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I am currently doing the Exante 'Total Solution Plan'. It is similar to Cambridge. I have only been on it for 3 weeks, but have seen my weight and blood glucose levels drop. Good luck.

Sounds delicious :)

@WuTwo Your recipes are helping me think about what I will be able to eat once I finish the vlcd in 2 months time. Thank you so much for sharing them and also for your useful advice.

That sounds great. Thanks for posting this.

I haven't drunk regular tea in a while, but Rooibos has a similar if less bitter taste (if I remember the taste of tea correctly lol). You can also drink it with milk like regular tea. It is also really nice as iced tea.

Thanks for posting this. It looks amazing. Could you suggest things that I could use to replace the mushrooms and onions that would be low carb?

Their site doesn't give much information, but it is what my local Diabetes Educational Base have given as the option to DESMOND. Thanks for the link about the Low Carb Programme. I will contact my G.P to see if he can get it free for me on prescription. Do you know if it has menu plans for vegans ?

I asked my GP for the slow release Metformin straight away (one of the Teaching Assistants in my class is a pharmacist and told me about her experience and gave me advice to ask for the slow release-otherwise I would not have known)when he said I would have to take this medicine. I am now on...

I got a letter offering me either a place on a DESMOND course or 8 weeks of telephone support from Oviva Diabetes support- which is a diabetes specialist dietician. I opted for the phone support as I don't drive and it isn't easy to get to where the DESMOND course is. Have any of you used the...

My BG was 5.8 when I tested it upon waking up this morning. Eyesight has got blurrier though close up- can hardly use my phone to text or read the laptop.

@Bluetit1802 Sitting down mostly, teaching.

It was an Exante diet shake (a ready made commercial one). Yes, I did the fasting test in the evening. My level was 9.5 two weeks ago so I am hoping I am on the right track.

@NicoleC1971 My plan at the moment is to do the low carb vlcd until my first 3 month check up and then try to go up to 800 calories like in the '8 week Blood Sugar diet '. After that I don't know, but I would imagine something like the 5:2 diet might work for me. I can't see myself on the 3...

I just tested my BG again. I have had one diet bar and one shake today and tested nearly 3 hours after having the diet shake and it was 6.8 so could the 4 from yesterday (when I fasted all day) have been an error on my meter? I am not yet up to the full dose of Metformin. Would this be an...

OK. Thanks for the tip.

I hope all goes well with your keto diet and eyes too. x

Thank you @WuTwo. Your replies have been really useful. I took my students to visit a Buddhist monastery this year and we brought fruit to put in the monks' bowls. Do you measure the carbs of all the individual ingredients every time or do you now know what they would equal and then just total...

I am really relieved to hear that as it is starting to interfere with my job.

Hi. I'm still planning to be on a vlcd with low cars for another 2 1/2 months (I have a lot of weight to lose), but have been looking at recipes for when I will start eating 'real food' again. I found this recipe that looks easy to prepare and just wanted to ask if any of you could share some...

I was diagnosed on May 30th with an Hba1c reading of 80 and 9.5. I tested my bg today for the first time using the machine I bought and it read as 4. I had been fasting today (religious reasons) and am currently on 1000mg of Metformin (I have to buiild up to 2000mg over the course of a month)...