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Sassywriter - I think myself that you're right not to test blood sugars at the moment - as someone who has battled anorexia, sugar measurements could well become just another thing to beat yourself up with and maybe get obsessive over. It sounds like you are already having negative thoughts/...

Sorry, just realized you said you were already doing that. Well, I'd just drop the morning altogether. It would seem obvious that a "fasting" glucose would be the lowest of all, but it just doesn't work like that. Or if you want to test three times a day, do a 2 hour post breakfast. Breakfast is...

I agree it could be dawn phenomenon, but even aside from that, I wouldn't get too hung up over small fluctuations like these (easy to say, I know!). I think for a start most meters only have an accuracy of within 10-15%, which alone could easily account for small ups and downs. I definitely...

Ooh that sounds good! Is almond meal the same as ground almonds? I just bought some of those today Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I hate it when that happens -you're already half committed to eating something and then it turns out its quite bad :( Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Not sure whether I'd make a habit of this but I did seem to get away with it: went to Pizza express for lunch, had a bowl of olives and the Leggera Padana pizza (where they cut a hole in the centre of the pizza and fill it with rocket leaves). Asked for chargrilled vegetables as an extra...

Pancake day coming up this week, and would really love to participate! Anyone know whether you can make low carb pancakes? I'm calculating that a normal pancake would be around 15g carb each so would love an alternative Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Prunes are great for constipation but horrendously high in sugar (that's probably why!). My feeling as that the two things that Tom is short of (although to be fair it is hard to tell from a "snapshot") is above ground vegetables (cabbage, spinach, lettuce, peppers, aubergine, cucumber...

Don't mind you asking at all. To me, Metformin seems an all round good drug, because it reduces appetite, reduces gluconeogenesis, and also has cardiovascular protective properties. I have had not the slightest problem with it, so far anyway, and am very keen to get my blood sugar levels as low...

I'm another fan of online catalogues -I use JD Williams a lot. I've never been keen on Simply Be, although I've got a couple of nice dresses from them. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

What about fluids? Are you drinking enough water? I certainly wouldn't say you shouldn't eat any fruit, berries like raspberries and blueberries are good. I dunno, just from the snapshot, the diet sounds kind of .... starchy? But if these problems have only started since you went on the new...

Hi Tom! I know the daily diet was just an example, but my feeling is maybe there is still too many carbs, and maybe not enough food in general? I agree you probably couldn't eat much less. Try adding some more fats (I know it sounds counter intuitive but give it a go). "good" fats like olive...

I live in the West Midlands. And yes, I appreciate them very much. If I could clone them for you I would :). It can be a tough enough diagnosis without battling HCP's as well Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

That Turkish thing sounds lovely, can you give the recipe? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Breakfast 100g full fat Greek yoghurt with flax seed and 15 blueberries, PLUS a slice of Burgen with crunchy peanut butter (16g total) Lunch: a really nice salad inspired by Thai beef salad: big bowlful of baby spinach leaves and also salad leaves. 25g mixed seeds (pumpkin, sesame etc). 100g of...

Thanks Sid! Yes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Benecol. It's not that I'm 100% against statins but it just seems like if high blood sugars can raise trigs and LDL, then it only seems fair to see what they do when the blood sugars go down. My diagnosis Hba1c suggested average blood...

Very good appointment on the whole. She told me lots of stuff that I already know, about what Hba1c is etc, and I just let her because I didn't want to sound like a know it all! :) Told her I was low carbing and showed her my blood sugar results from 18 jan onwards, and she was impressed and...

I think Metformin is supposed to be beneficial to the obese/overweight but I would beware of thinking of it as a "weight loss" drug. Would you be prepared to post some of the things that you eat? I'm wondering whether your diet might be too high in carbs, and that's why it is proving hard to...

Wow those figures are almost exactly the same as mine right down to the high-ish morning one! I've stopped bothering with the morning, because I figure what's the point, it's going to be seven something, there's nothing I can do about it, so why get depressed lol Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Oh dear I'm confused now! I've just been assimilating low carbs, this is a new thing lol! But it does seem to make sense. I really like the flax seed and yogurt though, I might stick with that. But I can certainly try to add some more fats , I thought I probably wasnt having enough