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I lost 30kg and can now eat a couple of mince pies and a bar of chocolate and I will only be around 6.0 after 2 hours. But, I better not do it too often! Thank goodness christmas is only one time per year. My HbA1c has been normal for a long time now and whenever I see my weight drifting...

I have an excuse. I am 61 and don't bounce up anymore. If I fall over, I need assistance getting back up. But, maybe some of you younger types?

We have some very nice long beach promenades, but the weather is usually either damp or windy. in which case the waves break over the promenade. When the weather is warm and sunny, the promenades are full of people making cycling somewhat difficult. But we do have some excellent cycleways...

If you are the right type of type 2 diabetic - turns out there are more than just one, losing weight, being more active and watching what you eat, works well. You have got to do it, keep it up and learn about food but, it's not difficult. It becomes routine and it's a better routine than my...

You should try to get them lower. If you listen to old NHS advice, that was "aim for 7.8 2 hours after a meal", your diabetes will progress and you will start to have difficulty in controlling it. It will run away with you eventually. The NHS then say that is because diabetes is a progressive...

I still get tingles in my feet but there again, I also had them before I got diabetes. It's a side effect of a blood pressure pill I take. In my case, it is due to constricted blood capillaries. There are many types of neuropathy of which diabetic neuropathy is one. Diabetic neuropathy can take...

It's overall weight loss and it's probably better to lose it more slowly as that way you are more likely to keep it off. The severity of the diet was to mimmick having a gastric band fitted, that's all but they decided it was total weight loss rather than speed of weight loss. However, in his...

It is not a race, not unless you are aiming to look good in a bikini on a holiday beach. Slowly but surely, and it will slow down, is just fine.

Cereal is often used as a binding agent and filler in sausages in the UK and that is what adds the carbs. Unfortunately, higher price doesn't always mean more meat. The nearest thing to an english type sausage in germany is a Nürnberger. They sell these at Lidl, a pack of 6. The brand is...

Time is only one factor, money is another. For example, most people agree fish is good in a diet. A lot of people think fish is too fussy though. The simplest way to buy fish for home cooking is a fish pie mix. I use it for spicy fish stews. Our Morrisons sell it at £11.99 per Kg and I'd hate to...

Eating better is the key but more often than not, people are reluctant to try new foods. They return to the same old foods, try to eat less of it but invariably, end up the same as before. The main factors against eating better are expense, lack of time and habit. To eat well, you have to learn...

There are lots of people who feel that way so you are not alone. Back in the 1980s, people started experimenting with zero carbohydrate diets or protein only diets and, for weight loss, they did work. You could eat as many cheese and bacon sandwiches as you wanted, as long as you used steak...

A Schnapps and a Matjes hering would have been better :)

Most cheese is full of fat and so, if you eat any carbs, you will put on weight if you tuck intop it. Cheddar cheese is something just over 400kcal per 100g. It's OK as far as your BG levels are concerned but it has to be eaten sparingly if you need to lose weight. It's roughly 3/4 fat. Even...

This lot are a bit pricey but they have some fantastic cheeses and their speciality british cheeses are head and shoulders above the usual shop bought stuff, http://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/

Opinel knives are my favourite.

I find that the Fromage des Vosges from Lidl is a nice cheese if you are prepared to let it mature to past the eat by date. It's OK before that but it really develops. It's a camenbert style cheese and the older and crustier and runnier in the middle, the better in my opinion. The nutitional...

It is something you have to learn to do, like walking or talking, but you will feel that it is unfair because few or none of your mates have to do it. Why me? is normal for someone so young. But many people do learn to live with it, just read about their experiences on this forum. Some are very...

Thanks, never heard of it before. Looks good!

The smoked farmed salmon is reasonably priced thesedays, but it's not a patch on smoked wild salmon which is sadly too expensive. My favourite shop for smoked fish, the Port of Lancaster Smokehouse but, depending on what they have in on the day, the Meat and Fish Hall in Bury market is very hard...