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It also assumes you haven't got an afternoon of meetings booked into your diary! [emoji2]

Well done. Those are great numbers.

Great result!

7.4. I still can't get the morning figure down much but at least it starts with 7 not 8!

I think you just need to keep testing before and after meals until you find what works for you. When I was first diagnosed I tested before and after every meal and logged everything I ate along with my readings. I could then work out what my body could, tolerate. My HbA1C on diagnosis last year...

I usually ear less than 30gms carbs a day but sometimes I go up to 50. My rule of thumb is nothing over 10gms carbs per 10gms, and most things less than 5gms. So yesterday I had bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast, grilled halloumi with lettuce and cucumber salad for lunch, and a grilled...

Well done @Robo42. I'm sure you'll be able to get those numbers down again soon. I can't work out the medics approach to drugs and insulin and in fact posted about exactly that just this week after reading people on here saying they had been put on Metformin with an HBA1C reading of X when...

Gardening sounds lovely Johnny. I got home from work today hoping to get into the garden and it immediately started raining!

Food yesterday No breakfast Lunch - Caesar salad. Little gem lettuce, chi ken, bacon, poached egg, parmesan shavings, caesar dressing Dinner - small bowl of chilli with side salad FBG this morning 7.1

7.1 at 7am

I am drooling at all those photos. I will be adding cheese slices to my Tesco order this week

Do you leave the rind on? I will have to try this.

Yes, it's really annoying! It probably wouldn't have happened if I'd have eaten breakfast.

I have reduced my HbA1c to 37 without drugs but I haven't tried fasting. However, since last week I am trying to eat 16:8 each day and aiming at one day a week of a 24 hour fast. I'm hoping that will kick-start my metabolism and allow me to lose the final stone I need to get down to my target...

Thanks, that's really interesting. I hadn't realised that insulin is recommended at such a (relatively) low HbA1c. Although not as a first option. I'm really pleased my GP was so supportive of me trying LCHF eating and that I got all the support and advice I needed on this forum. I did go...

Hi Yes, you're absolutely right that we don't know other people's medical history. I guess I hadn't realised that for some people going straight to insulin is the only option. I think the poster in question had phrased it something like "My HbA1c was 68 so the GP put me straight onto insulin" as...

6.1 for me this morning which is very good for me. I did have glasses of red wine last night though and that always brings my FBG down

I've been reading this forum a lot recently and it's struck me that when people are first diagnosed, the treatment from their GP seems to vary hugely and I was just wondering why. So, you read things like "I was diagnosed with an HBA1C of 68 so I was put on insulin". "My HbA1c on diagnosis was...

I know what you mean. I was disheartened because people o here seemed to be achieving much lower levels within a few weeks, whereas I took months. But I'm now clear about what works or doesn't work for me and try not to compare myself with other people.

I was longer than lots of these posters. I have never taken any medication though which might make a difference I was 97 at diagnosis. Got to 49 within three months, but three months after that had only moved it down to 47 so I suspected that that was as good as I could get. However, after...