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I'm been using a GlucoNavii for a few years now and last time I checked there didn't appear to be anything substantially better available. 100 test strips & 100 lancets are £24.99 from Amazon. The GlucoNavii itself is about £15 with 10 test strips or £25 with 50.

82.15kg this morning which is 12st 13lbs and a BMI of 26.8. Down 0.4kg or about 1lb this week.

An hb1ac of 55 isn't drastically bad (mine was 106 when I was diagnosed!) although I think would still be regarded as being a diabetes diagnosis rather than pre-diabetes. It is in the range that I'd expect it to be reasonably manageable via diet and other lifestyle changes though, especially as...

Thanks. I did Google it but what I was looking for was recipes that people had already used and which they found worked well, to try and cut through all the noise.

Does anyone have a relatively simple but effective low-carb bread recipe that's suitable for use with a Breadmaker? Thanks Steve

82.55kg this morning, which is 12st 14lbs and a BMI of 26.9. That's up 1kg from last week and possibly confirms that the scales I use in my other house read a little lower than the scales I use here. It's still down a bit from the last time I used these scales at least.

Remission is possible, but once you get there be beware of the risk of complacency. That's what caught me out. I was diagnosed in Match 2023 with a hb1ac of 106. 3 months later I had that down to 53 (going low carb and focusing on losing weight as well), another 3 months and it was 43 and then...

7.6 This morning, likely payback for too many carbs yesterday. Breakfast: Keto porridge with soya milk, chia seeds and blueberries Lunch: Cold chicken and a slide of homemade bread Dinner: Fish and chips 5.6km dog walk at lunchtime

6.0 at 08:20 this morning, which is ok for me at the moment. Blood pressure was quite high (and a lot higher than it's been recently) at 142/69 (it was 117/77 when I checked it yesterday afternoon) - not sure why, although I was already dealing with some work escalations etc. by the time I'd...

6.0 at 08:20 this morning

6.0 at 08:20 this morning. No breakfast or lunch yesterday, dinner was beef stew with salad followed by Greek yoghurt & berries. Some peanuts for snacks. Usual 5km lunchtime dog walk

6.5 at 08:15 this morning, which isn't bad considering I gave low-carb a miss last night as we were out for an Indian meal. Loads of carbs including rice and naan bread - although I hadn't eaten much else that day. I didn't do a lot of exercise either as the dog mostly got his exercise from a...

6.7 this morning which isn't too bad considering I had fish and chips last night (although my wife and I now get one fish support and a single fish between us and split the chips). Usual 5km walk with the dog at lunchtime

The freebie Dexcom One+ I had on trial for 10 days expired a week or so back and I've just got around to checking the overall results in the Dexcom Clarity site. By default it sets a target range of 3.9 to 10 and over the course of having it my readings were: - 0% Very High - 3% High - 97% In...

I think the NHS assume that everyone only drinks the full-sugar versions of fizzy drinks, as the one and only bit of advice I got from them when I was first diagnosed was to stop taking sugar in my coffee and to stop drinking fizzy drinks. The doc actually seemed bemused when I told him I only...