Recent Content by KiwiInOz

Making up my sig file I realised its been 4 weeks. The first week I did nothing, I think I was in shock. Got a BG meter yesterday! Fasting BG now 8.7 Only got one thing to say about the Bledisloe. 5 more years :)

Yes I'm weighing portions and scanning barcodes. I'm using the Lose It app which gives me the full macro and micro breakdown of everything I eat or drink so I'm tracking sugar, carbs, fibre etc AND weight as it syncs with my digital scales and Apple Health. I aim for 20g of carbs which I'm...

So I did my first Fasting BG this morning with my new machine and jabber. 8.7mmol/L So that's better than when I got diagnosed 3 weeks ago at 12.0mmol/L Thanks especially for the info to aim for a rise of no more than 2 after a meal. AND I'm another 1.3kg lighter. How I wish I'd know...

Thanks everyone, especially for the links for more reading. And yes I am in Australia but this forum seems to be the most active and has the best info so I hoped you wouldn't mind me interloping. I went to the chemist and bought a blood glucose monitor. Took me an hour to prick myself - that...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with fasting BG of 12.0. Bit of a shock and not really been given much information excepting to take Metformin ER 500mg once every evening. I found this forum straight away and make some immediate lifestyle changes. My BMI was high and I weighed...