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I go to the gym after I get back from work (between 5.30 and 6.30). I take 3 SR metformin only with meals (or last thing at night if I've forgotten). I'll eat at lunch (12-1) and then I don't usually bother eating before the gym. My most strenuous exercise is a boxercise class which wipes me...

I didn't really fall off, not properly and perhaps only for the last couple of weeks. I've just had some human slip-ups after not really having any human slip-ups for several months after diagnosis. After a few months, my blood sugar was never doing anything unusual, I had found out what I...

A few photos of the delights

My partner is veggie and he was happy with the selection.

I'm simultaneously ecstatic and heart broken. Ecstatic because I've found a dedicated keto restaurant, serving delicious food and keto bread that tastes like bread! ...and heartbroken because it's in Berlin and I am not. Although my choice of city breaks may be somewhat skewed now... I had...

I sympathise. My first few weeks on Metformin were awful. 6 weeks later the symptoms have calmed down somewhat, but they're still pretty bad. Some people go on the slow release version which can apparently reduce the side effects quite significantly for some. Maybe ask your doctor about that...

If you're in a bind at motorway services, Burger King will do you a bun-free burger. They just put it in a plastic box.

*Drumroll*..... 6.5! With a re-test of 6.3. So...Seems ok! I want to test again in an hour but I'll be driving unfortunately. I may repeat the experiment tomorrow. Or I might just not risk sugar-sauce again...

45 minutes to go...Totally wasn't worth this level of anxiety. Let alone what I anticipate will be a horrible reading. Lesson learned!

That sounds great! I'll certainly be giving that a try. Almost immediately! I made a sticky soy stir fry the other day with erythritol, soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil and chilli and I was sold. It was so sticky and sweet and spike-free!

I just added about half a tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce to my salad. It's my first moment of weakness since diagnosis, it was just sitting there next to the salad bar...I've always loved it with feta cheese. This stuff is pretty much just pure syrup with a few chilli flakes added in...

Your options might be a bit more restricted in terms of eating out. But I don't think you should encounter too much trouble. In fact, traditional pubs especially are pretty easy because there's pretty much always going to be a burger or steak available and you can just leave out the...

That's brilliant! Good work!

Amazing reduction in your numbers! Well done! You should be enormously proud of yourself. It's the worst when you're doing the absolute best you can and people still make you feel like you're at fault or not good enough. A fully justified rant, in my opinion. Sometimes I take people to task...

Thanks so much for your lovely message. Just had a hellish meeting at work and that really made me smile. Especially thinking ahead to my next dress fitting on Sunday!

Thank you everyone, for your replies. They've really helped me get some perspective and reassured me that this is relatively normal! I think i'll keep telling myself that, that it's about fat loss, not weight loss.

I've lost 100lbs over the last few years. I thought because I was young (31 now) that my skin would just stretch back to where it had been...Nope. I have dry skin so I've always moisturised diligently, perhaps not diligently enough... I struggle to find clothes that fit me properly and buy...

Has anyone else experienced this? My clothes are looser, my fiancé says I feel smaller when he puts his arms around me, I’ve had comments from people. But the numbers on the scale aren’t budging! I’m not too disheartened at the moment because it’s clear that I’m losing inches. Although I would...

What time of day have you been taking the ACV? I'd like to give it a go, but would like to tie it in with brushing my teeth ideally to avoid enamel erosion.

Maybe drinking it diluted through a straw followed by rinsing could help to mitigate the dental issues to some degree.