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Update Got my latest HbA1C and it's 30, down from 74 in 3 months. Weight down to 75kg. Weight loss has slowed a bit do to increasing colories. Pretty happy with the result and still want to get below 74kg and possibly down to 70kg.

It's called the dawn phenomenon among diabetics. The body releases glucose to prepare for the day. My best advice would be to avoid late night eating and starchy vegetables. He could possibly go on a low carb diet. If he decides to go on low carb it could take 1 to 3 weeks for your body to...

I too on a similar kind of situation as you. My hba1c went from 42 to 52 in 1 year and 74 this year. My doctor told me he might need to add another medication to my 2x500mg Metformin a day. For me Metformin did absolutely nothing. With also been diagnosed with fatty liver with ALT level at...

Thanks Feeling good but still more hard work to do. But heading towards the desired direction.

Week 10 Update Weight 78.6 On my 10th week and have seen great improvements to my BG. 2 hours after eating BG drops to 5s even with High Protein meal. Ketones are always between 3mmol to 6mmol. Other day ate 2 toasts(Total carbs 36g)with meal to see the BG reaction and saw that after 2...

Thank you for the great advice, greatly appreciated.

Thank you I will on the 10th week go back to eating 2,000 calories and see what BG and Ketones look like then. I am currently heading towards the 8th week on Thursday. The other day I ate the spiced minced beef with spices and onions and put on a bed of half a Aubergine and then covered with...

Today my BG not dropping below 6 after 6 hours after eating. My morning BG was 4.8 I ate minced beef cooked with some onions and spices then mixed with cheese melted. My Ketones are high at 5.6 mmol. Could it be my insulin is not rising enough?

Today 7th week on Keto Weight down to 80.4KG Had a late meal with 16grams carbs, earlier on the day ate some peanuts. Post 2 hour BG 4.8 Ketones 5.3mmol

Thank you I will likely increase calories a bit and divide it to 2 meals a day in a few weeks time.

3.5 hours after eating Ketones rose to 5.4mmol

Thank you. Because I don't have carb cravings, my appetite has plummeted and can go long time without eating. I will stick with my goal of getting to <74kg and after stick to a mostly low carb diet and only indulge once in a while. I will also always monitor my weight make sure it's not...

It's in mmol. I think it be high as I only eat once a day with 1000 calories or less.

The meter I have is a blood ketone meter. I will likely test it few times a week maybe upon waking? The strips seem rather pricey a bit pricey 50x for £40 or 100 for £80. I get my BG stripes 100 for around £30-£40 from ebay. The ketone monitor I have is called, On Call GK Dual

Today got my Ketone meter and did a test 2 hours after I ate 4x eggs cooked in alot of butter Coleslaw, 15 grams carb 2 hours 5.8 BG 4.8 Ketones