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My vision did go a bit blurry before my diagnosis but then my HbAc1 was 112 when they tested but presumably yours is low 40's. Unless you have been hammering the carbs, and your excellent weight loss (and post) suggest you obviously are not, I would doubt that diabetes is your problem but your...

I found going lchf very odd as it ran counter to everything I thought I knew about diet, particularly fat. However since carbs were clearly my problem and avoiding them the solution and I had just metabolised my way through 25kg of my own body fat quite happily I made the leap of faith. The...

Horses for courses. For T2's fasting can be a powerful tool in keeping insulin levels low and therefore enhancing weight loss and blood glucose control. It is perfectly natural to fast and plenty of people, including me, try to keep to one meal a day but if it's going to be really hectic then I...

Even though it is SR metformin you should really be splitting the dose with 1g at breakfast and 1g tea. Half life is only about 6.5 hours so you could even go 500mg at breakfast, lunch, tea and night to maximise the benefit by keeping blood levels at theraputic levels at all times. It might help...

Had my stent fitted before they diagnosed my T2 but after my STEMI. Apparently I was lucky to make it, I was 99% blocked:woot:. That was five years ago and now I am bouncing around like Tigger. Hang in there and let the furry physiotherapist in your avatar guide your recovery. They are going to...

I hear you and feel your loss:( I used to make some lovely bread if I do say so myself, a sourdough culture I grew from scratch etc. I gave my culture away and haven't had any bread since my diagnosis six months ago. I keep looking at a low carb bread recipe on Diet Doctor but haven't tried it...

I take your point but to be fair I had tried to explain that this was how 'I' think about it, that they are not the same, and that that is what 'I' do whilst accepting that other people have a different take on it and that everyone needs to make their own decisions. I thought it an analogy...

Alcohol will tend to harden the skin over time and that's probably not a good thing. I used to use rubbing alcohol for a few weeks before I went sailing otherwise I would get huge blisters on the first day. Soap and water is good so you could wash before testing and perhaps use something with...

What do people think about using lard? I would be very happy to use it if I had some clue as to sourcing. I am a bit fussy about meat and like to know exactly where it comes from and how it's raised to the point where I only really buy locally raised animals and have deliberately been to the...

I forgot about the Brierley's shop, Leicester had one. They went bust when I was a kid but were no relations of mine. For a short time at least there was a Brierley's biscuit maker in Great Yarmouth (how ironic is that?) and they made the best fig rolls ever.

I don't actually know the answer to your question I am afraid but had to reply because my name is Paul Brierley and apart from my own immediate family I have never come across another Brierley.

If you had an allergy to, say, peanuts you would decline the satay sauce without hesitation rather than go into anaphylactic shock and nothing on Earth would convince you otherwise. Carbs are clearly not quite as dramatic but as far as I am concerned I treat them the same way, it's easier for...

Welcome to the forum:) Some clever people will be along directly but i'll fill in before they do. I think a meter is essential otherwise you won't ever know if the changes you will make are working. My mood was awful before my diagnosis, I didn't actually realise how bad I felt until I reduced...

So, the more carbs you eat the worse you feel, the fewer you eat the better you feel. There is nothing surprising about that but it is a good lesson to learn. As has been pointed out it isn't the colour that matters, it's the fact that they are carbs. Keep reading around the forum because...

I think there ought to be some form of ritual to drum you off the boards since you are no longer 'one of us':p Seriously though that's brilliant news. If they ever try that on me I will have to give them a dodgy test result though. I am on all sorts of meds following my heart attack and not...

I currently limit my carbs to around 20g a day but have no clue if I am in keto or not. I sort of assume that I must be but I am not concerned about finding out since I feel great, am maintaining my weight without effort, and my blood sugar levels appear good. I had my blood taken yesterday for...

Now there's a thought. My kitchen is being refurbished (very, very slowly) leaving me without a cooker but hopefully I will be back in business early next week.

Oh dear, it turns out that just reading about yummy, seedy, nutty, fruity things makes me salivate like Pavlov's dogs.

They do look good. I was always very partial to anything flapjacky but they do terrible things to my blood sugar levels these days. I have wondered if I couldn't get away with it in the middle of a long ride but then realised that that might be the start of a slippery slope for me and I had...

Exercise can be very effective and a brisk walk after dinner does bring my levels down, or rather keeps them down. However if my levels are low when I start, and I do like to train whilst fasting, then it raises my levels but not to a point where it causes concern. There is a saying which...