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    6 Months Low carb and cholesterol has shot up.

    If you're not offering anything Sid ... why do you bother ?
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    The Cortisol Connection

    A very interesting hypothesis Pete and eerily similar to most of the symptoms we discuss here regularly and quite a few of which I am intimately and seemingly inextricably involved with. "Changed patterns of serum cortisol levels have been observed in connection with abnormal ACTH levels...
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    Ave 996 cals over last 7 days - no loss !

    Bit fed up today, weighed in at exactly the same weight as last week weighed at same time, but nothing - decided my scales mustn't be working so weighed a cat (she wouldn't stand still) then my daughter bounced on saying yay she'd lost a pound I climbed back on - still the same weight, lifted...
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    6 months on.

    First off getting your numbers down is pretty **** good ... losing 73 lbs is AMAZING Congratulations on a difficult job really well done :clap: :clap: Not sure why you would want to listen to anyone giving you a lecture about your diet, since you've just proved that eating the way you...
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    Christmas Cake

    Mincemeat ! Oh WJ you really are fab ... In complete contrast to my tag line I wasn't looking forward to a Christmas devoid of mince pies ... will you marry me ? :lol: Gilly xxx
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    thank you all for your help and advice

    WOW 12.3 down to 7.1 thats an amazing result in such a short time, congratulations :clap: no wonder you're a happy chappy :thumbup:
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    Skipping Breakfast

    Haven't eaten breakfast since starting to low carb - just not hungry, so if its all the same, I'll eat lots of fat and protein, whenever it is that I do feel hungry
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    scientific reason for cramp?

    Hi Jane, now theres a terrible thought :shock: don't have any info for you but maybe someone will be along who can help
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    Holiday realisation

    what rows :silent: :lol: good to have you back and pleased you had a good holiday, thanks for the pm will you be starting your fasting days now ? I've done about two weeks now and managing to get lower fasting bg's (but not completely there yet) and I've really found it pretty easy ...
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    Christmas Cake

    and me too please WJ :clap:
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    The Causes of Type 2 Diabetes

    This represents, to me, everything that is wrong - people desperately trying to prove the hypothesis by matching anecdotal evidence. I am 55 years old I am 5' 6" I am classed as obese by my weight my current wrist measurement is 6 1/2 inches - at my slimmest (9st) my wrist was 5 1/2...
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    Bayer USB contour

    Congrats on your new tester - its pretty good and I love that it uploads to their software and you can see it all laid out, even run off print outs for the dr ... is it really less painful than the contours offering - I use countours contraption and it really does hurt like anything :( Gilly
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    Dry cough

    Hi Pauline I had to change from ramipril to losartin because of a stupid cough (6 months it really got me down) it may be that you have that side effect with losartin - speak to your dr - my cough stopped within a couple of days of changing hope you have a lovely weekend and cough free Gilly x
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    Out for Dinner nothing to eat

    Hi Fraddy Nope nothing to drink except diet coke and a black coffee perhaps its just fluke rather than magical avocado's ?
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    Diabetes Education...here i come!

    The board is so slow tonight or I would have re-read some of your posts to see if you do have a meter ... but if you don't, you should ... hell everyone should ! - I would not be able to keep my bg down without knowing what effect foods had on me - I seem to have no agreeable metabolic reaction...
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    Out for Dinner nothing to eat

    Or so I thought ... decided to have two starters together for main meal Smoked salmon with an avocado & bacon salad, plus I ate almost a whole tomato from the salad Unbelievable :crazy: bg= 5.3 :crazy: best I've ever had after meal even with exercising, So calculating I had about 22...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    What is your name? Gilly How old are you? 55 Are you male or female? female Which country are you from? uk Which city/area do you live in? New Forest Are you religious? Not really Pick three words to describe your personality Funny, caring, loyal Do you have any pets? 1 Labrador and 3...
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    What's playng in YOUR car?

    Ha ha me neither but I love to, sadly I have to limit most of it to the car tho :roll: I currently have Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque The Monkees The Definitive, Bruce Springstein - can't recall album Stevie Nicks - Belladonna, The Verve - Urban Hymns and Madonna's Ray of Light stuck in number 3...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Re: anyone know a diebetic dietician in London? Hi Graham if you go to the board index (red bar above) click on Introduction - you can start a new thread by clicking on new topic (top left) its far better if you re-post there, you'll get Daisy's intro and more than likely someone will see and...
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    Tin soup

    this might help ?
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