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I have been on <50g a day for 9 months now combined with regular running and resistance training. My weight has been steady for about 6 months although in the last six months I still lost a bit of fat and put on some muscle (overall weight is unchanged). I don’t really have much fat left to...

I used to monitor my BG until I felt that between numbers and diet there was really no need so haven't for 6 months. I put on a libre recently as I do eat the occasional carby thing and I wanted to make sure I was not getting bad spikes from them. The results have surprised me. When I ate two...

I have not monitored my BG for about 6 months other than quarterly hba1c tests as the last monitoring I did had me mostly a flat line all the time except for mornings. I had a libre sitting around I put on a couple days ago as I wanted to know what impact a ‘bad’ meal once a month, some beer on...

I have been very low carb for 9 months now after getting diagnosed. Since then I feel better than I have in years, cholesterol is great, I stopped taking a BP medication and have normal hba1c tests. The diet suits me on multiple levels and I have no desire to go back to what I used to eat. I...

Do you still have fun on holidays? I find it really hard to find things I can eat plus my kids go in holiday mode which means they want things like chips and ice cream all the time. We never ate/eat that stuff at home. I end up sad I can't eat things but I can deal with it. It is hard going out...

I was diagnosed type 2 about 2 months ago with an hba1c of 54, I am not on any medication yet. I am in New Zealand and there is not much here in terms of official support/advice. So I have done a lot of research and totally understand the carb situation. For the first two weeks I cut back on...