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I'm always 8 every single morning and I don't understand really. People have mentioned the Dawn Phenomenon to me but honestly, the rest of the day I am between 5.4 and 7.6 usually, but pre breakfast (no matter how long I wait) always 8.

I have been having "cheats" when I go on date night or relax at the end of the week but what I have found is they have got less and less cheaty! So, on a Friday night, I might have a few glasses of Cremant and some cheese and sliced meat or a steak and some veggies and it's all beautifully low...

I struggled with lunch for a while as I was also a sandwich and crisps gal. Now I either have homemade soup (a soup maker is a wonderful thing - bung some veggies in with stock and 20 minutes later ta-da - soup ready for 3 days) or I have a plastic kids plate, which I know is daft, but it's...

I am perimenopausal and have started HRT so sometimes it's hard to know what is causing which weird symptom!

Thank you! Yes, it does seem to have settled again, took a week or so to get there. Like you, I can see me regularly getting bored and thinking, ooh, a little treat here and there won't hurt, but maybe it will!

I was really panicked by low carb lunch - I had breakfast down fine and dinner but lunch without bread felt impossible. However, we adapt! I chargrill a big batch of veggies - peppers, asparagus, courgettes - and keep them in the fridge where they last 3-4 days. I find them so much more...

I've been "strict" for four days now and just got my highest reading yet - 9.8. I'm wondering if stress is messing things up a bit. Or if I've done it to myself like an eejit. :arghh:

Yes, it is, but it shouldn't lead to days of high blood readings should it? :(

I was diagnosed in February 2021 with Type 2 diabetes with an HbA1c of 7.7 (60.7) By May low carbing got me to HbA1c 6.2 (44.3). I've stuck to my low carb diet most of the time and although my morning reading is often 8 during the day I go between 6 and 7.8 usually, and if I leave it a bit too...

I wasn't sure where to post this update but thought seeing as here is where I started it seemed like a good idea. I got a call from my diabetic nurse today to say she's never known anyone reduce their blood sugar levels so quickly and so well. She asked how I did it and I told her through...

I do, yes. And it's such a relief. I still have some menopausal symptoms which are quite enough to be dealing with so I can really do without blood sugar issues too! It feels so good to have been proactive.

Guys, I can't thank you enough for all your advice. I was diagnosed in February with Type 2 diabetes. I had an HbA1c of 7.7 (60.7) and the diabetic nurse wanted to start me either a weekly Ozempic injection or Dapagliflozin tablets. I initially asked if I could try to get my levels down with...

Thanks - understood. I would be surprised if my blood goes much higher than at the time of testing - though who knows - but I hope that even if it is it will be lower than when I was merrily drinking Bailey's and scoffing pasta galore! ;)

Thank you. I do feel much stronger. I think at first I was so taken aback, especially when I asked if I could try to control things through diet and she said no, I had to go on medication. Thanks to advice here I insisted on trying first and I feel confident to say no to meds unless there's a...

Thank you! :)

Thank you! Fingers crossed,

Ah, yay! Thank you :)

Hi guys, Thanks so much for your help. I'm 7 weeks into testing and low (ish) carbing. My diabetic nurse gave me 12 weeks to lose a stone and reduce sugar levels from hba1c 7.7 to 6.5. I apologise for being a bit slow with this but if my average self test over the last 7 weeks is 6.7 that...

I rang them this morning and they had forgotten to mark them as available but had strips in so my next batch are on their way. Thanks guys.

Yes, I'm testing before I first eat and then 2 hours after for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It does seem to be very up and down but I'm sure I'm headed in the right direction. 6's and 7's mainly with an occasional unwelcome 8! Thanks so much!