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However if they are testing other things than BG, e.g. cholesterol, it can be very wise to go fasted.

Nice! You are on your way, and doing well.

I find it fascinating also. Knowledge is power!

I agree with the information already given. I have studied nutrition all my life as a personal interest, and would not do any more than shrug at the advice given by the dieticians I have come across. Whether they believe it or not is a matter for conjecture. What I have seen is how the advice...

I drink black coffee now, though when I first went keto I had it with cream (YUM!) while everything settled down. I love caffeine and it appears to love me. These days I usually drink one pot (2 mugs) of high-octane black coffee, often with a couple of cardamom seeds in the pot (try it - a trick...

Yes, definitely. And assuming levels were non-diabetic beforehand, they should return to normal levels in time, but how long a time is very individual.

I'm another whose breakfast hunger disappeared when I stopped eating carbs and sugars. I was really surprised as I used to wake up ready to eat the curtains. Yours may or may not adjust similarly, so I'm just adding this so you are not surprised if it does. My "breakfast" is now 3 mugs of...

I agree - cauliflower is a really useful addition to diet control, and very versatile. Delicious too.

Are there Significant Others in your home that could help? I love nuts, and the only way I would stop eating them would be when I fainted. But my husband buys them, hides them, and most days gives me a tiny container of T2-friendly nuts (in my case, walnuts and Brazil nuts, sometimes hazelnuts)...

We could provide the information and experience, but YOU are the one who had to take action. And you have, with a stunning result! So well done you, and be pleased at your deserved success.

I eat loads of keto-friendly veg. and also am lavish with butter and olive oil.

Lovely!

I do intermittent fasting on a keto diet. Normally I don't want to eat until 2pm, often later, and so I have a small amount of food and my main meal at 6pm. I didn't intend to fast that long each day, but I don't eat until I feel hungry, and that's what happened once I cut out carbs and sugars...

I try to eat slowly not because I have no option but because I therefore eat less and find what I do eat more satisfying. A bit like "eating mindfully". Though you have no choice but to eat slowly, you can harness it as a helper to get maximum enjoyment out of your new eating regime. That really...

I have been summoned out of the blue to the GP surgery (good grief!) for a blood cholesterol test. I explained I usually have my Hb1Ac in August, but apparently this is only for cholesterol. I suspect (cynical, moi?) that the criteria for cholesterol reading has been lowered again. Cunningly my...

For me, the secret to keeping the weight off is due to not having to feel hungry. Every other weight-loss system had me ravenous, not to mention crabby, tired and weak. I eat "enough" not due to my amazing willpower (no willpower required at all) but because there is no desire to eat more. I am...

Lumpy soup is my forte and I eat it several days a week. It never tastes the same twice. Bone broth Stock cube (I use vegetable stock but any will do) Garlic and/or spring onions Any keto-friendly veggies Any leftover meat (you don't need much just for flavouring) Mushrooms if you like 'em...

Yesterday: brunch of lumpy soup. Dinner: a few walnuts and Brazils, then beef stew with mushrooms, cabbage, cauliflower and sprouts. Husband (who did the cooking) also had swede, carrots, pearl barley and a potato with his.

Well done!

Mine was NOT a suitable experience for diabetics. Breakfast consisted of a choice of cereals or toast, which I never normally ate even in my pre-diabetic days. And I had to eat because I had to take a pile of pills, and also because I was being injected with insulin without being told (though I...