I don't want to confuse anyone. I did the Optifast program fifteen years before I was diagnosed with diabetes and after I no longer had the low sugar problem. I did not lose the suggested two or more pounds per week on 800 plus calories because I did not exercise much and was still recovering from the pinched nerve in my upper spine. The director said not to worry about the slow loss and it took three months to lose thirty pounds. Before that I went to bed hungry for a month and only lost two pounds even though I was working in the garden that summer. I know that low blood sugar can come from stress issues and I lived many years under unfavorable family issues. Low blood sugar can starve your brain and leave you unconscious or it can kill you. I do not ever have that problem in my life anymore. Weight loss will always be slow with me mostly because I am not at all athletic and never have been. And I like to cook.
I believe I can live nearly normal with careful eating, some exercise, and good mental health, and a supportive family, with no stress. I am blessed. Dorisena