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Steve, Thanks for your story. Your 'downward' journey mirrors mine, as does your reaction on being 'labelled' - although I'm still very much in that space! I was completely asymptomatic and felt completely fine - so the diagnosis completely blew me away to b told just how 'Ill' I now am My...

@morradichi Thank you for your story, your 'downward' journey sounds exactly like mine ..... It's all my own fault, though I never experienced any symptoms - possibly why it came as a devastating shock. I too have got rid of ALL the rubbishy in my diet (though not specifically an LCHF...

Thank you..... very inspirational, the kind of hope I have. I am still in terror / fright / despair / confusion mode. Well done you.

Yep I continue to be ignorant and uninformed .... Cancel my last!!! Though I have to say the note on this site regarding blood donation does present the ability to donate blood very negatively I thought???

Gave blood???? Please forgive my complete ignorance here (if that is the case), but I thought that I had read somewhere that 'we' were excluded from donating blood? Or have I completely mis read this and you were giving blood in a different context? Thanks

And there was me actually thinking just once I'd found something that was a nice tolerable alternative .... I should have perhaps guessed! ;( Sorry folks - just a bad day!

By the way, I forgot to say it..... Well done you.

Thank you for sharing this. My own 'start state' sounds very similar to you, and I too have reduced the calories and hit the 'phys' hard. I appreciate we are all different but hope I can get close to your results - I would be ecstatic! P.S. If it's any consolation, after my appointment at which...

I'm sure this has been visited many times before, and hope you don't mind the post? I am still very much struggling with everything nutritionally regarding my new found situation, but one of the only areas I'm currently comfortable with is drinks. Many years ago I gave up 'full fat' fizzy...

@Hiitsme It is many a year since I hit the 'phys' as hard as I am doing (probably part of the reason for this god awful place I now find myself), however I'm using it to my advantage to channel the anger I now have for myself for allowing this to happen. I found it incredibly hard at first, but...

@Hiitsme thank you for this, it gives me hope and inspiration and many congratulations on your achievement. My first hb1ac result was 97, and I completely freaked when I realised just how high it was..... I am yet to go for my second, but in the last 2 months have moved to a significantly...

@Daibell thank you for your comment and explanation, that is what I had been told and hoped! I just want to try to manage my expectation of what is likely. I would like to see a dramatic shift ....but I don't know if this is realistic / possible / likely etc??? I haven't purposely and...

Thank you for the warning @Squire Fulwood . I have never dieted previously (though clearly I should have done!) and in the past controlled weight by being very active - it is in more recent years where my my ambivalence and ignorance have now caught me out. I am conscious, in fact very...

@Squire Fulwood thanks for the note, and yes you are right. I currently feel 'it' has total control of me and the only things I have any chance of controlling are diet and exercise. I probably don't understand the mechanics of this except that all websites and information I have read (including...

Hi all, I did post this as a reply in another thread, but thought I would ask the question seperately....... I was 'labelled' at the end of April with a subsequent hb1ac of 97 ..... Which at the time meant nothing, but I subsequently realised was high - and freaked! I now have embarked on a...

Hi all, I was 'labelled' at the end of April with a subsequent hb1ac of 97 ..... Which at the time meant nothing, but I subsequently realised was high - and freaked! I now have embarked on a major diet and exercise regime and have lost 3 stone to date (18st to 15st) My next hb1ac I think is due...

Phil, Again thank you for your message it has encouraged me, and hopefully I can follow your example, and hope I too can achieve your results - I have never done second best in my life (probably why I'm struggling so much now). As outlined I too love my Carbs and am (and would) struggle to give...

Many thanks for this Pinkorchid, your words really do help and put things a little more in perspective. Increasingly I am feeling that the monitoring / LCHF approach IS the right and only way to successfully manage things ... and that to consider any other way is doomed to increased levels /...

All, Thank you very much for your kind words and welcome. As I sit and type this tears are again flowing down my cheeks. I am not yet convinced (either way) on the merits of a LCHF approach. I am not too bothered about potatoes (except chips ) but sooo love rice and pasta - though I have...

Hello all, I have ‘hung around’ on the periphery of this site for a couple of months or so, only now feeling anywhere near strong enough to ‘declare my hand’ although have visited a number of the forums routinely. I now put pen to paper with expectation I will be challenged and possibly derided...