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Up to last week I followed the NHS Doctor who confirmed my T2 back in March and have lost 40kg. On joining this forum I've just started BG monitoring and have noticed a few spikes on this method which I'm now reducing by lowering my carbs over the whole day and individually meals. My point is...

I'm a new T2D and getting a BG meter has been an eye opener to my bodies response to various carbs at different times of the day and at various quantities. With a bit of trail and error you will work out what works for you as its a very personnel thing. At the moment my body can tolerate a...

Be careful with the marketing hype as the majority of products in the gym world are a waste of money and don't work in my experience. I have been using Protein Whey most of this year, several times per day with excellent results. Only recently started testing BG and I've not experienced any...

Hi @Resurgam , how do you define low fat as today I had 110g for the day. Is this low? I've been limiting saturated fat to under 30g and the rest from health fats is this the wrong approach? Do you recommend high levels of saturated fat as this is very hard to get my head around and what would...

Hi @pete254 what was the doctors trigger to lower to 1x500 as I'm seeing my doctor on Monday for my next 3 month test results. Hoping HBA1c under 42. I'm not sure I would be happy stopping completely and will be fighting my corner to retain minimum dosage just in case

4.6 this morning

Think I'm going to go with the low carb diet and keep my carbs to under 130g per day. Don't fancy the full fat approach with LCHF and I like fruit and veg, but will really following the BG meter for any specific foods to avoid. I must say I'm quite positive with getting T2 as it was a shock at...

In my option you should think very carefully before ever eating less than your BMR . Your TDEE for a day would be your BMR plus the energy expended during and physical activities. If you eat less than BMR your body will simple slow down your metabolism and you don't really want to do this long...

Last test of the evening 5.2. I've a new diet plan for tomorrow and will keep every meal to under 30g of carbs each and see what happens. This is 110g for the whole day which is a good reduction for day 1 of the LCHF, but just watched Week 1 of their 10 week programme and quoted 100-150g as a...

176g carbs for the whole day @Freema Sweet potatoes, sweet corn and broccoli @Bluetit1802 I've been following doctors advice of balanced diet / low fat since T2 and only just joined this forum as was becoming concerned with no macro limits. My progress has been good even with 200g of carbs per...

Pre and post gym I tend to eat my main meal and the majority of my carbs for the day, so had 95g of carbs which was beef and mixed veg with then Greek yogurt with various nuts and seeds with summer fruit and banana. The majority of my other meals for the day are low carbs with high protein/ fats

This is my first day of testing at home, still got to test before bed. I'm surprised by the range is this normal? 5.7 at 14:12 pre meal 5.5 at 15:12 post meal 6.0 at 18:00 after gym session and pre meal 9.1 at 21:08 post meal 176g of total carbs and this has been the same for the last few...

@cusally Well done and keep up the good work its well deserved. I'm thinking of starting the LCHF diet, but was waiting to see Doctor next week as worried about making cholesterol worse by increasing fats generally as this is the area with the least improvement in my case. I was hoping my 38Kg...

Cheers moonshine195, I went to see DSN today for my 3 month blood test and mentioned at the appointment that I was not happy without been prescribed BGM/strips and she was surprised I hadn't already by Doctor, but she's new to the practice. She later said the NHS had stopped preventive medicine...

Any advice on recommended best and most accurate meters for self monitoring Cholesterol at home to monitor all lipo's - TC, LDL, HDL, trigs, NonHDLc, TC/HDL etc. or would it be better to leave to be tested by doctor as regular T2 checkups. Normally every 3 months, but doctor already trying to...

I've ordered a meter and test strip just in case doctor says no. Also, I'm very confused with these LCHF threads as since March I've followed the doctors advise on more exercise and a balanced clean diet with the necessary life style changes with steady improvements. No mention of restricting...

Thank you very much for the above advise, just ordered from the specified web page and received good discount on additional strips

Cheers, just ordered a Codefree version to start monitoring

Metformin 500mg twice a day

I'm new to this forum and this is my first post!! Any advice how I can force local specialist diabetic doctor to give me prescription for test strips and monitor as currently refusing despite my repeated objections. Next appointment on 5 December and would like to be armed with a water tight...