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  1. J

    What is fasting blood glucose

    Hi everyone, I feel silly to ask but I did read on a thread somewhere that having a shower etc can stop your blood glucose from being fasting. I thought it was all about eating, could anyone clarify for me please! Tia
  2. J

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Morning everyone, I’m new to the forum and still finding my way, fbg today was 8.4 new to low carbing too!
  3. J

    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    I had a brunch of two cold pork chops (left overs from last nights dinner) with some cheese and 3 grapes Snack of ten almonds Dinner is going to be sausages, bacon and eggs with mushrooms - looks like I’ve turned my meals upside down!
  4. J

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    This morning I was 7.9 I was 5.3 last night can anyone explain this please?
  5. J

    NEWLY DIAGNOSED

    I am new too and I have found a great help reading the threads on here about what people are eating! There also a thread which explains low carb eating. I found them really helpful, I do find low carb a challenge but they’ve been really informative. Hope you find them a help, much better than a...
  6. J

    Type 2s: What have you eaten today?

    I had scrambled eggs for brunch with some cheese and a beef stew for dinner, I’m a little worried about the stew as I had swede and carrot and potatoes in it, I only had one potato and I shall be testing my bg soon to see the impact of it
  7. J

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    I was 8.6 this morning, it’s the first time I’ve tested as I’m type two so I got a machine and some strips. I think that’s a bit high so I’ll be checking every day, just starting doing low carbs
  8. J

    Low carbs

    Thank you! Yes I did start with drastic reduction going to 30g/per day for the first three days, I’ve tried to stick to 40g today and I will reduce it down, thank you for the advice
  9. J

    Low carbs

    Thank you so much for explaining that! Yes I’m on metformin only so I will just take a breath for a while as you’ve suggested thank you again!
  10. J

    Low carbs

    Hi everyone I’m new to this site, I’ve been a type 2 diabetic since 2017 without any support really, I’m on 2g sr metformin daily. Having read some of the interesting feeds here about low carbs I decided to give it a go! Day 3 today and I’ve had a hypo whilst out, luckily was in Sainsbury’s so...
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