I lost weight doing the 5:2 diet, and realised how much more I could eat on fast days if I didn’t eat starchy foods. So when I was diagnosed with Type2 diabetes, I was keen to try a low carb diet and to delay taking medication until three was no evidence of improvement. But it worked, and the diabetes has retreated - a big incentive for me to continue. I have lost a further 8kg since my diagnosis. I’m also delighted to find that I no longer have IBS., which has troubled me since my teens (I’m 69 now). But since mid-August I’ve been in hospital recovering from a broken ankle (I’m disabled and don’t have the strength to use crutches) ... and despite all the comfort food designed to build up frail elderly people, who make up much of this little hospital’s patient population and/or actually to comfort patients who are feeling unwell or miserable, I have lost another kg. Since moist of the food is high carb (macaroni cheese, meat pie, loads of potatoes, sponge puddings, custard, ice cream and jelly as well as biscuits and cake at coffee and tea time, and the same plus sandwiches if liked with the mid evening drink, I have had to pick my way carefully through the menu, choosing mostly plain meat and vegetables, and relying on choosing small portions of the ‘comforting’ main courses and only strawberries and blueberry my husband brings from home, along with the occasional satsuma. I’m delighted to find that this has worked - even if only because it has proved to me that portion control is worth it. I feel really well. But I never look much thinner because my hips will never be narrow - bone structure doesn’t change