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Originally Posted by geoblewis
I'm curious about this as well. I'm a type 2 diabetic and have about 130 lbs left to lose. I've already lost 60 lbs, but it's getting more and more difficult as I get older. I really don't want to have surgery only to be put on this sort of diet. I'd rather do the diet on my own. But first I'd love to hear all about it.
I was just going to put together a diet for myself, based on a ketogenic ratio and supplementing with vitamins. I thought I might try it for a few weeks at a time then go back to balanced eating (which I do normally now) to maintain for a few more weeks, continuing this cycle till I reach goal.
dunno about that ketogenic ratio - but the diet i was put on way back when was simple: 750cal/day plus unlimited tossed salad.
free foods include stuff like: beef consommé, mushrooms, onions, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, tomato, whatever else you'd find in a tossed salad (obviously not the dressing, the bacon bits, egg, etc).
i use FitSmart Fibre35 shakes when i'm feeling lazy or uninspired but otherwise, it's staggering what you can fit in under 250 cal!
example:
soup: mushroom soup made by sauteeing mushrooms and onion in balsamic vinegar (no oil or butter), then deglazing using PC Blue Menu beef no-salt-added consommé (free food)
salad: mixed field greens, tomato, onion, celery, mushroom, sweet red pepper, drizzled with balsamic vinegar (i really love the stuff!) (free food)
10 asparagus spears (free food)
13 large shrimp sauteed in (you guessed it!) balsamic vinegar (else you can steam them and squeeze lemon juice over them) - 80cal
1c blueberries - 80cal
1/2c sliced strawberries - 25cal
tetley's pear/lychee flavoured green tea (black, no sweetening) - free food.
not exactly starvation rations, is it?
i use sparkpeople's nutrition tracker to help me plan things out in advance and i eat something every three hours.
MAKE SURE you are weighing in at the dr's or the dietitian every week and getting your blood and iron tested regularly - every 4wks at least although in your case you might be like me and need them done biweekly.