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I think I'm getting into my stride now. Swapping the shakes for "real" small meals seems to be doing the trick. I don't feel so hungry all the time and no longer feel cold, and my energy levels are good. I haven't weighed myself since Monday but my clothes feel looser. Bloods are good although...

Weight: 85.7kg (Starting weight: 87.7kg) FBG: 6.0 (FBG: 7.3) Fat: 44.2% (45%) 1.5cm off waist So far so good, and I'm delighted with the figures above. Over the weekend I cut down to one shake a day and ate "real" food, so my mood was a lot better. One thing that helped was pooling most of my...

Weight: 86.5kg; FBG: 6.7 Got home from work ravenously hungry and inhaled a load of tofu and veg (stir-fried in plenty of olive oil) and felt immediately better. I have plenty of energy but feel cold a lot of the time. My resting heart rate has dropped to around 58 (normally around 62). I’m...

Not much movement on weight, but my fancy-schmancy scales are showing a 3% reduction in fat. BG numbers are starting to show a downward trend - FBG was 6.7 this morning and now 6.1. The best news of all, after a very rough day yesterday, where I felt like I could have eaten everything in...

Weight: 86.6kg FBG: 7.3 So far, so good. I'm feeling quite alert and the hunger pangs are surprisingly rare. If I try not to think about this being an eight-week stretch and take it day by day, it seems more manageable. It's my first day back at work so I'm on my feet much more than yesterday...

Weight: 87.7kg FBG 7.3 Well, here I am on Day 1 of the Newcastle Diet. even though I have kept good control of my diabetes through a LCHF diet and exercise since diagnosis in August 2016, my insatiable curiosity has driven me to try something very extreme which is against my nature...

Well, this is interesting, and I know a lot of us skip breakfast to help control our blood glucose. Here's a biochemist with Type 2 diabetes joining the fray. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/news/breakfast-is-a-dangerous-meal-warns-expert/ar-BBy3Fcm?li=AAaeUIW&ocid=spartandhp

I've been invited to take part in a seven-week Diabetes Self-Management Programme (DSMP). Unlike the MAPS programme I did under sufferance in October (mandatory - if I didn't attend I would lose all diabetes management support from my GP) this one seems voluntary. I'm going to give them a...

Just rung the doc for my first HbA1C results since diagnosis in August. They are (drumroll) ... 48!!!! To say that I am beyond excited and delighted is an understatement.

I did my weekly weigh-in and body fat measurement at my usual Boots branch. The great news is I've lost even more weight, but my body fat percentage is up by 0.2%. At this stage I'm not too concerned, but it is not a trend I would like to see snowball. First off, I'm curious as to why this is...

Dear me! A reminder on my calendar flashed up this afternoon to make an appointment with the diabetes nurse for a couple of weeks' time (six weeks after my diagnosis). Because I was told to do so. So, like a good girl, I rang the doctor's to be told by the receptionist that I MUST have tablets...

After a few satisfying weeks of seeing my BS numbers falling to low 6s, a smattering of 5s and a couple of high 4s, they now seem to be stuck in the 6s. This has been going on for a couple of days. I'm feeling very disappointed as I'm working so hard changing my diet to LCHF and walk briskly up...

It's been a great and very tasty two weeks trying LCHF recipes and combinations. Overall, I've had great results with my experiments and only one dud - red lentil dal - that sent my blood sugar skyrocketing. The next thing I want to try out is coconut milk, having read mixed reviews about what...