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Oh I'd kill for a chicken madras with a plate of crispy chips. Plenty of bread to mop up that sauce!! Think I've just hit 10.5 just imagining that!

So, I decided to try the pasta dish again as it was just so darn tasty! Guess the results from day 1 were skewed in some way. Maybe something to do with me only just applying the CGM monitor?? BG before was 4.6, 2 hours after it was 7.8, it reached a peak according to the graph in the app of...

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do that. Just need to order some test strips now

Ah, I thought so long as it's within normal ranges it was fine. See, this is why it pays to post this stuff, I learn each time. Anyway, it seems that pasta didn't affect me as much as the sandwich did so it would obviously be slightly better for me. My BG reading now is still 6.6 so the...

Hey all, I've decided to do a little bit of testing as I finally got round to applying the libre CGM yesterday evening. It's apparently good for 2 weeks so I'm going to take the opportunity to test a few regular foods to see how I react so I know what to avoid completely. I've been almost...

I've been banging on about finding a suitable bread on here for a while. I decided to give heylo a shot and ordered the white bread, rolls and sub rolls. Look, feel and smell they are very similar to bread. Taste isn't bad but it does feel a bit like chewing on rubber. Definitely not a bread...

Unfortunately Waitrose is the only supermarket not in my local area. There is one about 10 miles away, I'll check them out if I go out that way.

I used to like some toast in the mornings if I didn't have cereal and sandwiches for lunch. At the time I thought I was doing the healthy thing but clearly not as my bg was going through the roof. I have tried a couple of 90 second breads but found them gritty and grainy and I really don't like...

I've read a couple of times that keto chefs sandwich loaf is a pretty decent low carb bread. Can anyone vouch for it? I'm getting sick of the carnivorous diet and the only thing I used to really eat was sandwiches or toast. I've tried with the Warburton's milk roll but at 8.3g carbs per slice...

That's not a bad thing for me. When my local asda first started baking fresh bread years ago I'd go in looking for the overcooked loaves. :D

Not sure about using alternatives to pasta, maybe I'll try it or I might try making a low carb pasta with something like lupin flour. Cheese waffles I've actually tried, not too bad but not a bread alternative IMO. I have found Warburton's milk roll which only has 8.3g carbs per slice so in...

I get that different factors will influence the results, the jacket potato was chosen because my family were having them anyway, (bonfire night tradition) and I just decided, why not test myself. I have just requested a trial CGM sensor so hopefully I can spend a couple of weeks trialing...

Apparently this is a required field when requesting a sample. I have no idea what I should put here as I have only seen my gp and only once!

Some interesting things to consider, thanks for the detailed responses. I think my biggest concern is that some sources of information are deliberately scaremongering because they generally have a product to sell. These places typically only tell the horror stories about what even just a minor...

Thanks for the replies, just to clarify I'm not overly concerned with my bg readings as everything is still quite new to me and I've read plenty of stories of people having readings in the high teens so I'm obviously not doing too bad atm. The continuous monitors sound like a good idea but as...

Google appears to be a huge source of misinformation regarding diabetes. Many pages I read tell a difference story about what "normal" levels should be. I decided to test myself last night, I've been very good with carb free stuff for several weeks and bg has been around 5.6 - 6.0 I hadn't...

IMO this is largely to do with the growth of supermarket chains. 40 years ago I would go shopping with my parents and the first 2-3 aisles would be all fresh produce, frozen foods were consigned to a small section at the back of the store and ready meals were non existent. You only found milk...

Yeah I think it's just security settings on the forum to prevent spam from new accounts. Glad to hear you are getting somewhere, after initial diagnosis it can seem quite daunting but don't enter panic mode. Just ask here about anything you are unsure about and somebody will advise you.

Yes I understand the difficulties using the word keto to describe low carb or carb free. I've seen many products labeled keto or my personal favourite "diabetic friendly" and upon checking the nutritional information there are more carbs than a slice of Warburton's toastie!! The good thing...

Tip of the year here!! I never thought to try this, I'm more an in-store shopper but after looking on ocado website I might just try online shopping. Lots of keto products, plenty of keto snacks. Yes, all the usual suspects like meats, cauliflower etc but there's loads I've never seen before...