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Sunday lunch was a lovely lamb shank in red wine gravy, with carrots, green beans, broccoli and a couple of sautéed Maris Pipers.

Today's lunch was scrambled eggs on sourdough toast (~40g carbs) and for tea I had tagliatelle (~55g carbs) with a home made bolognese-style sauce.

I kind of agree with @Melgar. I'm Type 2 and a while ago I had ¾ can of Pepsi Max about 7pm, and this is what happened. Nothing much. The rise later was my dinner.

Today for lunch I had a roast beef sourdough sandwich, and tea was a battered haddock fillet, with carrots and broccoli, followed by a small apple.

For lunch today I had a red salmon sourdough sandwich. And for tea I had three nests of egg tagliatelle with a home made, spicy minced beef bolognese sauce.

That looks good. It shows that your pancreas is working well and is pretty much doing its job. (The chips looked lovely too!)

Today's lunch was a nice wagyu beef burger, plus sprouts fried with chopped mushrooms, cauliflower, organic carrots (they were very nice) and a few small sautéed potatoes.

That's not too bad. Fingers crossed for next week.

I lost a whopping 0.6 lbs this week (!)

For lunch today I had a boiled egg wholemeal sandwich (which was lovely) and for tea I had a defrosted chicken & mushroom Jalfrezi (always tastes better when frozen and defrosted) with a small portion of Basmati rice.

Welcome. I couldn't get on with metformin, and ditched them after a couple of weeks. That was my decision - not my doctor's. Regarding testing, test just before eating, and again two hours later. The rise in your blood glucose shouldn't be higher than 2 mmol/L and should be less than 8.5 mmol/L...

Lunch was a supermarket prawn mayonnaise sandwich (a rise of 1.3 mmol/L two hours later). Dinner was a battered haddock fillet, mushrooms and mushy peas.

I get mine frozen, defrost them and then boil them in the bag (so to speak). I've never cooked a fresh one, mind.

No lunch today - just a beer! Dinner was Mediterranean chicken (sort of) with carrots, peas and mushrooms.

That lamb shank looks lovely, @DJC3.

Today's lunch was a free-range, air-fried, roast chicken, with Brussels sprouts, chunky carrots and some sautéed potatoes.

Lunch was a couple of high protein rolls with corned beef and mustard. Tea was 100g of spaghetti with a home made "bolognese" sauce.

Lunch today was scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast. Dinner was a home made chicken & mushroom Jalfrezi with a small portion of Basmati rice.

This week my smart scale tells me that I lost 0.9 lbs, and that my visceral fat is "good". I'm actually in the 12s now.

Lunch was a wholemeal ham sandwich, and tea was a battered haddock fillet and mushrooms, with a few chilli flakes, plus mushy peas.