Recent Content by rose25

Hi Mags Welcome to the forum. I am fairly new also. I am not yet Type 2, but have been informed I am in pre-diabetic zone. I have to say this scared me as my brother is Type 2 and on insulin and my Dad had it too but controlled with meds. My Aunt also had T2 but managed hers with diet. So, I...

Thank you all for the advice. I have already adopted a few changes. I use My Fitness Pal to monitor my food intake and have adjusted the carb level to 100g per day, which is almost half of the amount allowed before, which was the amount that MFP included within the calorie allowance. I am...

Thank you all for your replies. As explained the diary I posted was what I was doing on my diet to lose weight and was also a day where I know I had high carb treats also. I realise I need to change what I have been doing and a guide of how many carbs to eat per day is what I was hoping for...

About 2 weeks ago when visiting my surgery I was told that I was just inside the pre-diabetic range at 43. Apparently I had been 42 at my previous blood test although was not advised, but since then I have had pneumonia and they felt that it might have had an impact on that measurement...

Thank you for replying. Here is an example below of a day, not necessarily typical as I had treats, but a day I know could be improved on!! Staying within calorie allowance has been my main focus until now, but I am aware I need to look at other things from now on and I'm not sure what I need...

I'm new to this testing lark and am only doing it as I have been told I am pre-diabetic and I want to try to get down to non-diabetic again if I can, but am struggling with what to do to help myself as I already eat a healthy diet to lose weight and am finding that tough these days too (to shift...