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Not a true fast, but planning to go 800 Calories for lent, with a mix of "real food" and protein shakes for convenience, with 2 "cheat" days as I've committed to a birthday & a retirement party (but they will be VLC meals)

Ghee doesn't burn like butter does, so I use it more for frying these days - adds a lovely nutty flavour to my stir fried/egg fried cauliflower rice

The Newcastle Diet is a variation of diets used pre-bariatric surgery to reduce "fatty liver" which can also be called non alcoholic cirrhosis, and can be useful for those people who are skinny on the outside but fat on the inside. if you read Prof Taylor's research it will explain just how it...

Mine runs higher through my period, and my dawn phenomenon seem worse too. The joys of being female

I'm on a cocktail (Metformin, Dapagliflozin, sitagliptin and gliclazide) as I'm very insulin resistant, but holding steady at an Ac1 of 7, (was 17.4 at diagnosis 5 years ago), but as is often said this condition (disease, what ever you choose to call it) is a marathon not a sprint, and I will...

Not Keto, just no brown/beige carbs

I've been on a sister drug Dapagliflozin for about 4 years with no problems, not one episode of thrush, every drug has side effects and you have to weigh up the risk versus the benefits, my advise drink lots, and eat low(er) carbs

I must have an enlightend GP's just got my strips increased, on Gliclizide and driving, was running out of strips just on the journeys to and from work, explained to DN, script increased

Five Guys, Pesto

It's to test your iron levels - and I agree self testing for BG is much less painful

I love your idea of using chia for Tabouleh. I did try it as pudding and wasn't keen, but tabouleh! what else do you use apart from the oil? I've only ever bought it ready made (BD before diagnosis)

I understand your "can't be bothered to cook", when I'm in that mood I eat cold cuts (chicken, ham, salami)and cheese, maybe with salad or pickles. I also batch cook and I've usually got several "proper"meals in the freezer - pasta sauce, low carb chilli, curry etc that I can just bang into the...

My Dad used to take cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches to work, you're not the only weirdo!

A dribble of skimmed in my tea, cream in my coffee, most of my pint of skimmed goes down the sink but i just don't like tea with full cream milk (I also keep almond in for if I fancy a latte style coffee)

"Normal" jam is thicken using pectin - not sure or the carb count, but you can usually buy it in the baking isle of the supermarket