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How did I miss this? I’m Cardiff too...!

It happens to me too (although my morning numbers are a bit wilder than yours) - and keeps going up in the morning until I eat something. I think some people on this forum have various eating something before bed strategies to curb the rise. Congrats on lowering your HBA1C!

Hehehe - Germany did that to me too in March. My German friend walked me everywhere, and while I’d decided to let up on testing and just enjoy my holiday, I tested randomly a couple of times... and was lower than I’d ever been...! Also, I’d told her about low carb eating (ish) and she took me...

A quick reminder here that HBA1C results are an average of over 3 months. If I’ve read this correctly, you stopped eating rice and carbs on 18/04, then had your next HBA1C on 24/5, after more or less six weeks of much lower carbs. So, that 3-month average of 8.1% would still include 6 weeks of...

I too have felt that when seeing people post with what for me are really low numbers. For the first three months of this year and low carbing but on no meds, I hardly ever had a number below 7 to start off with, even though the majority of my rises were within the 2mmol range. And then there are...

As an example as another diet-only type 2, I have to eat in the morning or my BG goes up and up and doesn’t stabilize till midday ish. I can’t manage to eat breakfast before I walk the kids to school, but I do know that on weekends when that doesn’t happen, there’s a much shorter time for me...

Congratulations! That's a wonderful achievement!

With my GP, it used to be automatic and you'd get a letter with time of blood test and time of follow-up appointment with diabetic nurse. Then the DN retired and GP took over and it's been chaos ever since. I now have to call to make the appointment, and it isn't standard for them to offer me a...

I am two eggs a day person. Uually scrambled because I like the act of making breakfast to be as easy as possible. I like what's your photo though... maybe I need to branch out a bit!

On the question how often to test question, in early days for me it was before/2 hrs after every meal. And then I kept a food diary as I couldn’t keep it all in my brain :) And if I’m having something where I know what happens, I now feel confident (after 4 months!) that I’ll get similar results...

I’m glad you are monitoring your numbers and figuring out the relationship between food and glucose levels - it is a big learning curve and don’t be discouraged. I must have had similar numbers last year, although I wasn’t testing then so I don’t know. I have been on a very low carb diet for...

It’s a good point. When I registered with my GP practice, even though I took in US records for me and my kids with dates/procedures etc, and even though I discussed things with a nurse at a new patient appointment, apparently the only thing that transferred for my children was vaccination dates...

Welcome back after so many years. This time four years ago the cat in my avatar was on a plane from Arizona to London. We followed her a day later...! For me it was a return after 14 years in the US. I promised my cat a safe outdoor life free from scorpions and coyotes. What I actually gave her...

Congrats on getting to week 8! I am on my third attempt of Couch to 5k. First attempt I got to week 5. Second, week 9 run 2 (!). Now I am on week 4 run 3.... I’m type 2 on low-carb, no meds, so my experience is based on that and probably is not applicable to you, but just wanted to say well...

I had to look up orthorexia too. My profession involves words or correct usage of words, so I can count this site as a career-enhancing experience now! I almost drove myself to tears when I slipped into a carb-fest a few weeks ago and ate....four slices of brown toast with peanut butter on. I...

Yeah, I never meant to imply that all type 2s are shaped this way. “Some people” would be a better description How do I escape my shape then...? I have visions of running as fast as I can while it huffs and puffs behind...!

I saw someone alluding to this on a different post and realised I don’t know the answer. Is it a cause or an effect? Or both. And how do you minimise it? I have been asked dozens of times since teenagerhood whether I am pregnant. Because I look it, always, exercise or no exercise. I’m a short...

I've been kind of confused recently as my general BG results have been higher than usual, about 1.5 - 2 mmol higher. I've been very low carb recently, so I've been flummoxed on how to keep reducing carbs when there's nothing much to take out. I'd started to be resigned to the idea that I just...

Congratulations! That’s wonderful!

I’ll leave those more knowledgeable to advise on meters, although I absolutely agree with them as it’ll show what you/can’t eat (and there are some surprises in there as we’re all different!). But on the veg thing? I got down to HBA1C 48 from 76, almost the same as you, with low carb and not...