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    Help.... 4 weeks on keto

    One thing's for sure.. Your body WILL be burning fat for energy. But if you're putting a little muscle on, which you will be if you're doing 60 miles a week on the bike, it will mitigate the fat loss, what with muscle being heavier than fat an'all. I think the plateau is a feature of all diets...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hi Traceymac, Thanks :) Yes I started getting infections, first Balinitis, followed by an additional yeast infection in my mouth, and a swelling in my right midrift which gave occasional pain pangs and made me feel bloated, like a pot belly type thing - it was an enlarged fatty liver caused by...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hi folks, been T2 since 2007, currently on Metformin and Jardiance after several lengthy periods of careless management interspersed with shorter periods of good management. I had some recent physical symptoms which kicked me back into good/sensible management and joined up here looking for...
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    Meh! I've had it with all this palaver

    Yes that makes perfect sense to me. When you mentioned "self-destructive depression" earlier I thought yeah, I know that only too well, and not noticing any physical problems doesn't help to motivate change. I was just like this only a month ago after a period of depression which seemed to...