So sorry to hear it didn't work out for you.

The restrictive diet is such a challenge. I also lost weight at first, as I had such a hard time figuring out what I could eat to reach a decent calorie intake. I was shocked when I did a count and realized that most days I was only hitting 1300 calories, which is drastically low for me.

Not sure if this will help you in the future if you decide to try NSD again, but I only managed to stop my weight slide when I started eating ungodly amounts of fat. All of my meals are now based around fatty cuts - ground beef, short ribs, pork ribs, chicken legs, etc. I'm basically a cardiologist's nightmare right now and my friends and colleagues are horrified. But it seems to be working.

I'm planning to start trying non-meat fats soon to keep my calories up, like coconut milk and more olive oil. I suppose that's the only way a vegetarian could do this diet...


Suspected USpA. HLA B27, xray, u/sound, blood tests all -ve. Ancient history of plantar fasciitis, SI joint pain, knee arthritis. Recent history of tendinitis, neck pain, debilitating finger pain and stiffness (especially mornings). No diagnosis, no meds.

2010 - stopped eating dairy
2012 - stopped eating wheat
2014 - stopped eating all grains
Jan 2017 - discovered NSD - 98% improvement in symptoms, continually amazed by my results, wish I'd found kickAS sooner