Any insight into how much weight loss is too much on the program. I'm trying to affect my type II diabetes with the McDougall plan before I let my doctor try to throw me on medications/insulin. Between having two kids born between July 2018 and now, and covid I've done a pretty bad job of taking care of myself so my type 2 has been pretty uncontrolled for almost 5 years. I know have type II and managed to get my a1c down to 5 in the past with this program. But I'd completely fallen off the bandwagon.
I was reading through my old book:
and Dr. McDougall suggests that he may use a little insulin on patients who lose too much too fast. I've been doing this properly for about 3 weeks now. I think I may have dumped 10 pounds in the first week. Its slowing down now though. Probably 2 pounds in the last week.
I don't suffer from thirst or blurred vision or anything. Massive fatigue has been a problem which is starting to improve now only after 3 weeks of being very strict with the program.
Too bad this place seems like a ghost town. It was much more active when I was on here 10 years ago. Maybe so few people believe anything but the low carb hype to get here.
*kicks a few tumbleweeds*