&gt; 760 calories and not a whole lot of nutrition<p>Well, I do eat more than just a single meal a day. I also had a salad that day, and a sandwich on whole grain bread. It&#x27;s not like every meal is a big slab of meat and a couple servings of one vegetable.<p>My main dietary planning since early September has been around carbs, because my glucose levels have been creeping up, even though I had not made any dietary changes. My HA1c hit 8.9 early in 2015 [1]. I cut back a bit on sugary drinks, and it dropped to 8.1 by early September. Then I started aiming for no more than 40% of calories from carbs, and by my next test 3 months later it was down to 5.9. I hadn&#x27;t actually <i>intended</i> to cut calories, but as a completely accidental side effect my daily calories ended up half what they were before, so over that 3 months I lost 45 pounds, and have lost another 15 since then. My blood pressure is down noticeably, too.<p>For my 2016 food tracking spreadsheet I added a column specifically for sugar, and am thinking of modifying my &quot;40% from carbs&quot; goal to allow a higher percentage from carbs as long as the percentage specifically from sugar stays down. That will flip a lot more fruits and vegetables and grain-based products into the &quot;go ahead and eat a lot of these&quot; category.<p>From blood tests and food tracking, as far as I can see the only nutrient I&#x27;m low on is protein. I&#x27;m getting on average about 75-80% of what is recommended (based on the 0.36 g of protein per pound you weigh guideline). So, I like to toss in a delicious slab of meat now and then to boost the protein, like I did in my steak and corn dinner the other day.<p>As long as I feel fine, and my blood tests continue showing no problems, I&#x27;m just going to keep on doing what I&#x27;m doing, because it is leading to good steady weight loss and is almost effortless and should be sustainable indefinitely.<p>[1] And yes, this is with medication.