Recent Content by Vikki1981

come to do a little happy dance.... hello, 2 days low carbing, and WOW well chuffed not one spike ( bg's have stayed in between 6-7) absolutely fantastic, thank you all for your great advice couldn't of done it with out you's xxx

wow, thanks for the great replies, extremely helpful! :) I feel I understand alot more, poor hubby looks fed up of hearing about carbs, so pleased i found this site. thankyou all :wink:

Thankyou for your quick response, really want to stick at low carbing but finding it all very confusing at the moment, i was reading about an atkins style diet and it said your body has to enter a state of ketosis, i was always told that this was dangerous?, it also said your carbs had to be no...

just wondering if you ate next to no carbs then do you still need some insulin or can you go without? sorry if this sounds dense :oops: Vikki :wink:

hi there, just need a bit of advice, I was told the other day by a friend of a friend that to do the 'low carbo thingy' (her words not mine :roll: ) I need my daily level of carbs to vary between 10-20g ? is this correct i have never low carb'd before but thinking about it, is this too low for...

Thankyou for your replies and advice, more so on the do's & dont's (ty patch) i suppose the peanut/cashew debate will rely solely on my own bg levels, but i have found this infomation very helpful, if theres anymore things low carb(ers) can/ can not eat the suggestions would be much appreciated...

just wondering if you can low carb on a budget, what type of things are you allowed/not allowed, very interested in low carbing as i need to lose some weight, but i am also very confused by it ...sorry for being a bit dense :oops: Thanks x

:D thankyou to you all for the advice, i love this forum its full of useful information. :)

i could be wrong but when blood sugars are high this sometimes causes thrush and thrush can bring back abnormal results, happened to me once and the docs said this was probably the cause now my sugars are alot more controlled and my last test come back fine :D

i didn't have the kit kat :o), i wouldn't know where to start if i tried to cover it with more insulin, still a bit clueless at that ...lol xx

ha ha @ ham79 now i want a muffin ...lol :lol:

my self control is well.... rubbish i want a kit kat grrrrrrrrrrrrrr had no chocolate in ages its a mind thing.... i dont want the kit kat! i dont want the kit kat! i dont want the kit kat!, the more i type then i have no free hands for the biscuit tin :o) what everyone up 2? Vikki X

What is Glucogel? Vikki X

How on earth do you's know so much about this? i feel clueless ...lol :? i have been wondering when i have a hypo i have been eating 5 jelly babies and then when i get back to 'normal' i have been having a slice ov bread with butter, but is there any other suggestions to replace the jelly...

:D i'd like to thankyou all for the advice and information you have given me, i have an appointment with my diabeic specialist on monday and i'll be sure to ask about the DAFNE course. while i'm here i'd just like to ask a couple of questions, is it just as dangerous to hypo all the time as...