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Hi Icki x I get free train travel too as my o/h worked on the railways for 25 years. Don't really use it much as I have a car. So do you think you might start swimming again? It's not cheap though is it. You either have to fork out for membership which gives you a reduced rate but I tend to...

Same here, the sea only 5 mins away but I'd never swim in it. I like my swimming water a bit warmer ... lol. Glad you had a nice walk. My hubby won't come swimming because he gets ear infections too easily. I've spent the day doing piles of washing for my Grandson. He rents the...

We couldn't be further away from each other could we with me being right on the South Coast :( They do Aquarobics at our local pool on Monday mornings and I keep planning to go but then it gets to Monday and I chicken out. I used to go with someone I was friends with and we did have a laugh...

I've been unhappy with it for years AndBreathe . I was always a size 14 and happy with that but horrified when I crept up to a 16 and then 18-20. :( "Disguise dressing" is horrible, baggy tops so I could kid myself that I didn't look that fat. I used to love clothes shopping but lost...

Oh wouldn't low carbing be easy if we had servants to prepare everything. I know she has to attend a lot of functions which involve eating but I bet she gets to approve (or disapprove) of the menu beforehand. I could handle that :) "“The royal table hasn’t changed much at all in 63 years,” a...

Awww xxx Thanks Lizanne x I suppose weight is all relevant to height.. I'm only 5ft 3 so at 12st 8 I was classed as "obese" which sounds bad. I'm now into "overweight" but I'm small boned so there's still a lot of fat there. I haven't even dropped a dress size because it's all round the...

I'm not experienced enough to give advice really but I will say that if you read the advice on here regarding the DESMOND course and what the doctors tell you then you're better off ignoring it if you want to either get off meds or stay off meds. I came on here when I was first diagnosed and...

Afraid not :( We have a camper van but not my idea of fun when it gets dark so early and turns chilly. Wondering how I do LC/HF in the limited space in the camper when we do go away next year. Not gonna be easy and holidays are usually the time when you don't watch calories and carbs...

Hi, no I didn't significantly reduce the fat really but then I don't overdo it. I'm just really fed up with it all at the moment. I don't think I can cut down on the carbs any more than I have already and not only is my weight still 11st 6lbs but I'm getting BS readings of 7+ both fasting...

Thanks CatLady x I do appreciate what you say and for trying to help but I really don't feel I can rock the boat with new meds at the moment. I am definitely "pill phobic" when it comes to new meds as I've had so many allergic or bad reactions in the past that I literally tremble before even...

Hi CatLady x I don't know why I didn't mention it above but I think it was because we were talking about my dry mouth which is a recent occurrence and I've been taking Atorvastatin for the last 15 years and one 5mg Diazepam at night now. I think I read that statins were associated with...

You were good then. Double cream is allowed and you didn't have the Vienetta. Well done xx I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Just straight back on the wagon :)

Hi CatLady x I am on water tablets along with Ramipril for my blood pressure but I've only noticed the dry mouth lately. Funny enough it seems to be since I stopped taking sugar in my tea. It doesn't seem to quench my thirst like it used to. Weird me ..lol. I sleep great thanks, as long as...

Aww, thanks lizanne x I just keep coming here and whinging though (blush). It certainly doesn't help when the o/h is tucking into anything he fancies and just pumping more and more insulin !! I wish I could walk off the blues but it causes me such pain that I don't do it half often enough...

Oh yes, I know the feeling (hug). You've got a lot to contend with at the moment so it must be so much more difficult for you. I've got no excuse other than boredom. I've just done the same with test strips. I put a script in on Wednesday and forgot to pick them up on Friday and my stupid...

Thanks @SunnyExpat x I did say that I need a meter to carry on what I'm doing but she said if it was up to her I could keep getting the strips with her blessing but from all the paperwork relating to latest legislation she showed me it seems that the NHS are cutting right back and the criteria...

Saw the DN yesterday and she was happier with my results than I was. After 3 months of LC/HF my results were only down from 7.4% to 7% or 57 to 53 :( OK so it's down but that doesn't seem much compared to the struggle I've had keeping strictly to the diet :( (and I don't mean keeping off the...

You're just spoiled .. lol ;) Mine hates shopping so I do most of it online and he's quite happy to cook for himself occasionally but as we don't have the same things he leaves me to my own devices or I cook for both of us.

Hi hun, Thanks for taking an interest x It's me, I know, but after 3 months I just find it all so repetitive now. I've stuck rigidly to what I can and can't have, apart from twice when I succumbed to a bacon sandwich one morning and some breaded scampi one evening. Trouble is, I don't cheat...

Well done xx Mine just refuses to budge :( To be honest, I felt so ill yesterday that I started to worry and wonder what I'm doing to myself with such a restricted diet. I don't think it's the diet, probably just my interpretation of it and I don't think I can keep it up (LC/HF) . I want to...