Recent Content by Tron2112

We come here for advice, encouragement and mainly support from others who've found themselves in he same boat. Sharing a fatalist view really is not very helpful when someone is feeling low. To Richard.I, I had the same sucker punch. Diagnosed early 2013, obsessive testing and low carbing...

That's an outstanding effort in six months. How did you do it? Maintaining it is a long run game. I myself was diagnosed three years ago at 67mmol/mol and got down to 44 in three months, and 40 the following three months. Since then mine's hovered between 40 and 44 until my last check up (which...

I reuse lancets for weeks. I have been doing this for the past year and have no infections in my fingers. Even the great Dr Bernstein says it's ok to reuse them. If it's good enough for him then I'm ok with it. I will change them about every 50 -100 strips.

5.3 this morning. A step in the right direction. I've not been monitoring and eating carefully and recently my morning reads have been 6.7 - 7.2. I've started taking care again and I'm glad to see my morning read respond accordingly. Whenever my reads start to climb I have a fear that I've...

Yep. Need to get that original enthusiasm back. I like my legs and eyesight and want to keep them as long as I live. I fear for someone I know who is type 2 and calls herself "stumpy" already. She seems to take it for granted that she will one day lose her legs. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I was diagnosed in January 2013 with an HbA1c of 67. I read as much as I could, followed advice from this forum, went super cautious right away. Stopped eating cereal, most wheat products, pastries, and most sweets and gave up my beloved lager. In three months I had it down to 44 and three...

I had a similar reading with Rice Krispies just after I was diagnosed too. My highest reading was 15 then! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

T2 diagnosed Jan 2013. Last HbA1c 5 August - 44 Though a pretty good result, I'm not happy as my last two bi-annual reads were 40. My weight has gone up by about 10lbs in eight months. My waking reads are also on the rise. I need to crack down on this now before I'm back up to 16.5 stone...

Mini binge todAy - 300ml of yeo cherry yoghurt, 25g pack of ready salted crisps, flowed by large bowl of Kellogg's corn flakes with milk. The cereal at seem like a weird binge food, but before I was diagnosed I was a total cereal monster. Huge bowl for brekkies and sometimes a bowl for dinner...

I'm not following the diet plan that comes with it. I used the calculator on http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/DietMakeupCalc.php to work out how much weight I wanted to lose. It works out how many calories a day you will need to reach your goal and your carb/fat/protein ratios. I input the...

Well it's been just over a month since I started the program. You get three progressive workouts: - Start It Up (35 minutes) - Ramp It Up (55 minutes) - Burn It Up (60 minutes) You're meant to to spend two weeks at each workout. Because I was so unfit to begin with I did Start It Up on...

Thanks for the encouragement and advice guys. A bit of background: In January 2012 I knew i would be getting married at the end of the year. I didn't want to walk down the aisle a size 24 so I decided to "cut down" on treats, exercise and lose weight. I started using myfitnesspal.com and wii...

This is an exercise program that aims to get you toned and slim in six weeks. I decided to try it because I'd seen the teleshopping commercial and it looked an easy workout and the customer testimonials seemed genuine. I started yesterday and the workout is easy from the point of view that...

Two hours after pancakes 6.4. Was not expecting that. I thought it would be much worse. I made the fluffy American style ones with a little real maple syrup on top. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Snap :( I feel gross One hour later... 6.8 not great but certainly not as bad as when I have potato or rice. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App