By Way of Introduction...

Hello Everyone and seasons greetings,

I stumbled on this site by accident after several OMAD related searches directed me here.

I am not only an old fart but a T2D in remission, achieving normal blood glucose levels, an HbA1c of 37 and a BMI of 22.5 through the keto diet and thankfully minimal exercise.
Having read a fair amount on intermittent fasting by Jason Fung and others I became increasingly convinced that T2D is reversible for most, but essentially if patients do their own research and stop listening to ill-informed doctors and dieticians who have literally been spoon-feeding the population with such wrongheaded protocols as the Healthy Eating Pyramid and Healthy Eating Plate which they regretably believe themselves. OMAD, on the other hand, makes good sense particularly where it might be based on a low carb / keto regimen.

Anyhow, pardon the pontificating but I am very impressed with the quality of the information on this site which I believe stems from the self control and adherence required to follow through on such a plan. As a member of one of the main UK diabetes sites I have been regularly dumb-founded by the postings of clearly ill people who report halving their doughnut and muffin intake and wonder why their blood glucose leves are sky high after porridge and two slices of toast.

Apologies for sounding like a pompous ass but I have yet to read any contributions in these forums that are remotely in this vein and I look forward to learning from you all.
 
Welcome to the OMAD diet forum, @OhMAD , and I just LOVE your choice of username !
I totally agree with you when you talk about the diabetes doctors not knowing the right information for their patients, and that a diet correction can totally reverse type 2 diabetes, when done properly.
I have a friend who knows that sugar is bad for her insulin response and glucose levels; but she totally thinks that eating breads, pasta, and all sorts of heavy carb foods are fine. She still eats sweets, anyway, but then just takes extra insulin, and thinks she is solving the problem.
When I have mentioned low carb to her, she gets a horrified look, and tells me that “stuff doesn’t taste good”, and I am sure if I suggested intermittent fasting, she would be even more upset.
So, I just suggested reading Dr. Fung’s book or website, and left it at that.

I don’t know how old you are; but I have found that the older I get, the harder it seems to be for me to lose the weight. We go to the fitness center almost every day, and I swim for an hour, and then have my meal for the day when we get back home again, and I think that OMAD fits into my lifestyle so much better than anything else I have ever tried, and it is something that is sustainable for me.
 
Welcome to the OMAD diet forum, @OhMAD , and I just LOVE your choice of username !
I totally agree with you when you talk about the diabetes doctors not knowing the right information for their patients, and that a diet correction can totally reverse type 2 diabetes, when done properly.
I have a friend who knows that sugar is bad for her insulin response and glucose levels; but she totally thinks that eating breads, pasta, and all sorts of heavy carb foods are fine. She still eats sweets, anyway, but then just takes extra insulin, and thinks she is solving the problem.
When I have mentioned low carb to her, she gets a horrified look, and tells me that “stuff doesn’t taste good”, and I am sure if I suggested intermittent fasting, she would be even more upset.
So, I just suggested reading Dr. Fung’s book or website, and left it at that.

I don’t know how old you are; but I have found that the older I get, the harder it seems to be for me to lose the weight. We go to the fitness center almost every day, and I swim for an hour, and then have my meal for the day when we get back home again, and I think that OMAD fits into my lifestyle so much better than anything else I have ever tried, and it is something that is sustainable for me.
 
Thank you @Happyflowerlady for your kind welcome and very interesting account of your friend's attitude to T2D.
Moreover, please accept my apologies for this very late response.

For the past three weeks I have been travelling through Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic and used the opportunity to complete an 11 day water-only fast as a washout prior to OMAD.
It finished this morning and I have a compilation of related metrics which may be of interest to other members. I will therefore post this once I return to the UK this weekend.
 
That sounds like you have been having a great traveling trip, and I am looking forward to hearing about the sights on your trip, as well as the OMAD-related metrics. I am not quite sure what that means, but waiting for your explanation.
 
Sorry for the jargon, which I picked up from a techie pal.
Apparently, "metrics" relates to measurement and as my data is from a blood glucose meter and electronic weighing scales I have used it in this context.
When the dust has settled back in the UK I will report my results under a new thread.

Regarding the trip itself, I try to avoid places that are packed with tourists, but when others are proudly showing me around I have little choice.Boatloads of sightseers, cheap memorabilia and ludicrously expensive restaurants are just not my bag.

The take-home impression is that it is bloody cold near the Baltic this time of year and I will never again criticize good old Blighty in this regard.
 
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