Recent Content by Lucysmum

Hi, I'm one of the skinny T2 diabetics on diet control for almost 2 years. Like you I don't like certain foods and yogurt was one of them. I tried the plain type but found it too bitter so I now buy the normal type but look for the lowest carbs and sugar. I then add berries and sprinkle on the...

Update I would just like to thank you all so much for all your wonderful advice at a time when I was feeling quite down due to losing weight which I could ill afford to do. I have the flax and chia seeds every day, try to have 2 eggs and I've increased my fats. The outcome is I have put on 3...

I certainly will and thank you to you all .... you gave me such a boost when I needed it the most. As I have said I am not a very good cook but... I do try. This evening for dinner I had an M&S Chicken, ham and cheese meal and decided to have steamed cauliflower and cheese sauce with it to...

Hi Carol, I have had so much good advice and learnt so much. Since starting this thread I have read a number of the items recommended and learnt that semi skimmed milk has a sugar content so I've changed to putting cream instead of milk in my coffee this last day or so and I was buying the...

I've ordered Linwoods ground flaxseeds and Linwoods chia seeds on line today because, as you say, none of the high street shops sell them. As for the coconut oil and peanut butter, these are two items I've never tried before and I don't even know when or how to use them or if I would be...

You sound as though you have done really well and I will certainly start with the wall push ups. The squats may be a bit harder due to having a slight problem with one of my legs but I will try anything to increase my muscles. I was feeling quite down when I posted this thread but receiving such...

Thank you again Jack 412..... I've used the myfitnesspal website today and will do as you suggest and use for a week.... and maybe longer.... and see how I go. To Donnellysdogs....Thanks for informing me about flaxseed and chia. I tried to get some today without any luck but I will be out on a...

Thank you jack412.... the link you provided is really usefull. Whilst on the one hand I felt pretty good that I had managed to reduce my bg levels, on the other is the toll it has taken on my weight and muscles but I'm sure with the very good advice I have been given that I can only improve...

Thank you all so much for your advice. I will increase my fats and see how things go and I can certainly manage to prepare the flaxseed, chia, berries and double cream which sounds really nice. I looked on the "what have you eaten today" thread as advised and that has lifted me as it has given...

Thank you again. Knowing about cholesterol rising then dropping is really helpfull as I have been reducing my dairy intake which was taking another category of food out of my diet. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes I had a healthy appetite and could eat anything, and I did, and it never...

Thank you for your advice. I was'nt aware there was a difference between veg grown above and below the ground. As for rice and pasta .... I never eat these but do eat bread and potatoes though I do try to limit them as I am aware of low carbing and I tend to have pastry one day a week. I was...

Thank you so much for your reply. I thought I was doing really well with my figures.... even though I have no real idea what they mean.... but I've just had 2 weeks of feeling pretty ill which is unusual for me and friends are now saying I look thin not slim so I need to get back on track but...

Hi all. I was diagnosed 12 months ago with type 2 diabetes but I am trying to control it by diet. I am female, 66 years of age, comparatively fit, 5ft 8 in tall and weighed 10.8 stones before being diagnosed which is slightly underweight for my height but that is as I've always been. All I...