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Thank you for all your replies In the meantime I have been doing more research on the net. I thought it would be somewhat useful to share? From what I’ve learnt, all in, the majority of views seem to point towards - large weight loss, in excess of 70 lb>, can be achieved (depending of...

Hi all :) Hope you don’t mind If I join in? My weight yesterday was 87kg Target weight is 60kg

@Terrytiddy what do you use you 10g carb allowance on? Ty

Interesting! Thank you :) Do you know what the symptoms of a type 2 hypo is like for someone just on metformin?

I use ketostix, urine strips - usually early to mid morning, generally before first meal. Thanks

Hi thank you @Terrytiddy I’m currently just gone back to 1 x 500mg after trying a week without them. Do you mean too many carbohydrates can make some people constipated? Thanks :)

Hi all :) I wonder if you could help/ advise me, please? I have been following a LCHF diet for months now and it has really helped me, brought my fbg levels right down and helped me lose a lot of lbs. Recently, past 2 weeks, after a birthday meal (which I couldn’t avoid, I ate pizza express...

I can usually tell if I need more salt, just by my blood being thicker when I prick my finger.

I use Himalayan salt, the pink one. I just sprinkle some on my eggs.

4.1 for me this morning

Hi all 3.6 so retested 3.9 :/

Oh ok thanks :) Getting your fitness back after a period of being sedentary is real hard but you are doing really well, and you’ve kept the weight off, brilliant:)

Avoid was the wrong word, sorry. Balance is better. My mother in law is type 1. She can eat more carbohydrates than me as long as she balances her insulin - by testing her BGS before and after, and adjusting her insulin accordingly - but, she is not on daily set injections. If her bgs is too low...

Oh my, what an awful experience, poor you. I hope things settle down soon. I am tagging @daisy1 for some useful info on the condition and diet advice, hope it helps. What medication have they prescribed you?

4.8 today, bit high for me, but ate late last night - OMAD out of the window yesterday lol

Poor you, I think I understand why you are stressed and feel the need for a fag, that’s quite some list! I personally found initially getting my blood glucose down to under 7, losing weight (especially) and stopping smoking led to some of my other health problems greatly improving. I used to be...

My weight loss stalled so after advice to try fasting to jump start it again, I did 2 sessions of 48 hour fasts in 2 weeks.it worked!

My eyesight is still blurry reading close up, 4 and a half months after diagnosis. I did bring my blood sugar levels quickly, within 3 weeks of diagnosis, according to my BG meter. Sometimes I do wonder if this was too quick, as I read somewhere on this forum that bringing it down too quickly...

I Vape atm and use vampire Vape liquid. I also want to quit the Vape but am concentrating on my weight loss primarily, as personally this is much more important to me in regards to my overall health. I did try to quit recently and had problems with patches also. I didn’t know about the spray...

Metformin helps keep my bowels regular, especially when fasting and or on a LCHF diet.