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Hi If the NHS wont give you a meter then lots of us have bought the SD Code free because the test strips for it are about one third the price of others. Also many here (me included ) have had great success by reducing carbs, sugar, po totes, pasta rice, bread etc. I like the book Carbs and...

"Continual grazing with the occasional big meal " That got me fat and diabetic! I think it is what you eat rather than quantity. Cara

What are you going to do on your special day? Any cake? ;)

I drink Diet coke which is full of sweeteners. I also add granulated sweetener to Greek Yoghurt.

It is so easy to let things slide when we are doing well. I've put a stone back on! I'm building up for another few weeks on the Newcastle diet. Have some family events this weekend but start again on Monday. But 'being good' until then, Cheese Omelette and tinned tomatoes for lunch, Greek...

8764 yesterday. Bettert han I thought it would be.

Phil Please get some medical advice. There will be a way around your problems, sometime we need to accept some help. Please speak to your GP, NHS direct (call 111) or go to A and E with high levels. Do it today! Cara

1924 at lunch time. I'm not going to do so well today as I am a bit desk bound.

I hit over 11,000 yesterday! Have left pedometer upstairs so far today and at this time of the morning it seems so far away.......

I don't tell anyone. I had quite a few people (all women!) ask how I'd lost weight. I just said I gave up bread. Then a few said I must have been intolerant! I just said 'mmm...maybe..' I think curiosity about my should stop outside my skin. What goes on in my body is my own business..

Morning all Back to the usual routine for me. Children off to school soon and work awaits again. I'm at 347.......

Hi I recommend the book Carbs and Cals- it is really useful, it has photos of portion sizes and is really quite eye opening and I thought of myself as food aware.

There is an Atkins bar that is just like Bounty. I keep mine in the freezer to make them last longer. You can get them at Boots and Asda etc with the diet foods. But I started by getting a whole box delivered by Amazon.

Hi This sounds like a similar story to my mother. She was diagnosed diabetic, did very little about it. I dont think she ever had it properly explained to her and within a few months of her being exhausted and losing weight she was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. She was given no...

Greek yoghurt is my favourite. I use artificial sweetener and sometimes some berries.

Pizza What's your favourite film?

Hi Why dont you post a few of your meals and we can see if we can offer some advice on a few changes you could make without the need to cook something different. I started by avoiding potatoes, rice and pasta. For example when my family had pasta I had ribbons of courgettes. Cara

Glad to see some new faces to keep us going! I wish the weather would warm up a bit! Here on the Fens it's a bit blowy.

How about fat free Greek yoghurt? There is also a very low fat cottage cheese. Sugar free jelly as a treat? can you eat any fruit and veg?

I reversed my pins and needless with low carb. I then fell a long way off the wagon over Xmas symptoms came back. Now on 2nd attempt to get them to ** Off! Cara