Day 7

Day 7 (48 days to go)

Stats:
Fasting Blood Sugar : 97 (5.6)  NORMAL non diabetic level
Weight: 82.3 kg  
Weight loss: 2.2 kg

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Notes:
Headache is coming and going. But feel good. I get some moments of hunger but not as much as I had imagined.

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Symptoms:

Sight is improving. 

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Exercise:

Walking 30 mins

Medication:

0 x 425 mg Metformin  

0 x  glycoside. 

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Calorific Intake (target 800 kcal)

Shake 100
20g Almonds 100

Tandoori chicken breast - 170 cal
2 carrots 40
Mixed salad 30

total 440

Day 5 (50 days to go)

Stats:
Blood Sugar : 109 (6)  NORMAL non diabetic level
Blood sugar reduction: 17
Weight: 82.6 kg  
Weight loss: 1.9 kg

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Notes: 

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Symptoms:

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Exercise:

Medication:

3 x 425 mg Metformin (50% of day 1 dose)

0 x  glycoside. 

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Calorific Intake (target 800 kcal)

Shake 100
20g Almonds 100

Bowl of raw mushroom soup 110

bowl of cabbage and fish soup 45
Seeds 50g
gaspacho 75

total 475

Day 4

Day 4 (53 days to go)

Stats:
Blood Sugar : 103 (5.7)  NORMAL non diabetic level
Blood sugar reduction: 23
Weight: 82.7 kg  
Weight loss: 1.8 kg

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Notes: 
Yesterday was a little harder. I had some moments of hunger! I continued on the lower dose of glycoside. Blood sugar level is lower again this morning. It may just be a natural fluctuation so I am not overly expectant. However is has been dropping each day even with reduced meds. 

According to the notes for my doctor, Prof Taylor suggests the glycoside can be completely stopped. I will do do today.

One of my main incentives in doing this is to stop the retinopathy I am struggling with. I am hoping my eyes can make a full recovery but there may be complications even if I reverse the disease and remain disease free. 

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Symptoms:

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Exercise:

Medication:
3 x 425 mg Metformin (50% of day 1 dose)
0 x  glycoside. 

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Calorific Intake (target 800 kcal)

2 carrots 50
40g almonds 230kcal
Bowl of raw mushroom soup 110
bowl of cabbage and fish soup 75
gaspacho 50
salad 75
chicken 175
total 765

Day 3 (54 days to go)

Stats:
Blood Sugar : 115 (6.4)
Weight: 83.9kg 

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Notes: 

Day three is here and I didn't feel hungry at all again yesterday! 
Last night my sugar level was low before bed so I didn't take my final dose of glycoside. This can be a fluctuation as my diet is radically diferent, at least in volume.  I didn't want to risk too low blood sugar and wake up disorientated. This morning my level is better than yesterday. Glycoside has a 24 hour half life so I wouldn't expect it to effect the readings too much until today. So if my sugar rises I will take some more. 

I was just wondering how much a normal intake is per day. I checked it out an it is supposedly 2550 kcal for a man. That really brings home the enormity of what I am trying to do. In essence I having less than 1/3 of the normal intake.

So far it is too early to really expect any results. 

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Symptoms:
Eyes quite blurred this morning.
Excessive urination. 

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Exercise:
Medication:
2450mg Metformin
1 x 3mg glycoside. 

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Calorific Intake (target 800 kcal)

20g almonds: 100
200g gaspacho: 50
Chicken 100g: 170
3 30g carrots: 45
2 carrotts: 30
100g lettuce:15
gaspacho: 50
chicken: 170
5 small toms:15
dressing: 20
total 680

Day 2 (55 days to go)

Blood Sugar : 117 (6.5)

Day two is here and I didn't feel hungry at all yesterday! I mean 800 kcal is a tiny amount of food! I had thought I would be starving all day! So that is good news. I also didn't feel weak and in fa more energetic than usual. I had no coffee all day and didnt feel sleepy? My blood sugar level stayed below 153.

Blood sugar level before lunch - 105 !! This is very unusal. In a good way! 
Also my eyes feel clearer today. I am optimistic.

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Exercise:
30 minutes scootering in the morning

Medication:
1700mg Metformin
1 x ? glycoside. 

Meals:

1 shake : 100 Kcal

300c gaspacho: 60kcal
Fish stick soup: 150kcal. 
20g almonds: 100
1 small carrot: 20
Gaspacho 120
100g baked chicken 170
roasted veg 70

Total 790

Day One

56 days to go!

I woke up and as usual I had a lot of trouble reading my iPad screen, even when magnified to its largest!  This inability to read is my main incentive. There are many others...this isn't a nice disease.

Blood sugar is 126 (7).

It's day one and I feel some excitement and some fear. Or is it the same thing? Can I manage 8 weeks on an extreme diet, loosing up to 25 kg, and to end up looking like a skeleton?

The Numbers
I weigh myself. 84.5 kg. 
At 84.5kg my BMI is 27.59. 
As reported in the trusty Daily Mail patients need to loose 1/6 of their initial weight - so my target is 14kg loss giving final weight of approximately 70kg (11 stone 3 lbs) and a BMI of 22.9

Breakfast:
I had two of the chocolate "milkshakes" - not bad at all.

Dont forget if you want to help the millions of diabetes sufferers in the UK, Europe and worldwide you can sponsor me here: https://www.sponsorme.co.uk/robmatthews/sponsored-extreme-diet.aspx

So far I have 80 GBP in sponsors! Thank you my friends.

Anyone wishing to find out more about this approach to reversing diabetes can use the following link. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm



Exercise:
30 minutes scootering in the morning30 minutes scootering in the evening
Medication:
3 * 850mg Metformin
2 x ? glycoside. 

FOOD
3 shakes : 300 kcals
Home made gaspacho -200 kcalls
Roasted veg: 150kcals
seeds/nuts: 100 kcals

A Radical Diet

Lately I have been struggling to see. It isn't nice. 

I struggle to maintain my low blood sugar level and it seems I need more and more medication to do so. 

My friend David stopped me this morning. He told me about this article he had seen on the web.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2385179/I-reversed-diabetes-just-11-days--going-starvation-diet.html

I had seen this work and contacted the professor who pioneered it 2 years ago. At the time it sounded too radical and I decided to try other methods.

Anyway I went and looked over his web site and decided it is worth a shot.

So here we go!

As I reflected on it I thought I would make it a sponsored event as I have many kind and generous friends and I could help donate money to the organisation who sponsored the initial research, Diabetes UK.

To sponsor me - https://www.sponsorme.co.uk/robmatthews/sponsored-extreme-diet.aspx