sounds like you are having some wonderful walks around the city.
CC I hope your week goes well and that this is a good ‘proper’ week for you.
Good luck to everyone 😁

Margaret ……

GOSH! GOSH! and GOSH! I just hope your surgery is soon!

I can’t remember the exact figures, would have to look them up, but I am pretty sure that in 2017 I lost about the same without the jabs, I lost 8 stones in total over 2 years but most successfully at the end when I discovered the BSD, both 5:2 and the Fast 800 which actually took me down to my target. No digestive discomfort either, other than a few rumbles.

S-G I hope you are feeling much better now?
Well done Pootle & your goals sound very good. I also like salmon Verano & will defrost some for supper tomorrow to have with some baked vegetables topped with some pesto sauce. Tonight we will have black bean & mushroom chilli with a little Basmati rice I found in the freezer.
I persuaded my husband to go to the Minor Injuries Department at our local hospital this morning because the shin he grazed a week ago was not healing well & I thought the surrounding skin looked too pink. All is well however & they checked his vitals & there was no indication of any infection so he didn’t need any antibiotics plus his leg has been re-dressed with strict instructions to keep it dry & to not change the dressing for five days. Something I had already said of course plus to not put Savlon on it but of course he disagreed. He has also recently seen an NHS Podiatrist, after I had badgered him to get his feet checked. He is now in the system because I keep a close eye on his legs & feet with him being a Type 2 Diabetic as he has lost some sensation in lower legs & his feet & is always walking into things not realising if he has hurt himself. Whilst at the hospital I went to make an X-ray appointment for my left leg & they were able to immediately see me which was excellent. I had a good look at my X-ray & although I have lost some cartilage it looks much better than my right knee which I was relieved about. I finally saw a practitioner at MSK on Friday so I’m also now on the NHS waiting list for my right knee replacement which gives me time to do some exercises to strengthen my thigh muscles & lose weight 😀 I have no timescale yet & probably the wait will be about six months however I have been referred for surgery to the private hospital where I saw the orthopaedic surgeon that would avoid going to a large hospital that has many cases of flu, RSV & covid!. All I have to do now is keep losing weight & do my daily physio exercises 🤞🤞
Keep on going everyone 👍🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Good luck Pootle! Hope you achieve your goals.

Well I’ve not had the best start to my ‘Friday’ start to the week. Went overboard this weekend. Feeling much better now that it’s Monday. Hoping I can just get into the swing of Friday week starts in a week or so.

Tonight we have baked salmon, mashed cauliflower, asparagus and sprouts. Sounds ‘healthy’, feels ‘healthy’ . Hope I can stay ‘healthy’!

Have a good evening.

Great news Pootle! Think I should follow your husbands example but just can’t bring myself to ‘give in’!

🥦🍪🥗 Day 4 of my new plan. I have never started my ‘week’ on a Friday before as it’s always been Tuesday. I’ve been finding the weekend difficult in fact gave in to chocolate biscuits and even ate a frozen mince pie! Oh dear! Anyway today so far so good. Lunch was two eggs, smoked salmon, salad and Livlife bread with a smidgeon of mayo. I still feel full. Think my last two days have gone awry because I was hungry by dinner and just couldn’t stop! So my positive is that I recognise why my eating pattern over the weekend was flawed. I am putting it right now.

🛠️🫖🍳 Kitchen about to be ‘rejuvenated’ next week. Definitely a positive as we also don’t
have to empty all the cupboards only a handful. Nonetheless it’s a disruption but the outcome will definitely be a ‘positive’. Something to look forward to!

Hope you have positives. It’s always a bonus to find a positive especially when life is throwing ‘curved balls’.

Greetings! I wonder if anyone has combined this approach to dieting with a jab such as Wegovy or Mounjaro? I have a friend who paid privately for Mounjaro and has lost about 3 stones in 5 months. She experienced some digestive discomfort, which I think is common, but otherwise is following a higher protein, fewer carbs, no treats approach.

Hi Cathy, no I am being a touch cautious and having a variety of herb teas, ‘liquid lunch’ of bone broth, or marmite or on two days a miso instant soup as well as the water to make sure I keep my electrolytes up, and I am having a multivitamin and fish oil capsule a day (which reminds me, I haven’t had todays yet). The largest calorie days are the soup ones at 35 calories. I am hoping to avoid most of the issues doing this without affecting the main point of the fast. I have dropped caffeine which gave me my only symptom of a mild withdrawal headache. I am actually impressed with how well I am feeling and how well I am sleeping (probably connected) I will certainly be doing this again, and may pluck up courage to go just water/herb teas for the next one but not for at least another six months as the study I read said no more than twice a year. I will probably do that anyway for my 36 hour fasts when I start doing them after getting back to eating normally in a phased way as planned which will take several weeks. I need to be strong and strict with myself too and not risk jumping back into a normal diet too quickly.

MixnMatch- I can’t believe you’ve managed to fast for so long! Are you just having water? Take care when reintroducing food- i often get “intestinal doom” after fasting for 36 hours when i start eating again. I am doing my Monday fast today and am going the full 36 hours this week. I already feel mentally in a better place than this time last week so I know i am going to be able to complete the fast. I’ve got a nice selection of lemon and ginger tea, peppermint tea, rooibos and gingerbread chai. At mealtime I choose a different cup of tea as my meal!
Sue you sound really motivated and you’re getting plenty of steps in. I am hoping now the ice has melted that I will be walking more this week. I like your idea of adding a new habit each week. I find that mixing things up really helps to keep me motivated.
I am considering this as a proper week. Last week was slow and steady and “getting into the swing of things”. I had a couple of good days and a couple of not so good days but all part of the plan . This week I plan to be strong and strict!
Have a good week everyone!
Well done to those on the cruise who have already seen some weight loss.

Unfortunately the sample was far too small to draw any conclusions! Sorry but I’m not double pricking my fingers in the name of ‘science’! I’ll leave the ‘experiment’ just as it is.

Wow, that is quite a difference!
Worth knowing!

Thought I would test the alcohol versus hand washing finger prick. Washed hands in soap and hot water, dried and reading was 6.4. Cleaned hands with alcohol spray and tested same finger and got a reading of 7! In future will wash rather than spray!

Yowzer – that yogurt sounds delicious! I’ll have to look for something similar here.
Arctic Fox – so glad to hear you are starting to feel wellness creeping in around the edges! What a perfect way to describe it 🙂
I know exactly how you feel – when I first started BSD 8 years ago, that was what impressed me the most – even before I had lost much weight I had a noticeable reduction in joint pain, and an increase in my energy levels. I was having regular blood tests at the time and they showed a reduction in inflammation levels – this is what initially inspired me to keep on keeping on 🙂
I too am starting to feel wellness creeping back since my new year reboot. It’s early days yet, but already starting most days with a walk is becoming a habit – husband and I walked for an hour this morning and it was just on 6,000 steps.
We had a beautiful walk on Saturday – we ended up at Shark Beach on Sydney Harbour (Nielsen Park), it has lovely harbour views. I was kicking myself for not having my swimming costume (we weren’t planning on going there), but I did manage a paddle! We were walking around markets earlier in the day so step count ended up being almost 16,000 for the day. And sitting in the park overlooking the harbour was a great mindfulness exercise!
I’m having a good day today so far. After returning from my walk I decided to clean out the fridge and discovered leftovers and vegetables that needed using up – so i now have veggie soup cooking in the slow cooker, and a dozen freshly cooked breakfast muffins – made with eggs, ricotta, leftover roast turkey, pumpkin, zucchini, broccoli and capsicum – waste not want not!
I’m trying to introduce a new habit each week, so as well as walking more, and planning and recording food intake, this week I’m adding 16:8. I had breakfast at 9am (was starving as was up at 5.30am) and planning to eat my evening meal at 5pm. I’m making Tacos for husband and daughters and am going to use lettuce leaves for my portion, instead of taco shells. That’s the plan anyway! Now to tackle the housework before I go back to work tomorrow.

Thanks for the explanation MnM. I may try it, but after 6 months of weighing everything and recording calories and carbs, (so time consuming…as I rarely follow a recipe exactly! 🥴) I am trying to just keep off the carbs, only recording what I have eaten rather than weighing etc. If I can keep stable that way, all well and good, if not I will go back to the counted 800 for a week and then try the reverse diet! 🤞🤞

Almost at the end of day 7 and still going strong, so will carry on at least until Tuesday, which will be day 9. My sister’s birthday on Wednesday so probably won’t make the 10th day this time. Weather has definitely warmed up a lot so went shopping today with no coat, I got cold hands, but no worse than that. My body comp scales recorded a healthy visceral fat percentage for the first time this morning so that is good news 😀

I am one of the committed ‘reverse dieters’ Verano mentioned. I probably need to read up on it again however I am going to use a customised version after my fast to get me eating healthily again, as if you dive straight back into eating normally your body will just attempt to regain the weight again if it can, and if you stay low calorie for too long you may end up putting weight on even if you are eating less than before when you let the brakes off due to your body adapting to less calories.

The basic principle is increasing the calories by 50 every day for a week, so week 1 850 (average) week 2 900, week 3 950 etc, carrying on until you begin to gain weight, but while staying low carb (this will be a personal level which you can only find through experimenting). After the week where you gain weight, drop back 50 calories and do another week. You may lose the weight again immediately, in which case that could be your personal metabolic rate so stay with it. If you lose more weight as your body adapts after a couple of weeks then go back up 50.

My positive…not just for today!
Husband has hearing aids at last….no more being shouted at because he hasn’t heard what I said, when it wasn’t really important anyway! 🥴🤣😂🤣😂🤔

Popping by to wish everybody a good week on the Good Ship Lollipop ( with no lollipops!)
and to mention an item I find really good for brekkies..high protein yoghurt.
I get mine from – rhymes with sparks – comes in 200 g tubs,is very filling,much thicker than I was expecting,100 g or 50 is enough.
Three lovely flavours,strawb,vanilla,and mango and passion fruit are really delicious in my humble opinion.
I sometimes have a scoop as a dessert after evening meal. If you like trifle,add a scoop of low cal jelly and a few berries,and its as good as any trifle ive ever eaten- except for my daughters super amazing trifle,which thankfully she only makes at christmas,as its irresistible!
These are the figures for the vanilla – the other flavours will be much the same X
Typical Values per 100g:
Energy 328kJ/77kcal
Fat 0.6g
of which saturates 0.3g
Carbohydrate 5.5g
of which sugars 3.9g
Fibre <0.5g
Protein 12.5g
Salt 0.05g

Pootle, seems you have cracked the code for weight maintenance using the BSD WoE. In the early days, I remember finding it more daunting than learning how to use BSD for weight loss. Hope you enjoyed your me time yesterday.

For me, this has been another day when positives feel thin on the ground, but I have to find at least one, soooo ……. 🤔💭
Have asked our travel agent to look at putting together options for a touring holiday of Sri Lanka, for this time next year. Will be something special to look forward to.

Can you tell us about one of your positives?

Thank you for the info, Healthy-food777, however if aiming for a low carb diet such as BSD, it’s important to remember that some fruits and veg carry a high carb value and so should be approached with caution.
Best of luck to you with your chosen path.

I am thrilled! This website https://healthy-food.fun/ has opened up a whole world of benefits and health for me. Simple tips, incredible food facts, everything to make my diet better. Come on in, change your diet for the better and be on the health wave like me! That’s why I created an account here and want to share this information with you.

I watched with interest the Morning Live sessions on diet & diabetes and also the Glucose Goddess on C4.
I have set my goals for 2025…1) To keep diabetes in remission. 🤞
2) To stabilise my weight at between 10st 5lb and 10st 7lb.
3) To keep my cool when I get my next diabetic clinic appointment. Not to ‘crow’ 🐓 over the nurse who gave me such a hard time when I was starting out on this journey!😇 (Not sure I will be able to achieve that one!!😂)
4) Continue enjoying the low carb diet and way of life!

Hope everyone who has been feeling unwell is making a good recovery…
xx

Thats a possibility V. Not thought of that. Another theory is that it causes the skin to contract and makes it harder to penetrate the skin. The blood that comes out is contaminated with a chemical. Washing in warm water increases the blood flow to the fingers. Also if washing, make sure hands are dry or you are watering down the blood.

Hi all, still feeling rubbish but nose blowing is getting easier, cough not so dry and hacking. Little by little.

I too hope Glucose Goddess doesn’t try to flog her Anti Spike. I did look at it and it is very expensive – €45 for 30 days here in France. Also thought as a diabetic it might be a bit dangerous to be dropping BG without my control – at least with food I know what I am eating.

For those who are not aware of her 10 hacks – you can go onto her site and download them.

My answer to living life. I think I was still in a learning phase of BSD when I went on my first cruise. Now I know what to avoid and how to keep on track. Little things like no bread – with any meal. Try to have a salad before or with main meal. No snacking between meals. Just because it is there doesn’t mean I have to have it. I can still enjoy the 5 star service, food and comfort without the ‘bad’ foods.

Hi Lucy and Pootle. The hunger you are feeling is driven by the food choices you are making. The more carbs you eat the more your body craves by way of making you think you are hungry. If you can squench the hunger with something none carb but delicious you will soon get out of that cycle. Try yoghurt and fruit as a snack. Have a hard boiled egg in the fridge for emergencies. I am not preaching as I am going through the same thing, especially late at night.

Hello.

Getting back on track is so so hard. The ‘first flush’ is usually the easiest because you tend to have a solid goal in mind. I sympathise with you both.

Pootle I remember people speaking of a ‘reverse diet’ when I think people started adding a few more cabs and calories back into their diet when they had reached their goal. I never did it myself but I’m sure somebody will come here with more information for you. You can manage maintenance but it’s just finding the right path for you.

Lucy. I hear your pain. I really don’t know what to suggest apart from forgetting yesterday it’s gone and you can’t change that, but you do have choices now. How about re-setting your goals. I’ve been reading quite a bit about goal setting and I think it’s a case of just building up small habits. Maybe say ‘just for today I’m going to……..’ Pick one thing and when you have done that for a few days add another. I know it all sounds so slow but better build on small habits than give up completely. You have done so well. Give yourself some credit. Look at the weight you have lost and don’t concentrate on the small amount you’ve gained. Try to look forward rather than backwards.

Hi Lucy,
I know exactly what you mean about being hungry! Even when I have just eaten a meal, I am still hungry! When I was still trying to lose weight I kept telling myself that snacking wasn’t an option…now I hear that little nagging voice…saying “you deserve it, what harm can it do?” I know what harm it can do!!!!! Last night I ate 1/2 bar of chocolate…I intended to have one square! 🥴
❄️I think the cold weather isn’t helping…and January is always a difficult month! ❄️
Thinking of you 🤞 hope that it gets easier.
X

Hi Pootle, have been having a nightmare to be honest. I seem to have fallen by the wayside csnt get back on track at all after Xmas etc. Have eaten badly and can’t sort ut out. Things have been very stressful with one thing and another and that certainly hasn’t helped but thats no excuse. It’s made me very unhappy eating like this and i have to sort myself out which I definitely aim to do. But because of my current eating habits I am constantly hungry so need to get through this.
Wish I had something positive to say but in honesty there isn’t.
New day today…..I know I can do it because I have.
Well done for your Xmas lbs loss. I aim to be joining you again. X

Hi Lucy,
How was your weigh in this week? I have managed to keep roughly steady…but I will say, it was easier to lose it than keep on a level!!😩
My husband has just got some hearing aides…halleluia…I must post on the positives thread! It has decreased my stress levels enormously! It is very difficult when some one is constantly shouting “WHAT” when you speak to them!

Thinking of you…hope your Mum is coping a bit better now…
xxx

I am enjoying the carb free way of life….but have added in more Jumbo oat or pinhead oat porridge, and the VERY occasional piece of toast. My plan is to c continue to write down what I am eating, just not taking the time to work out the figures! BUT I will go back to doing that if my weight or numbers increase!
😁😁😇🤣

Pootle sounds like you have a perfect ‘handle’ on this way of life. Just keep the odd checks to make sure you’re within your personal limits.
Best of luck in staying in T2 remission. Just make a ‘plan’ that allows you some carbs, if that’s what you want, but also keeps you within the T2 guidelines.

Great to hear your positives.
I could do with blitzing my whole house..🥴 but it will have to wait!
Good to have a plan…

I was supposed to be at a friend’s birthday party this afternoon, but the icy weather has made it difficult for us both the get away. The 150 miles each way means an overnight stay and one of us has to be here to ensure the animals have water 💦 that isn’t frozen❄️. So husband has gone on his own, giving me time to myself! 😁 I love being with him but also like some ME time!

I am no longer weighing & calculating and recording all calories and carbs…just weighing myself everyday and testing blood glucose every few days. All seems stable… another positive!

S-g yes yes and yes. I knew all the answers!
Thanks s-g. Yes you have done really well BUT we do have to live!

Would your life have been better/more enjoyable if you hadn’t cruised but kept your weight lower? My guess is not!

We just have to balance the pluses and minuses which change with age, health and pleasure. Sometimes we just have to ‘live in the moment’.

Maybe we should always ‘live in the moment’!

Thanks V, hope your mantra will prove right. Happily DD is a strong and determined person, so she is already applying for jobs … 🤞🏻something good comes her way soon.

That counts as one positive and my second is blitzing our bedroom. Over the festive period it had become very dishevelled, now it all clean and tidy again.

Think those two will do for me today. Have a great weekend packed with positives everyone x

Hi everyone.
Sorry for all those feeling under the weather . Flu is rampant in France too. We are ok…not that we go out that much with contact with hordes of people. We did get flu jabs end November though.
This has been a good week…an extended fast from Sunday evening to Tuesday evening and one meal a day the rest of the week. I am including some legumes and lots of veggies. My keto mojo shows blood glucose and ketones are good. I like that accountability.
I have been incorporating the Glucose Goddess hacks which were mentioned in the Channel 4 programme and which SG has mentioned before. I think Jessie Inchauspe gives good advice but I am less convinced by her attempts to push her Anti Spike pill which seems to suggest it can lessen a spike after eating cake etc. I’d rather hear that we shouldn’t eat the cake !. To be honest she is suggesting her hacks to various people struggling on her programme but it remains to very seen if her pills are mentioned in Episode 2
I hope you have a good weekend. Take care if you are in recovery mode xx

S-g so pleased that you are feeling better now and going ‘out’ is a huge step forward.

I did watch Jessie. Very impressed. Never heard of her before but really interesting.

Sunny sorry to hear about DD’s job. Life throws all sorts of curved balls especially when least expected. Hopefully she will come through. I live by the mantra that ‘something good always comes out of a bad situation’, let’s hope that holds true!

Sunny, despite the adversity, you posted a positive which puts us all to shame. So here I am …….

🧺🧺🧺 started the small amount of washing we have. Took clothes for summer/winter and brought a lot home unused ….. so a definite positive!

🥦🧅🧄 Cooking a roast chicken tonight which will last at least two days with freezer bits too as It’s a large chicken.

✒️📚✒️ Keeping a ‘diary’. Back to Fatsecret for logging, my food etc and paid for the year ‘premium’ access which works out at less than 60p a week. Hoping it might help me.to stay on track. But yes I know it’s really up to me!

S-g really interested in the fact that antiseptic wipes alter the readings. I always use an alcohol spray before I test! Maybe if I always use it I’ll get a similar ‘incorrect’ reading?

Hi everyone,
Sounds like everybody is off to a great start and nice to hear everyone being so optimistic. I’m not weighing, of course, but I have had a bit of a NSV this week. I suddenly realized that I have a feeling of wellness creeping in around the edges. I have less joint pain, a bit more energy, better focus at work and I’m sleeping better. It’s not a huge difference so far, but enough to be noticeable. If I’ve lost any inches (or mm), it’s only on my hands and feet. Definitely not above the ankles or wrists yet.
I’ve been going for at least a 15-20min walk most afternoons. When I’m working at home, I go up the road that goes up the hill. Gets my heart rate going and good views across the valley along the way. Quite windy as well, but that helps clear the head. I’m hoping it will start to help with the insulin resistance as well.
I’ve been impressing myself with how well I’m eating, and preparing lunches. I’ve been alternating chopped kale with roasted red peppers, artichokes, and cottage cheese or konjac noodles with bok choy, or hummus on broccoli sandwich bread, with a clementine and small handful of nuts on the side. For dinner, it’s been broccoli with fish or soy free tofu or lentils, or a black bean chili. Breakfast when I have it is skyr with hemp hearts and pomegranate. So it feels quite well rounded. I’m not hungry except right before meals and I am not craving unhealthy things. So nice!

Glad you’re home safely, V. Sounds like an arduous journey, but now you can relax and enjoy your planning.

Positives from me today are once again a bit hard to identify. DD lost her job today, with all the other issues she has going on at the moment, this was huge blow. Consequently, I’m worried about how she will get through the coming weeks and months.

Anyway, there is still a need to post a positive, so for today my offering is that I put together a cabbage and coriander seed ferment today. Looking forward to it being ready to eat, as I’m keen to improve my gut micro biom.

Hello and well done to Dawn, Sue and MixnMatxh. You’re all off to a fab start. I forgot to weigh myself this morning and only realised when i was eating my breakfast. Because I’ve been taking it slowly my main aim has been to reduce carbs, do some time restricted eating and get myself on the right path. Im planning another fast on Monday and hope that the weather picks up so I can get some steps in next week.

Well said Yowzer, that is so true! And well done Mixnmatch and Dawn 🙂
Dawn I’ve also spent the last week just preparing/easing myself back into it, as I’ve been on holidays from work. I basically just wanted to focus on healthier habits. I weighed myself this morning and have lost 500g (about a pound), so happy with that at this stage.
I have notched up almost 50,000 steps too, my daily average for the past week has been over 7,000 as I’ve gone for a walk most days.
Have also made some healthy meals – overnight oats, lentil curry, beef and veggie stir fry, and lots of salads as it was so hot earlier in the week.
I’m going to be adding to the step count today as I’m going into the city again with my husband and he has a route planned that includes a park with hills and steps and some lovely views, so looking forward to that even though there is more rain forecast.
Sunday I’m cooking a healthy turkey roast for lunch, then doing some meal prepping for the week as I go back to work on Tuesday. I’m planning a 16:8 approach and 800-1000 calories each day as this is what has worked for me in the past.
Then hopefully at weigh in on Friday I will have shed another couple of pounds at least!
Have a great weekend everyone!

That is really helpful, yes. He has been given a lot of booklets and pamphlets to read, but tips from someone who has done it before are so much more accessible. I have passed on your advice to him and got him watching the Eat Smart programme to find out how to keep his spikes down for now, but hopefully when he is stabilised he can start to reduce the carbs as well.

Well done DAWN! Youre 2 lb down,and if you hadnt eased yrself into the first week,you could have been another one or two pound up👍 i think its always worth remembering that.X
And well done MIXY on reaching Day 5 of your plan! X👏👏 you made me smile in earlier post mentioning ‘ carb monster antics’..I always imagine my monster as a little gorilla wearing a frilly dress always waiting round corners to try to jump out at me and trip me up!

Hi all, still here. Starting to feel better and did a grocery shop yesterday. Not much energy and still coughing. Better and better every day. So please forgive me if I don’t have anything to contribute.

Have a good weekend.

Did mean to ask if anyone watched Jessie Inchaupe – the Glucose Goddess. I am a big fan.

Hi V, my answer to your 5 questions is 5 yeses.
Long term goal was to get rid of insulin but also a weight goal of reaching 65kgs. Both go hand in hand as one affects the other.
Short term goal – many along the way and these were mainly weight goals.
As above, yes 65kgs weight but no real figure for BG as they are meaningless if I am still on insulin.
Yes a health goal – lower BG and getting rid of insulin.
Yes again, 65kgs takes me to what I was before I went on insulin.

I really havent done too bad as I was 81.9kgs before BSD and now 72.2kgs. Was on 44 units insulin now on 18 (that changes depending on the season i.e. holidays etc). I have had gains along the way, back to holidays, I reached around 68kgs after 13 weeks on the plan and then went on a cruise, regained about 3 or 4kgs and been dithering around there ever since. Now with a goal to get to about 68kgs for my April holiday. Right now aiming for 3lbs a month for 3 months then 2lbs for the final 2 weeks – total of 11lbs.

I am not familiar with Type 3 except there has been a link to Alzheimers and this is probably not the case here. If he is looking for advice about using insulin there is little I can say. Maybe to stick to the dose recommended by his doctor. On this diet his BG will go down and he should be prepared to check regularly if he starts to get any of the symptoms of low glucose which are:-
Fast heartbeat. Shaking. Sweating. Nervousness or anxiety. Irritability or confusion. Dizziness. Hunger. Blurred vision.

Always have something close by as emergency sugar like a hard boiled sweet (I prefer Werthers Originals) or in cases of sever emergency a liquid glucose which can be administered by someone else if he isnt able to do it due to confusion. If the low BG is just coming on try eating some protein or a plain yoghurt with some berries or dried fruit chopped in. No need to be heading for the jam and bread like in the old days.

Be able to reduce the amount of insulin but with the advice of his doctor. I am capable of moving mine up and down depending on food or my numbers but this takes time and practice.

When finger pricking wash your hands rather than useing antiseptic wipes – these affect the reading – always prick the side of your finger rather than the tips. This prevents eventual loss of feeling in the fingers – also use a different finger or side of finger every time to spread the damage. When injecting insulin just make sure the area is clean, no need to wash as most body parts are not going to be dirty.

Hope that helps. Unless there is something specific. No it doesn’t really hurt, yes you do get sick of the idea of it but it is necessary. I don’t know what chance there is of him getting off insulin and onto metformin or diet control. It is up to him to speak to his doctor.

A younger friend has just found out he is diabetic Type 3c, due to a damaged pancreas. I have been told that it is more like Type 2 than Type 1 but he is being sent home from Hospital with insulin, rather than Metformin tablets which suggests a severe stage. Does anyone have any specific advice I can pass on to him? I think this is the diet he will be using as he has already lost a lot of weight.