[ollysb]

I did this diet by myself a couple of years back and had great results (slightly modified, I did 1200 calories a day with a daily jog - works out at a net of roughly 800 calories). I found the first 4 days pretty uncomfortable but after that the diet was easy to follow. After a few days I was able to stop taking medication completely and ever since have been able to just use diet/exercise. I now do a top-up week about once every 6 months or so which I find is necessary to maintain the same level of glucose control (HBA1C is now 5.6, down from 8.1 at diagnosis).