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Hi Dazzer, you are doing really well and your numbers are coming down. Keep at it! I was diagnosed in May this year and was 9 stone overweight. Started on low GI, now low carbing and have now lost nearly 2 and a half stone. I don't feel hungry very much and if I do, I just ignore it. For me I...

Hi, you count the TOTAL carbs not just the sugars, as the other carbs are starch and they convert to glucose and affect your blood sugar as well. I have started using a phone app called 'Diet and Calorie Counter'. It also has a website which is where I registered, I think. Makes keeping track of...

Sid Bonkers. Thanks for the reply and information. Very helpful. I am learning that it's not an exact science - a bit frustrating. Like to see cause and a direct effect. My concern was that the 8.6 was after 3 hours after eating and not the standard two. I thought I was OK as the reading after 2...

Hi - low-carbing and still getting used to testing with the meter. Can anyone explain a high result 3 hours after dinner? Breakfast Before breakfast (2 egg, butter, 2 bacon) 6.8 After 6.3 - OK Lunch - none - busy shopping Dinner 73g leaves/spinach, 50g celery, 17g walnuts,110g homemade chicken...

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Hi, the Desmond course showed how to adapt a meal. Cornish pasty, jacket potato, sweetcorn and peas. All you have to do is take away the pasty. Simples! :thumbdown: (As all the courses are the same, then the whole country must be told that.) Swimmer2 - what is your idea ???????

Apologies, Hi June! Keep testing. Beg, borrow or steal to get those strips. Thought I might innocently ask my DSN if I get free gym membership, just to wind her up. Have already asked her if I get free pedicures, :lol: Answer was 'no' :( Mary x

Hi Celast. I wonder how the nurse is going to work out exactly what it was that you ate that was wrong. I have to admit I haven't even asked at the surgery about strips. Bought my own on eBay (Codefree ones). Worth every penny. We don't have to do exactly as we are told, do we? My doctor told...

Hi, don't know. T2 but only just diagnosed. I had a higher reading this week (8.5) but it settled down. I would assume if you had a series of high readings, a T2 would look at their recent diet and/or go back to doctor for more medication. I am sure someone far more knowledgeable will be along...

Grazer - fantastic! Breathes a huge sigh of relief. So, I am not aiming for 6.5 and 5.5. Thank goodness for that! Wasn't sure how representative my Hb of 7.1 was because I misunderstood the doctor regarding how long to fast before the test. She meant 14 hours and I did 24 hours. Got a bit of...

Hi all, apologies if my post has duplicated itself as I tried posting this earlier and thought it hadn't worked - but it has. You have all been really helpful and encouraging. Mary - thank you for the kind words and praise. Will keep testing before meals for a while to see the difference between...

Hi, I was diagnosed in May with Hb 7.1, 51 yrs old and 9 stone overweight. Posted on this forum as I ditched bread, pasta and potatoes straight away, tried GI then now have arrived at low carb (not having anything obviously carby) about a month a go. Weight loss now over 2 stone. Started blood...

I have just started blood glucose testing so wanted a low carb sausage for lunch. Bought some of 'Jimmy's' sausages. Something like 0.3 grams of carbs to every 100g, gluten free - very nice. No gristly lumps, herbs not too strong AND made with real skin - as sausages should be. Son said he could...

Hi all. I am a newbie to the 'weight loss' thread here but not to dieting. Lost 5 stone over about 9 month period over 20 yrs ago (put it all back on since, and then some). Now, since dx in May, have made a total 2 stone loss so far - been averaging about 2lb a week. (Hit 16 stone 13lb mark on...

Hi, I was only diagnosed in May and have been on a low-carb diet since then so may not be very 'juicy' at present. Obviously, I must have been diabetic for quite a few years but I don't usually have problems with mosquito bites - hardly notice them. On the other hand, they always get my husband...

Hi hanadr, no not sure health care is all it should be. When I was teaching 'Eatwell Plate' and started to read that starch turned to sugar 'quickly', whereas we taught it was 'slow release', it just didn't add up. I would be interested to know what problems a diet deficient in carbs would do...

Hi again, Thank you to all. Geoff - yes, 'healthy' Eatwell Plate - lots of carbs. Was never sure about it when I taught 'Food and Nutrition'. I am using the low carb message to help my friend's parents. They have been given a blood meter and told to use twice a week but not why the testing will...

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Hi all. Just wanted to introduce myself. It's been a bit of a journey so far. I am 51 years old and an ex Food teacher! Diabetes diagnosis made after bout of vasculitis settled down but tingling in hands and feet remaining. Fasting blood test revealed Type 2. Not a surprise as weight classed as...