Recent Content by iainmay

If you find you are hitting a plateau with regard to the weight loss, and you are exercising regularly it's worth checking your body water percentages. Fat can only hold around 25% water, where muscle can be up to 75% (think those numbers are right, someone please check them). So if your...

When I say I don't like to drink, I mean in large quantities. I carry a 3L camelback which I generally use about 1/3 of on a 15 mile run but its really small amounts regularly. Hence being concerned about getting enough sugar from a fluid based product. I've also found today that a good sized...

Dude, that's a ****ing result end of. The fact that the nurse cant compliment you for that and tell you your doing a great job is not a slight on you, its a slight on her for not getting the position shes in. We all work to get results and when were slighted for 3 months solid perseverance we...

I miss jelly babies, that sounds like a fantastic idea :D To be honest I don't like to drink too much while out so something solid but not too bulky on the tum is a good plan. Nice one Iain

Find another nurse, seriously This is your condition and how you want to manage it is really down to you. Find someone who will listen to you, challenge you when your wrong and that you are comfortable with. Don't take second best. Iain

Right the journey to fitness continues and I am cycling 10-15 miles most days now. Today I decided to check my sugars while out because I have been noticing bad fatigue that felt a lot like a hypo. Pre food - 5.2 1 hr post food - 6.3, Cycling commenced 1.30 post food - 3.7, feeling REALLY weak...

Hi again all, I've got a couple of questions around working out ones ideal body weight. I am currently losing weight again at an astounding rate, I gave up the beer a week ago and its been falling off again (3.5 kilos in a week, and yes some of that is water due to the removal of alcohol). I...

Basically I have ditched the large carb intake totally. I only eat brown rice, pasta and bread now and the portion sizes of those are tiny. Bear in mind that I was at 23.5 stone (6'1'' and large build) so losing that amount of weight that quickly was actually really easy. I found the first month...

Thanks! I feel an awful lot lighter on my feet and have been sleeping a lot better too. If anything this just spurs me on to keep going with dropping the weight and getting the numbers even more controlled :D

Hi there I was diagnosed t2 back in August and had an Hba1c performed, this came back with a result of 6.8 4 months on, and nearly 4 stone lost with a radical change in diet I just got my second test result, it was quoted in a different format as 38. Now running that through the converter i...

Yeah no medication at present, Im hoping that I will see a large drop at next test as I have been following the diet advice quite religiously (had a couple of slips but nothing major) I've also quit milk as I noticed just how many sugars it has in it, will see what that does for the numbers...

Hba1c is back, that's 6.8 and was taken about a week after diagnosis (ie the new regime will have had little effect on it). Marching on towards 1 1/2 stone lost, not bad for just under a month :) Lets see how low I can get it on the retest in 2 months...

My levels are pretty much under control during the day but I am noticing that if i'm having a particularly tough day though they have a tendency to rise. It's only a few results at the moment but im struggling to think what else it might be.

Well after testing for a week I can say that with the new diet im waking most mornings at 5.6 and rising after food to 6.4-7.6 depending what it is. Levels return to normal 2-3 hours after eating. Still waiting on the Hba1c results, apparently there is a backlog at the lab. On the plus side...

Oh while I remember, can anyone recommend any good iPhone / HP Touchpad apps for tracking BG/food intake?