Recent Content by Victoria240

Thanks for the reassurance. Been feeling very overwhelmed this morning as have a lot on and I know that won’t be helping. Will keep going and common sense tells me it will right itself but you do frighten yourself silly when it suddenly changes. [emoji170]

I went on a low cal and low carb diet about five weeks ago after talking to my GP. went fantastically at first. My blood sugars came right down to the 5’s. After two weeks I had lost @ 10% weight so stopped the low cal part. I’ve tested regularly so any grains are bad for my sugars with large...

I have just finished the book “ultra processed people” by Chris van Tulleken which was a bit of an eye opener. I’ve often wondered why, out of five siblings, I was the one to get T2D when as a child and teenager I was the one that didnt take sugar in drinks, opted for diet drinks, ate low fat...

10.6 this morning. 8.6 yesterday. This is after 14 hours of fast and being up for 2 hours. On slow release metformin for about 6 months now but my morning levels remain high.

when you are told that having a little isn’t a problem by registered dietitians and health professionals people will do just that. People can’t change a lifetime of habits without the right information, support and motivation.

unlike most here I do not find that bananas cause my blood to spike which only adds to confusion I know. We all digest and metabolise slightly differently which is why testing is so helpful even though your diabetes nurse will probably tell you not to bother. It is the only way to track what...