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Although my husband isn't diabetic, he does have problems with nerve damage in his feet through chemo. Over the past year or so he's been wearing these from Amazon...... they wash as new.

Welcome to the forum @TracyPh. Crikey, 355ml bottle of 'Juicehead Straightup OJ' according to Cronometer is 35g carbs. Think you've found your problem right there. It'll probably take a while for your liver and pancreas to recover, and they will with a careful diet. Though I'm sure you'll know...

Thank you @AndBreathe for your info on biotin. I've been taking it everyday for the past 3- 4 months as my hair is getting thinner too. I've normally got a lot of hair, not thick, but loads and it's now gone alarmingly thin. It's like I'm in competition with our Rusty, a 40kg very hairy German...

Hope so, but I've got to keep being good till next August :oops: ;)

Well done! A fantastic result.

Scary how hit and miss it seems regarding counting carbs. All the more reasons to have that glucose meter to hand.

For breakfast just had a small slice of pork loin left over from yesterday's dinner. Mug of frothed creamy cocoa at mid day A cooked 90% pork chipolata from the fridge. Dinner was three chicken thighs coated with almond flour, grated parmesan cheese, onion and garlic salt, red pepper flakes...

I'm assuming some of the starch in swede is changed into resistant starch and passes through the stomach as fibre does? https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cooling-resistant-starch#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2

You may find tracking your carbs easier with one of the apps, ie. Cronometer, FatSecret, CarbManager, MyFitnessPal, and many others. The basic versions of the apps are free.

These target levels may help.... if a certain food takes you over the '2 hour after meals' mark then that food should be avoided.

You can get a magnesium complex supplement covering 3 to 5 types of magnesium.

Brilliant! Very well done! You're a huge inspiration for many starting their diabetic journeys. You must be feeling both physically and emotionally great!

There's also a difference between cooked and raw state of swede, Cronometer says 100g raw swede has 6.3g of carbs, while cooked swede (presumably steamed) has 4.8g carbs.

Evening everyone, Had a mug of cocoa with added cream first thing. Late breakfast of 2 rashers of back bacon, one fried egg, and about half a dozen mushrooms sauteed in butter. Mid afternoon had another cocoa with cream and a handful of walnuts Early dinner of roast pork loin, steamed...

Pasta sauce is dead easy, using tinned Napolina tomatoes (Tesco have a special offer 4 x 400g tins for £2.50 atm), Napolina don't have any sugar added, 3.6g carbs for 100g Chop an onion (or more if you can afford the carbs), garlic and Italian Seasoning (I use dried oregano and a bit of...

Late breakfast was a 2 egg cheddar omelette. Coffee with cream 4 chipolatas, a handful of Brazils, and a handful of Walnuts Hubby didn't feel like eating an evening meal, though he requested a couple of sausage rolls I'd made today (for the freezer) for over Christmas. I had a prawn cocktail...

I loved the 'Fluffy' lesson, how true is that analogy! It's a 'tool' my mind could definitely make use of. Thanks also for the tip about the alcohol and slimline tonic, something I'd not thought too much about, but it's a feasible culprit. It's worth experimenting. x

Today was a new start. Cocoa frothed with cream on rising. Late breakfast was a chaffle served with cream cheese on the top. Coffee with cream, Afternoon had 2 G&T's Dinner was half a ribeye steak (hubby had the other half), sauteed mushrooms, and cauli rice with double cream and grated...

Just knew I was on dangerous territory! I'm talking about the sourdough bread again. I just can't handle it. I can cope with most things that are 'dangerous' in the kitchen, biscuits, cakes, puddings and early Christmas fayre...., but I just can't cope with bread! I failed miserably yesterday to...

Have been experimenting quite a bit to find a sustainable recipe for homemade low carb bread. Have discovered low carb bread recipes substitute some of the flour for 'vital wheat gluten' which is much lower in carbs. Therefore perhaps the gluten in the bread was a little bit too much for your...