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Thank you. What will be interesting is her take on LCHF. It seems to be making an immediate difference for me, but given the distance between the standard healthy eating lines and people’s experiences on the forum, she may not agree with how I’m approaching the problem

Oh stop it. I don’t need any encouragement to obsess over data. In some respects this is all a sheer indulgence (or at least that’s what I keep telling myself - silver linings and all that)

Thank you. No, I’m using DAFNE. I know technically it’s for T1, but I’m enjoying seeing the graph coming down and if I start with another app I’ll have to retrospectively enter data and even I’m not a geek enough to do that

BG pre dinner = 8 BG 2 hours post first mouthful = 7.5 Clearly one swallow does not make a summer but I’ll take that. Especially as it’s the first time I put a number in my app and it turned green.

I have just, for the first time in living memory, turned down a biscuit with a cup of tea.

Thanks. It’s so good to know all of this & understand everyone else’s experiences. I’ve got my next appointment with the DN tomorrow and feel much better armed to have an informed conversation. You guys are the best

Thank you. Not quite that bad but enough that I’m anxious about how I’m going to manage when I go back to work. I travel a lot and don’t really have control over where I need to be and when :-/

Yes testing my blood sugars. I’d say religiously but tbh I’m still trying to get into the routine and start to build a pattern of data I can rely on. Have ditched as many carbs as I can; though am still learning here. As I’m already on levothyroxine, I’d like to be able to self manage as much...

That’s good to know. Thank you. I’m a salt fiend so if anything I was concerned I might be using too much and becoming dehydrated. Not to go off topic, but I’m avoiding painkillers cos I want to be sure of my body’s responses to the changes in my diet and don’t want to mask anything.

I was diagnosed less than a week ago and this forum has been a life saver. Like you I know *zero* about type2 diabetes, but already, the advice I’ve been getting has been generous, thoughtful and more than anything, tremendously useful. The blood glucose monitoring is a PITA, but being able to...

8.3. My best since I was diagnosed/started testing last Friday

Thank you. I’m back to work on Friday so if I don’t do it now, the opportunity will be lost. Everyone’s help and support is really spurring me on too. Carpe Diem

Oh don’t worry. The fridge won’t stay empty for long [emoji5]

That’s really good to know. Thank you. This is definitely something I’m finding I need to know more about, and especially getting the calcs right x

Thanks Sally. I think until I can trust myself/get the carb calcs right I feel much better just having them out of the house x

Thanks. Am probably more in the camp of making my own. Been dusting off my kitchen equipment this afternoon too. Though there’s less chance of me eating meat than celery ha ha

That’s really good to know thanks. Think I’ll avoid it for now as I’ve got a lot of work to do to get my BG under control and get the monitoring right; though I think it might have come down a little bit.

Ha! Mine was a gift from my mother following a trip to Canada [emoji1063] I think it’s been there about 6 years ‍♀️

I’ve chucked anything with added sugar. The cheese & avocado spread had additives in that I’m not sure about. Hummus = legume (I think [emoji848]) Anything unopened and in date will find a new home. Can’t bear waste. Partly why some things have been lingering at the back of the fridge for so...

Yeah, the unopened/still in date stuff will find a new home [emoji537]