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You might find this interesting to read https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005122/. Especially page 5 onwards. I have done quite a lot of reading about it as my friend was given it too & she wasn’t sure about taking it & my ‘take’ on it is that it’s long lasting in your system (12-21...

Oh you poor thing - not what you want when you’re on holiday! How are you feeling now? As a T2 only on metformin, there’s no real need to eat when you’re not hungry. If you can get one without paying an arm & a leg for it, try some avocado when you feel you’re ready to eat something. I hope...

I’m very pleased for you that your renewed efforts are showing you some progress. Well done for not giving up when it got difficult!

@Flamingo74 Wayyyy out of the park!! Well done you @NannaD FABULOUS!! Congratulations

That’s a great concise explanation! And I like the ‘spike by spike’ sound bite! I’m having a hard time with it all at the moment despite 11weeks of very low carbing (under 30g a day), IF and drinking lots of water, my BG’s are still not great and I’ve only lost 2kg, I’m feeling very ‘F@#£...

I hope if I was in her position, someone like you would be there to defend my right to squeeze whatever enjoyment I could out of my remaining days, not try to make me endure more miserable days. There comes a point where quality over rules quantity. I think your Grandmother has reached that...

Are there many (any?!) recipes for a strict vegetarian, non egg eating, low carber trying to avoid soy? Funnily enough it’s not easy to find good cook books that fit that criteria

10.4 isn’t good, but it’s not scary high for your first HbA1c I must dig mine out, but I think it was about 9.5. I went LC & got it back to ‘within normal in under 3 months. NO MEDS! There are loads of threads on here about Low Carbing DrBriffa’s ‘Escape The Diet Trap’ is a really good read...

I’m sorry to hear you’ve had such a dreadful year, but it’s great news you’ve got your first years’all clear’ My fist DN was horrible and wouldn’t listen to me at all. Told me that I’d never do it with diet alone she was awful In the end I took the script from her (but I never got it filled)...

Hi Rox I’ve been diagnosed as T2 for 6 years now but believe I’ve been T2 for 20 years or at the very least heavily ore-diabetic for that time. Long, boring, story When I first had it confirmed I was terrified of losing my sight and went straight on a low carb diet and brought my levels down...

Sorry to revive such an old thread, but it might help some newbies out too! Just thinking about indian appears to have made my BG go up I’m going to treat myself to a night off cooking on Friday night. I’m vegetarian so no easy LC meat for me I’m definitely going to have the Caulifloer...

Just reviving this very old thread to see what success you’ve had Fran? As I think we’d gave similar taste. I see Fran hasn’t posted in 3 months but hopefully she’s lurking! I can’t eat hot things anymore , my tongue burns...no idea what changed as I used to be able to. Anyway a while ago I...

How are things now?

I would thoroughly wash my hands with lots of rinsing choose which finger you’re going to test and make sure it’s well rinsed then blot with paper towel. You might be picking up some fabric softener or detergent on the towels. Or your meter /test strips might be incorrect. I had an issue with...

I’m surprised the site allows this blatant advertising tbh. ‘Not doing it right’ Sure, that’s why our BGL’s are ‘normal’ Oh and my world is just fine thanks.

*If you have one, treasure your practice Diabetic Nurse* :banghead: My first Diabetic Nurse was DIRE and the subsequent ones haven’t been much better. It’s no wonder we have a crisis with the information they hand out. Fortunately, when I was diagnosed I had enough sense to research and make...

It’s a shame we can’t share, I’ve got plenty of spare weight I’d happily give you!:rolleyes: [I think some idea of what you are eating would be good, and any meds you take.] sorry, cross posted with you. What ‘fats’ and ‘proteins’ do you think are spiking you? Personally I could eat...

For me, low carbing drops my levels very fast. If I walk as well it definitely helps my BGL’s. Do you have a BGL meter?

I shop fresh & shop local as much as I can. I’m vegetarian & I don’t eat eggs, but if I did I’d buy meat from the local butcher & eggs from the very happy hens at the Farm shop. I buy a lot of veg from the local farm shop, or the farmers market, but obviously also any supermarket. I buy...

I can understand how you feel, I know if I HAD to do it every day I’d soon feel that way. It’s a shame nothing non invasive seems to work, the new one above sounds interesting and I’ll definitely give it a go when it comes out (as long as the the ‘reader’ isn’t stupidly expensive. In the...