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It's amazing how used to feeling rubbish you can become. You probably just forgot what feeling good felt like

Hey, welcome. I came here last week or two with a dubious case myself. Still unresolved as I don't get to see a nurse until July 4th. Lots of very helpful folks here as you've seen already I guess. For my 2p... I've bought a blood glucose meter anyway and massively reduced my carbohydrate...

Weird, I was just talking about this in another thread and here we are. Not so sure it's not dangerous per se. My sister probably had it 30 years before she finally got diagnosed*....it has explained absolutely LOADS of problems she's had with her health over the years, some of them quite...

Curious about the Ferritin thing... why? My sister has haemochromatosis and that means I might be susceptible too.... when I sought a genetic test (rather than serum) years ago they fobbed me off with a serum test.... I remain curious...as ... well, it's little known but actually one of the...

Inspirational. Nice! Neeps... I love neeps. One is of Scottish origin don't you know. Not sure about reducing the flavour of something I like is the only caveat. ;)

Yeah, thought it might be something like that. Thanks for the confirmation.

Thanks Jo, excellent points and thanks for reading. Yes I'm checking labels, but it hadn't occurred to me to do it in advance. Nice. We had a buffet lunch for some guests at work yesterday and to my irritation I couldn't eat any of it. Despite our Uni being seemingly all vegan these days* it...

So... might as well convert this thread into a bit of a reflective blog now as I'm a bit more used to things (I hope that's within the rules moderators?). Thanks all for the comments previously I learned a lot last week and I'm much more comfortable with all this now. In the last week I cut my...

5.5 this morning

6.1 today Ahem - woohoo 5lb lost in weight too and it’s my first week. First healthy range bg reading.

Ah don't worry. I am very much hoping I do not have to delve into carb levels in my diet to that extent anyway - but we'll see and I would always try and get an overall picture off a variety of sources anyway. I've enjoyed your posts and tips and am very grateful to hear from someone who's been...

7.1 this morning- very nice downward trend all this week since I got the dreaded letter telling me I am T2.

It's appreciated Le43 :) Just reducing my portions is already working very nicely for me. Yes as people have been saying, it looks like I'm really pre-diabetic. This morning my fasting reading was 7.1 mM - small breakfast of mixed natural greek yogurt and oats - bus ride to work this morning...

Cycling isn’t too difficult- mix of things really, literally about 2 days before the 1st lockdown the hanger bolt snapped and completed destroyed the deraileur and back wheel. I didn’t get motivated to fix it properly at the time. It is now but 2.5 yrs later I just never got around to...

I have no clue how to even go about that. Do you all consult tables and weigh everything before eating or what?

Falafel has no breadcrumbs, it's just held together with moisture from onions if I recall correctly. It's chickpeas, onion, some herbs (parsley probably) with a spice mix that is coriander, cumin and chilli powder (or cayenne pepper). That's my recollection anyway. Oh and some rising agent...

Wow, lots of action since yesterday here. Losing track so can't thank individually but thanks all for all the helpful comment. Y'all are pretty convincing and persuasive on the low carb thing. Not the first time I've heard some of this stuff either. Back in my cycling days there was lots of...

Yeah, same. I particularly like rice. Haven’t tested that one yet. Potatoes- I’m not so bothered but my wife loves them.

Yeah, that’s my secret plan but touchy feely, slowly catchy monky is needed with my better half. Will work on diet changes like that gradually as she’s quite resistant to changing everything suddenly currently. Which is understandable. 23 years we’ve been eating that regularly- old habits can...

Really interesting Antje77! Thanks for the new reading. I feel fine about bacon and eggs for breakfast but I've already tested the porridge a couple of times and it's fine so far. Bacon and eggs... well we do like a cooked breakfast at the weekend. I do need to lose weight anyway though so...