Back in July I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Before that I had been following the fast diet for about 2 months and lost 9lbs.

When I was diagnosed I had mentioned to my doctor, the sister etc about the fast diet, my doctors approach was follow the 80:20 rule, be good 80% of the time and treat yourself 20% of the time.

The sister seemed horrified when I asked her as it meant eating only 500 cals on fast days and it would effect my blood sugar, blah blah, it wasn’t a good idea, need regular meals etc etc.

Anyway, I started to eat more normal and regular meals. In the two months I have been doing this I have only managed to maintain my weight, despite eating low fat, low sugar meals. (I do admit I have a problem avoiding carbs)

I’m not on any medication at the moment and trying to control it with diet and exercise, so this week I have gone back to the fast diet. My outlook is it worked before I was diagnosed and I would have been diabetic when I was doing it before and I didn’t have a problem with it then.

Oh and one more thing, my weigh day is today (Saturday) I have lost 4lbs after my first week.