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overnight fasting 5.9 breakfast- couple cups of coffee lunch - 2 tins tuna & bag of salad with caeser dressing. mid afternoon- pot of full fat Greek yogurt dinner - turkey wrapped in bacon, cheese & steamed Veg. ( 4.9 before food) 2hrs after food 5.2 very happy today, yesterday was ****...

Muntijay - no figure, just fat loss.. really pleased, I posted this 3wks ago & have now lost 10lbs with noticeable fat loss, back in the gym properly with supplements & am nearly back to my old muscle mass & definition (not bad for 48)

midnightrider - at risk of sounding thick, how do you work out carbs per meal? I look at carbs per 100g on packets & go for as low as possible

hi, not had a chance to look at packet yet but are no added sugar fruit squashes ok? drink lots of water but just fancy something different at times..

trying to follow low carb diet, seen that stir fry are good, lots of veg etc, what sauces do people use? most I've seen have high sugars thanks

no worries Wanden. you don't need to be a bodybuilder to benefit from supplements, simple toning up & improving strength.. forgot to say, AMsport is the range I use, very good quality & reasonable prices, couple of guys at work are sponsored by them for their CrossFit.. definitely recommend...

you definitely need weight training to put on muscle mass / toning up. supplements really help but aren't for everyone, try & see how it goes.. maximuscle are good but expensive for what they are, Phd/USN etc not bad. wheys are pretty much standard but some can affect stomach, creatine...

hi Wanden. have you tried supplements & upping weight training routines ? I'm recently diagnosed T2, on Metformin & have started LCHF lifestyle (not diet) lost a bit of weight but more noticeable, lost some abdo fat/ lovehandles.. I'm same, don't want to lose much weight just fat loss so have...

hi, well done on your BG levels. as others said, it's early days but wight loss will drop off, busy just needs to understand whats happening. I started a few weeks ago, no loss then suddenly noticeable fat loss around abdomen & 5lbs lost.. I've kicked up my exercise & do cardio/weights 5x a...

Bluetit1802 - not an issue mate, no offense taken. I'm trying to make sense of numbers on my printout. I think there finally on this thread. I will keep going with low carb & exercise, keep taking metformin for now but if cholesterol levels aren't better at next test I'll have to take statins...

yeah, that was my bad.. didn't look properly at threads before posting, apologies for confusion..

ickihun - is that for me or Mr_pot ? I use work one, true result twist. but will try & get one of the ones mentioned on other threads

is ham, chicken, chorizo ok on LCHF diet or not? bit confused

maybe he is, looking at chart some figures are diabetic others are just below.. maybe that's what he meant about borderline but when I mentioned I that before that phrase got a shot down cholesterol is up so am trying diet to improve it, read few bits on stations but didn't like feeling so...

just looked at printout & definatly 46... Doc didn't say but we he put me in meds/statin as only 2 away from diabetes & because of family history?

apologies for reposting reply, couldn't see it on this thread. I put levels on other thread

going by what GP said.. I'm type 2 & he gave me metformin & a statin (big family history of diabetes)

that's what GP told me.. your type 2 & started me on metformin & statin

thanks Bluetit1802. HbA1c - 46.. glucose tolerance = serum fasting 7.5/ 120min level 14.0 cholesterol - serum cholesterol 5.4 serum triglycerides 6.12 serum HDL 0.82 total cholesterol:HDL level 6.6 can't see LDL level hope that helps

thanks Bluetit1802. hi Mr_pot - HbA1c was 46. will see what test in a few months say..