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No met - and no babies! (Just a very good looking Viking guy. Will (eventually) provide pictures on blog) Will otherwise google the B12 thing. I should imagine it's going to be one of those leafy green things vitamins!

Hey, no matter how great you are at cooking, the fact remains that no-one wants to spent 3 hours preparing complex, restaurant-quality food every single night. Simple, easy, healthy works, too!

And excellent alternative to cheese as a snack could be a Peperami (they don't need to live in the fridge, either, so I keep some in my bag), especially as protein will bring your BG up, though at a much slower and steadier rate than something carby. Nuts are great, eggs, too - a boiled egg or...

I am due an eye test, that's true (retinopathy screening was clear, though). I'm back at the doc's Friday (the oh-so-fun Woman In Her 40's Contraception chat - Ell Oh Ell) so might mention it then. I know cereals are fortified with B12 (but I never really ate cereal), but where can I find that...

OH, DUH. Of course if I eat a little salty whatever and then wash that down before I sleep with a litre of water... I'm still going to be low on salt. And, actually, I was just reading about drink made from an oxo cube, some single cream and a medium cafetiere of freshly-pressed coffee. So not...

Heya gang! For the last week or so, every time I've woken up in the morning, it's been with an epic headache. Not just a headache, but aching eyes, sore neck, any kind of movement makes me feel sick, I'm stiff, I'm tearful. In short, though I've not been drinking the night before (and don't get...

Oh, dude, I'm completely immature! ;) (And have you met @bulkbiker yet?!) "What if's..?" will destroy any optimism you might have - reject, reject, reject! They're not good for you and you can do nothing constructive with them. They just grow larger and more impossible to plan for, and you end...

Honestly, without more information about exactly what your wife's diabetic status is (and that's down to your medical team and lack of diagnosis, not you), it's hard to say. But, put it this way, it's not wildly bonkers. It's not ideal, but in the short-term it shouldn't cause her significant...

Heya @Alexandra100 - sounds miserable: I'm sending you much love. How long have you been LCHF? And how long have you been under 20g carbs? Are you eating enough protein alongside your fat (too much could drop you out of Keto). It could be a simple case of having dropped too much too fast and...

To be fair, as already noted, that's not "Low carb" enough to trigger the body to start using other macronutrients and would still leave participants hungry and craving carbs. It also makes me profoundly sad that T2's were excluded. Interesting, but ultimately disappointing for me, but thanks...

Have you seen / tried these? https://www.amazon.co.uk/SNAFFLING-PIG-ROAST-CRACKLING-Mixed/dp/B06WLKKFHD/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1519208754&sr=8-6&keywords=pork+crackling They're a little on the expensive side, but it's proper crackling (not that weird puffy, empty stuff) and the flavours...

Your'e already super-doing it! Congrats on the epic weight loss - it's certainly going to help. Good luck at your appointment: please update with how it goes? Sock xx

Oh1 You reminded me, Indy! You say you test "1-2 hours after eating" - it's recommended not to test until at least two hours after food. If you're testing a just an hour after eating then, yes, you might well get an elevated response. Do also remember that any meter you use will be accurate to...

Hi and welcome! Firstly,let me tag in @daisy1 who has a wealth of useful info to share with you. However... I completely understand your concerns, particularly given your symptoms after eating or when you've not eaten for a while. You're right, it might well be to do with food - everyone gets...

Congratulations, @EllieLou Don't forget, though, that it's not just the pregnancy - it's the stress and emotions surrounding the pregnancy that your body has to deal with. Cortisol is a powerful hormone (powers your fight or flight response) and its release won't discriminate between "good...

Your medical team isn't panicking and seems to still be in an investigative groove. If they're willing to wait until the end of March to see what's happening, it's not urgent and I think it would be safe to assume that, while worrisome, no-one is in any immediate danger. You're regularly...

That looks exactly like the rash I get when I have an adhesive dressing removed (and so pleased you found a good solution, @Juicyj !). Lanolin (famously used on sore nipples by breastfeeding mums) or something along the lines of aqueous calamine cream might help to get rid of it. But, yes, a...

This, for me, is key. Diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint - you're going to live with it for the rest of your life, and to keep it under control, you need to adopt changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. If you're feeling that you're at the end of your tolerance, you're...

The thing about food and testing is that it will effect differently people differently (which sorta sounds a bit "Well, duh..." but isn't!) so one person might be able to snack on berries (which do add some nice variety if you're having a sweet tooth day), while another person could find that...

Metformin, happily for some, comes in lots of different forms and guises and people who can tolerate it report - after a time - that it works well for them. It's not a scary, heavy-action drug like others that you can be prescribed (though any medication needs to be taken seriously), but there...