Recent Content by Valcendak

I like you followed a Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) for 6 months lost 42lbs and reduced my BMI by 15% the A1c results fell from 79 to 42 my GP like yours was concerned and wanted my to stop doing whatever it was I was doing and revert to the NHS guidelines of a healthy plate 25% Protein 25% Starch...

Thank you for your comments. Having been borderline T2 for the last decade, I have only been pro active regarding my T2 for 3 months having had a bad HBA1c result, the resulting change in medication, which had side affects was the slap in the face I needed. Over the last 3 Months, I have simply...

Thank you, will watch the fasting board, eager to learn

Thank you for the encouragement, everybody is so kind. Only 7 more stone to lose to be a stick insect :-), small steps, large victories

Thank you for your comments and will check out the books you have recommended. It's crazy where your journey takes you in the rabbit warren of Diabetes Knowledge. Akins Diet to HFLC to Blood Sugar Diet to Fasting, so much to learn

Thank you for your comments, I was given a meter by accident by a covering Diabetic Nurse, which my normal Diabetic nurse went nuts about me having the meter, I buy spare strips when I can, manage to do one test strip in a morning, to see if or when I can eat breakfast, also use the food diary...

Thank you for your comments, I have a copy of "The 8-week blood sugar diet" but at the moment my health care team are debating its merits !!!!

Thank you for the pointer.

Thank you for the welcome. We are all different so I would expect different responses.

This is my first post, sorry it is lengthy, just on insight into how I got to where I am. I have been diagnosed with T2 for the last 20 years, I am now 59. I lived in denial that I had a problem, "Yes of course I am trying to lose weight", " can't understand those results I eat healthy foods"...