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@Neverbloobloo I'm not on ANY meds either and only just into this, and hope I can get to where you are .... and maintain it! Well done you. :)

@lisaclare Hi and welcome, It is very confusing and scary, and I am but a few steps ahead of you .... And to an extent still scared and bewildered! The advice I was given IS totally sound, cut down on sugary stuff (absolute common sense), eat a healthy diet, lose weight - if you need to (I...

Wow! Well done you - complete respect and fist bump here! I've got my first full 3 month Review in 2 weeks. It was down from 97 to 53 at 2 months - so hope it's even better now ..... fingers crossed!

Wel from my perspective this is unlikely to happen to me because a. It IS my fault where I am, b. Yes I am embarrassed as to how I let myself 'go' to that extent and would be quite rightly judged, and c. because I don't tell anyone! - partly as a result of both a. and b.! Is it as serious? Well...

Well done @atko, sounds like you've made good moves. I hate going into supermarkets now and I find it really difficult, but scrutinising content is an education! .... something I was so terribly ignorant of before 'labelling'. See what I mean about the OJ! I guess you can be forgiven the...

I like batons of Carrott (cut sticks) or Cucumbet with Tzazkiki (apologise for **** spelling) or Humous (red pepper one particularly nice). Nom nom! Makes a change from half a tube of Pringles! I simply darent have ice cream (yet!) .... But sure I will succumb one day!

I too have followed (in the main) the 'mainstream' advice of lose weight, eat very healthily and good regular exercise .... Which I have done in spades. I have lost 4st in 3 months! (BMI now 26) My initial 'reading' was 97, 2 months later it was 53 and having another test next week when the PN...

@atko, I agree with @urbanracer on the OJ. I was horrified when I saw just how much sugar was in the stuff - check it out .... I used to drink it thinking I was being really healthy, but not touched it at all since being 'labelled' Other suggestions; Fruit yoghurt - check the sugar content of...

Jan, I am only 3 months into this and my initial hba1c reading was 97. I too hate medication of any description - and made that very clear - particularly the 'laxatives' you now know about. I have been well looked after so far by the NHS, but they have left me alone (so far) in terms of...

Hi Sue, Wow - you lucky thing, as I understand it (and I may be wrong) but I think BOTH of those readings are below the pre or indeed Diabetes threshold. I think anything below 6 is 'normal', 6-7 is pre and 7+ is diabetic. If I am wrong I'm sure I will be told, I'm still very new to this! I...

@MissMac If you read one of my other posts .... My PN could see I was working hard to get on top of this, but still 'in bits'. She felt I needed a confidence boost so was keen to do a 'hb doobrey' after only 2 months rather than the usual 3+ - so she could prove what I was doing was working...

Well as I've said many times before there is conflicting advice everywhere ..,, even in here on occasion. Again as I've said before I have nothing but praise for the way I have been treated by my practice nurse. Yes she advocates 'the NHS rubbish' (as do many call it) and no she doesn't...

Thankfully I gave up 8 years ago, 8 years before I had to give up a lot more things I used to enjoy! :( I managed to give up going 'cold turkey' although for me having then recently watched as my own father wither away and die in agony of smoking induced lung cancer, I was determined I was going...

@MichaelaWalker ditto - my dilemma exactly - except delete apple pie, enter Ice Cream!

Oh by the way, many congrats on losing 2 stone - it really does make the difference!

@drewster45 i too am an advocate of the no sugar drinks, fully understanding there are some in here who see them as the Devils food only s little way behind both Sugar and the dreaded Carbs! ..... but do consider much of this somewhat personal preference! I too would advocate the Aldi Zero Cola...

@garrysteele i too have other emotional problems currently and think 'it' has kinda tipped me over the edge somewhat. I was always an incredibly 'strong' person, but I think I have broken down and cried more often in the last 3 months than in more years than I can remember combined. I really...

Thank you all ..... Personal preference prevails - bring on the Dandelion & Burdock!

I fully acknowledge in due course I may well end up eating my words, but you have my absolute assurance if I do I will check 2 hours afterwards to see what effect they had on my BS levels :))

@equipoise I fully understand there are '2 camps' in this debate and that in here predominantly I reside with this the 'tent' that completely advocate testing (probably hence my name in here). On being 'labelled' my FBG was 12 and hba1c came back at 97. 2 and half months later my FBG is now...