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@Hank63 Your downward journey 'mirrors' my own, and whilst I'm several months behind you my 'upward' journey to date seems also remarkably similar ..... I just hope I come to a position similar to you in the future. Currently I can't get 'it' out of my mind - let alone forget or even relax about...

I posted on this earlier, yes you're right. There was an article on BBC Breakfast about it earlier, it looks an inspiring story! In the programme I saw him wearing a cycling shirt advertising 'another' diabetes organisation!!!!!!

@Prem51 I 'weighed in' at 14st 7 on Monday - down 2lb, which given I was away on holiday last week, (and yes I did fall off the wagon With few 'not quite' diabetic meals, and a few beers) which I thought was quite good. BMI down to 27.2 - all heading in the right direction. Back on the healthy...

@fumanchu I am relatively new to this bewildering world, but my wife has been my best friend / counsel / berator and metaphorical handkerchief based upon the number of times I have literally cried on her shoulder. She has embraced the new way I now have to live my life - and is doing the same...

I was belatedly reading a Daily Mail supplement about Low Carb diets as advocated in David Cavans book which is endorsed here. A number of the recipes included Sour Dough bread and it states that it has 'significant health benefits as it contains the same acids that slow down the rate at which...

Definately my fault and no-one else. I'm quite well educated, and informed but chose to completely ignore what I know is common sense - even the 'memsahib' used to 'nag' me about diet, booze etc - but what the hell did she know!!!!! I thought I was invincible and 'it won't happen to me'. The...

Ref the blurry vision. Shortly (about 2 weeks) after 'labelling' and having revised my diet significantly to cut out 'all if the ****' my eyes went VERY blurry. I do wear specs for reading for a couple of years now, but found I needed them all the time. Quite frankly I was scared stiff that I...

Hiya and welcome, This website completely (and sometimes puritanically) advocates the Low Carb approach and clearly it has worked for some you will see in here with some truly inspirational stories and results. As you are aware there are other views and approaches - which if you look elsewhere...

@SheilaThompson Thanks for your inspirational story. I'm nearly 3 months into this and have equally lost almost 4st (nearly 'normal' now) and equally I have a wardrobe that no longer fits me, and I'm horrified when I try on a pair of my 'old' trousers and see just how big they were! I need to...

@dazzeur My journey is not dis similar to yours. I was diagnosed with hba1c at 11, and thankfully meds weren't mentioned at that time, although I did make it clear I desperately wanted to avoid it. Fast forward 2 and half months, I've changed my diet completely, and would say I'm not low...

@Em1990 I completely agree with Ross as above, don't be railroaded into what others suggest, do what is right for YOU. At least you know what you have to do .... It's how you do it, and take it one (small if necessary) step at a time! This isn't a sprint, or a marathon, but a journey so you...

@Em1990 I completely agree with Ross as above, don't be railroaded into what others suggest, do what is right for YOU. At least you know what you have to do .... It's how you do it, and take it one (small if necessary) step at a time! This isn't a sprint, or a marathon, but a journey so you...

All, I think this has been referred to elsewhere in the Forums, but just in case you have missed it, there is a programme to be screened on BBC 2, Sunday night at 10pm called 'Fixing Dad' which may be of interest. Apparently it is about the journey of one of our 'brethren' who didn't look after...

Well I attended yesterday and on tbh in the main personally I didn't get a great deal from it having taken the trouble to educate myself previously - but I guess did confirm what I did know! I know there were others there who obviously didn't know very much and probably benefitted, and one poor...

I used to love chocolate - in fact no let me revise that - I still do - I just have to accept it is something else now 'verboten' in my life. I'm sure at some point I will probably succumb, but currently would be too terrified to even consider it. I just have to stand in queues at check outs now...

Jeff, there is a part of me that likes the 'new me' - albeit not the reason why I've had to do it. I'm in far better shape physically (if not mentally or emotionally) than I have been for years, and loving being more active, cycling, running, walking, Spinning, etc . It is however frustrating...

Jeff - I think I may well have probably done the same - if I'm honest with myself! I went for a 'well man assessment' and expected to be told 'you need to lose a bit of weight and your BP is a bit high' - again, yeah, yeah, yeah!!!!! Nothing, but nothing prepared me for what I was told! I have...

@tatterzombie Thank you for an alternative view on LCHF - at last! Does this mean there is possible credence in the NHS mantra of 'lose and maintain a good weight, eat a very healthy diet' .... Which does include a 'balanced' eat well plate???? Does this also mean that that HCPs do actually...

Shelly, See what I mean .... Tomatoes good ..... Tomatoes bad, and this is only the beginning. Again what is best for YOU is what you need to work out, and it is you that has to live your life with this - whatever path you choose!

Jeff - I 'was' exactly the same as you which is why I am now where I am - and still sooooooo bloody angry with myself for allowing it to happen! P.S. Before I get the flak, l know there are many out there where they are not to blame for the lifestyle they had.