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I have been very low carb for 9 months now after getting diagnosed. Since then I feel better than I have in years, cholesterol is great, I stopped taking a BP medication and have normal hba1c tests. The diet suits me on multiple levels and I have no desire to go back to what I used to eat. I...

When I first got diagnosed and started monitoring my BG I found the worst thing for me BG wise was the really intense exercise I have been doing for years doing trail running. I would start at a 6 and shoot up to a 15 at the end of a run not having eaten anything that day. It seemed to linger...

Cheese, salmon, nuts, avocado, good quality sausages (cheap ones have fillers) and veg can be expensive here out of season. My food spending has definitely gone up. It can be as simple as I used to buy regular bread and now get low carb 'paleo' bread at more than twice the cost. I have found...

Yep you are doing great! Keep it up and you are going to like your hba1c results!

I can relate. I lost 12kgs in three months after going LC. I started looking at my calorie intake and realised I was burning about 3.5k a day (I am tall and run a lot) while eating ~2k, at least according to my fitbit. I made a conscious effort to up my calories as I didn't want to get any...

This is great thanks! It reminds me of a scone, I am going to try adding some cheese to it.

You sound like where I was at on diagnosis. For me it has gotten a lot better and I don't really think about it that much anymore. All of my health measures are now on the good side of normal. But getting to that point was hard. As I started getting improved results back it got much easier. I...

Give it some time your body needs to adjust. Sounds like you are off to a really good start though and as you are finding your body can produce glucose which is what it is used to burning. Also as bulkbiker says make sure the readings are accurate. I was using a libre and it always reads too...

Very true. I had some pizza the other day I used to love and didn't like it at all. It just doesn't taste good to me. I crave cheese and nuts now when I get hungry

Thanks for posting!

Fat works once you are adapted but you do need to adapt. Once you are it is awesome. I did a 4 day tramp a couple months ago. On day two I walked 20ks with a 15kg pack. I felt great after that and the weather was good so after we go to the hut I dumped my pack and ran another 9ks/700m elevation...

My last one a couple weeks ago was 37. Given how I ate and drank in Dec/January on holiday and xmas party season I was very happy with that. I don’t currently consider myself diabetic (nor does my GP) as my BG levels are normal and no meds. My goal is to stay that way as long as possible my GP’s...

Definitely no. I struggled with it at first (I am 48 and was barely overweight and ran regularly so it was a big surprise). I am managing it through diet now and I can honestly say I am healthier now by any measure then I have been in years. And I thought I was in pretty good shape a year ago...

As others have said it’s a holiday have fun and enjoy! Having said that though I totally understand that you may want to take a cautious approach. Meat, seafood, eggs, dairy and veg are normally very good here so enjoy them all. Veg suffers in winter though so be warned if you are here then...

Have a great time! I live in nz. I will post up a few tips when I have time this weekend

I understand where you are coming from. I always thought fat was bad carbs were good. Have I ever done a 180 over the last year! I am now a firm LCHF believer. 6 months ago the GP was planning on putting me on a statin, metformin, and BP meds. I have absolutely no need for any of that now per...

My plan was always to start out really strict and then see what I could get away with. What I found was it gets easier and easier to be what I used to think of as 'strict' and I don't really have a problem with it anymore as that is normal. Over the past couple months I had a few really carby...

Whatever you do you need to make sure you give yourself time to adjust and that it is sustainable. Particularly on keto it is not something that you are adjusted too after you get past keto flu. I had problems sleeping, peed a lot and some constipation over the first couple months along with...

Perfect example of why I am going to stay <50 and in keto today (with the odd cheat thrown in now and then :)) I just did a 1.5 hour trail run with an 900m elevation gain. I felt great and didn't crash at all towards the end. If I did that a year ago I would have been really shattered if I...

I'm fine with it too. It doesn't cause cravings and doesn't really do anything to me. I particularly like it with bourbon :)