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To celebrate coming off the Sitagliptin I decided to try bulletproof coffee for the first time :-) Followed the recipe, put it in a tall jug and used the hand blender - ended up wearing most of the coffee that hadn't decorated the kitchen and the floor. Had another go using the whisk...

HbA1c now at 44 (down from 68) after a year on LCHF (including 4 weeks holiday in Oz eating hotel and restaurant food daily) Weight down by 1 stone and 11lbs Waist down by 3" (I can now get past the car in the garage without folding the wing mirror in!) Total cholesterol up by .6 to 7.4 (DN not...

Any ideas gratefully received ...Eggs excepted as they caused the problem in the first place ... May be a while before I can look an egg in the face again even as an ingredient. Surgery nurse (who said something along the line of "your blood sugars will be pretty low after nearly a week of no...

Had my most recent HbA1c result - was hoping to go lower but it was 51. I was a bit disappointed to start with [emoji57] but considering it has been knocking around 68 or so for two years then that is pretty good 6 months in.[emoji2] I'm running at an average of between 6-7 most days and...

Just looked up my HbA1c result : 49 down from 68 since Feb :-) LCHF is amazing - loving it

A study in the Lancet has concluded that patients suffer side effects from statins due to a 'nocebo' effect. They experience them because they expect them. They are calling for the side effects NOT to be listed due to this. The study compared a dosage of 10mg of Atorvastatin vs a placebo where...

Been having problems with my back for about three weeks - long story short --> osteopath said ask GP to check for osteoporosis. Blood test shows calcium is high and vitamin D is middling however if it were plain and simple vitamin D deficiency then the calcium would be low, and this would also...

Having decided I didn't want to go down the more medication route suggested by the surgery DN I embarked on the LCHF route. Bought a monitor, downloaded the MySugr app and testing testing testing for the last four weeks. Went to see the doc to discuss my diabetes meds armed with an annotated...

Got up at 7.20 am - FBG was 8.8 By breakfast it was 9.5 (2 scrambled eggs with butter and cream and smoked salmon with 2 mushrooms cooked in butter) 2 hours post breakfast 10.3 Just back from church at 12.30 and it's reading 9.9 Got a lamb dinner ready for family. As the title says ... do I...

Went today for further BP and bloods to check kidney function (bit wappy last month :-( ) BP was 120/78 (taken twice as HCP didn't believe it the first time round!) Down from 156/94 at the start of Feb and 152/90 at the start of Dec! *happy dance*

Playing around with data from MySugr app:

Having had my best day ever since starting the LCHF way of eating (7.3) average I got on with cooking out lamb feast for friends. 7.1 was my last test after lunch. I spent about an hour in the kitchen cooking veg etc etc (1500 steps in that time according to my Fitbit- we have a very long...

Got friends coming for a meal on Saturday and I'm doing Jamie Oliver's 5 hour lamb. Basically slow cooked leg of lamb cooked in a bottle of white wine with veg. Two questions: How do I carb count the meal when something is cooked in wine? and How to thicken the meat juices without cornflour...

I've noticed a pattern this week in that my FBG is high (but hoping it will soon go lower) but it actually rises at least another point on the scale before I get my breakfast. Thought I'd nip that in the bud by zooming straight into the kitchen when I get up rather than showering etc etc. That...

Think I've got that quote a bit wrong but never mind ... Today my FBG was 8.0 - not perfect but better than 10.8 a couple of weeks ago. All day my BG has not strayed over 9.0 and that was after breakfast when it seems to be higher in the morning. I'm quite chuffed :-) Now to see the FBG begin...

Apologies for all the questions ... I'll get there eventually I'm confused as to why I seem to get what appears to be a liver dump late afternoon and why would my lunch have my BG so high? Is it because I had to test less than 2 hrs after lunch? 7.8 at 10pm 8.7 at 4.30am 9.0 at 7am Breakfast -...

Off to work in the City of Culture tomorrow. I usually buy a salad from the market. Do I say yes to coleslaw? Or leave well alone? The salad usually has egg, cheese and standard salad veg plus protein of your choice. Thinking of taking my own little pot of Hellman's- no fridge but the heating...

Thanks to Metformin side effects had a disturbed night :-( however I took the opportunity to do some BG readings Tested before bed ... 6.8 Up at 1.30am ... 8.1 Up again at 3.30 ... 7.6 Woke at 8.30 ... 8.0 The early morning one is quite a lot lower than when tested at Drs two weeks ago...

My meter arrived today. I got woken by the postie just before 10 am - broken night's sleep so lying in! Fasting blood glucose was 8.1 - not brilliant but better than 10.8 two weeks ago. Had a Babybel cheese for breakfast as wasn't feeling particularly hungry - need to decide whether to have...