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Hi Mike, my early morning fasting read was 8.2 mmol/l. I'm going to start a record today but would it include what I ate as well as the numbers? Update: I have started a spreadsheet Mike and have dates, times, readings and notes of whether it was a fasting read or what I had eaten prior to the...

Thanks for the help ... My morning fasting reading was 8.2 mmol/L .... I am aiming to get down to 5.5 mmol/L so although 8.3 might seem okay it isn't near enough to my personal goal ... thanks again .... kind regards .... Jim

I had bacon and 2 eggs with 1 slice of dry wholemeal bread this morning and my 1 hour reading went up to 11.6? As I have tried this bread on its own previously without it effecting my blood sugar readings and also have had the egg and bacon on its own previously without it effecting my readings...

Great Jo ... I'll look out for it though we don't have a waitrose nearby .... I will find it and give it a test run though I have had some good results from the wholemeal bread as I now know it was the baked beans on the toast that spiked my sugar level. Thanks again Jo and kind regards .... Jim

Yep, I tried one slice of toasted wholemeal bread yesterday and my bloods remained good, I also had berries and yoghurt for breakfast with stevia sweetener and my results came in at 5.5 mmol/l which is my best reading yet. My wife had booked some family members in for a high tea at Blakemere...

I feel the same way Jo this website and the people on it are a great help to those who really want to make a difference in their eating habits and dietary control of their diabetes.

I'll try a slice of bread on it's own Mike, I suppose the baked beans, though reduced sugar, still have some added sugar and also contain natural sugars ... it's just that I'm trying to find easy alternatives for varied breakfasts. Had a variety of berries and yoghurt this morning and have some...

Just an update ... my blood sugar results have been excellent for the past 2 days so I thought I would put back just 1 small slice of wholemeal bread purchased from the Sainsbury's bakery, toasted with reduced sugar baked beans for breakfast this morning. After 1 hour my blood sugar had gone up...

Thanks .... I'll get my balance right first then add some of each from th links you sent .... and take measures before and after each recipe used to see how they affect me .... need the variety so thanks again .... kind regards. ... Jim

Hi Mike .... just checked 1 hour after lunch, having read your last post and my reading was 7.5 mmol/M .... I know you said I needn't thank you but it's guys like you as well as those who you learnt off that make the difference Mike .... Regards ..... Jim. PS: I have posted diabetes.co.uk on my...

Thanks Mike and yes you're right .... 2 hrs after having egg and bacon for breakfast this morning my reading was a brilliant 5.8 mmol/L. I won't be having eggs and bacon every day and will have peppered mackerel tomorrow but keeping off the cereals has made a huge difference and I can't believe...

I thought 48 for the HBa1c was in control ? My last IFCC standardised was 58 mmol/mol ! But my fasting home reading this morning was down to 8.8 the best I've had for a considerable time, today will be more telling for me now that I am on the right path thanks to everyone on this website. Kind...

Thanks Urban Racer, I really enjoyed snacking on 3 tangerines every night whilst watching TV so will miss eating them so any alternative suggestions are welcome but as you said I would have to check how they effect my own sugar levels. Once I'm down to tolerant figures I will try out the berries.

I'm 68 and 11 stone at 5ft 8ins so my BMI is brilliant due to my keeping weight off and doing a lot of exercise (I used to own and run a small gym). When I go to the fitness club I look in the prime of fitness and nobody would say I had anything wrong health wise but I have had several major...

Good advice and I'm definitely cutting out the bread, rice and root crops now ... thanks .... Jim

Very grateful for that info and I will certainly try hard to control my diet.

Thank you to everyone who sent me help, For the first time after just one afternoon of abstinence from the wheat foods, oats, oranges my blood sugars have gone down below double figures at 9.2 mmol which is incredible after having months of double figures. I will continue cutting out the bread...

Yes, I'll go back on the carbs and cals calculator and see if that helps Mike, Regards Jim

Yes, I have used the carbs and cals app on my mobile in the past and that might help again, I'll go back and see if it helps Regards Jim.

Hi Mike, I don't have the cakes and biscuits even though the expert diabetes course promoted doing so .... they even brought in baked cakes for everyone to have during the breaks? I'm going to change what I am eating though and give these wholemeal and oat muesli type cereals a miss along with...