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You may find you need to lose the rye and oat flakes. For a while, I tried to have a bit of muesli mixed in with my yogurt, and as little as 2 tablespoons was too much because of the grains. But I'm glad for the reminder - it's been most of a year since I tried that combination, and my...

Ouch! But that's why I'm always surprised when someone claims reversal based on a normal (or prediabetic) reading after eating a low carb diet. I consider that control - which will vanish with the reintroduction of carbs. Sorry you learned the hard way!

They still do - but it is not a trivial procedure (it requires general anesthesia), and most doctors prefer to have you try to pass it first.

Just to echo what chalup said - I use exactly that protocol, with an additional test at 3 hour if my 2 hours test is higher than my one hour test. My personal tolerance for 1 hours is 7.8, chosen because that is the level at which damage is well documented (at least for persistent blood glucose...

Lethargic, flat emotional affect, and brain fog. That all starts at about 7.2 for me.

To lose weight, you'll need to reduce calories. This may also improve your blood glucose numbers in the long run - but I wouldn't hold your breath on that. I'm down more than 70 lbs, and have only a modest increase in my tolerance for carbs (about 25% increase - to 25 carbs in a 2 hour...

If those were my numbers, I would not be happy. My doctor and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) would be - but I want my blood glucose controlled (i.e. normal), not at some elevated levels that the above critters have declared won't kill me. At least not right away. The formal rule from...

Most T2 diabetics can make very dramatic changes, very quickly with eating lower carbohydrates. My blood glucose normalized, aside from the dawn phenomenon by the time I got the courage to test it 3 days after diagnosis. Working out the A1c takes longer, of course since it is a measurement of...

I use fastclix (so the lancets are contained within the cartridge). I use one until it starts to be painful, then advance then next one. No way to clean them off, since they are contained within the cartridge. It's been at least a week (at ~4 tests per day) since I advanced a lancet...

Grinding your own almond flour is not hard. Here's a few references: https://simplywholefoods.com/2013/09/19/4-simple-steps-to-making-your-own-almond-flour/

Depends on why you're on a reduced calorie diet. If it is not a critical health matter, just log it (if you're logging),eat within limits (excluding the extra calories) for the rest of the day and move on with life. If your weight maintenance calories are 1800/day, and you eat a reasonable...

No more than a year. My doctor is one of the few who always does a blood glucose test as part of my annual physical. (It should be standard operating procedure for everyone, as common as it is - and how cheap the test is.) His criteria is two readings in a row of fasting BG readings above the...

You were probably confused, because the most common medical/diabetes society information is to test at 2 hours and make sure it is below 10 (the American Diabets Association and my doctor's advice). Neither of those entities really seem to care about tight control. To the extent I can help it...

I am one of those who believes in remission (which I define as being able to eat an unresticted diet with a completely normal metabolic response to it, as documented by an OGTT, phase 1 insulin test, or enough repeated blood glucose tests to establish it is not just a fluke). Remission (by that...

You might want to test at 1 hour. It is fantastic that you are back down in 2 horus, but the spikes also matter - and you likely missed that. You might want to test at 1 hours after your first bite to get a better picture.

If you an get your blood glucose under control, you will have fewer of them (or perhaps even none). Anyone can have them, but they are more common in people with diabetes because hight blood glucose damages the blood circulation to the skin. Good blood circulation to the skin is necessary to...

Unlimited potatoes, rice, and fruit are generally very bad for keeping blood glucose withn normal ranges. Your 105 reading probably has a lot more to do with diet than it does with stopping the Metformin - Metformin is not very good for significantly lowering levels as high as yours are. Try...

My understanding is that starting on insulin for T2, then dropping back to oral meds is the reverse of the normal course - unless you are able to take charge of your blood glucose.. I know a number of people who have moved from insulin to oral meds (or none) following a low carb diet. Most of...

I change mine when they start to get painful.

That's how I'd cut down on the calories (after tracking to see what I'm actually eating).