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Well was having this quite a lot before I started testing. My reading this morning was 7.6. Have only been low carbing for a week. My readings have definitely improved as I couldnt get them below 8.6 in the mornings but now they are in the 7's and hopefully after continuing low carb and...

Had bacon, egg and just 2 tbsp of tinned tomatoes. Done my reading 2 hours later and it is 7.8! Guess I wont be having tomatoes again :x

I'm in agreement too. Think the whole carb thing with sw is totally the wrong way for diabetes. It certainly didnt suit me. I did try it. Am now going to weight watchers and pointing my low carb diet. Its actually a very friendly diet where protein is concerned

I am having a lot less than that - maybe up to 50 grams. I have found this has helped a lot with by bg readings. I have weight to lose and am not on medication as recently diagnosed and trying to fix by diet. I have only been low carbing for a week and have been very pleased with the results...

I have come to the conclusion that I will have to buy my own strips. I know that if I do low carb I dont have to test because I know the reading will be fine but if I want to try something new (like I did this morning) then I do test. I got up this morning and just couldnt be bothered to cook...

Thought I would start a food diary thread. I'm new to low carbing as are a lot of people on here and thought it would be a good idea if we shared our daily intake. It would also be good to know if we are doing things right so any comments would be gratefully received I'm sure. Today I am...

Hi cowboyjim I will start a new thread later. It is hard when everyone else is carbing to their hearts content but you have to be selfish. I shall probably just cook evening meals as normal and just omit the carby stuff from my plate - the other meals I will just be selfish and have what I...

Thanks everyone for all of your replies. I have got my head well and truly round carbs - dont loads of research. Perhaps we should have a food diary section on the site where we could all post what we eat - it would give other people ideas of what to have and would also be a place where "low...

Well yesterday did first day of low carb. What a difference it has made. My reading before dinner last night was 6.1 and this morning was 7.1 - havent managed to get my morning readings below 8 before and mostly mid 8's and above so am chuffed to bits with this. Will definitely be carrying on...

Hi Sid Went to the diabetes nurse yesterday. Blood pressure is fine. Tested my blood when I got dizzy and it was 8.7 which is fairly high so wasnt sure if I just hadnt had enough carbs yesterday as definitely didnt have no more than 20g carbs. Am going to up them to 100g carbs a day and see...

Since starting low carb I have found that I am dizzy in the morning and this morning was the worst - woke up and the room was spinning (is this normal)?

Thanks for the info Daisy. My clinic has also given me a prescription for more testing strips and the needle things as well. They are also referring me to a course called X-PERT which is run over a period of six weeks, a few hours a week. They also said I will be getting an appointment...

I was diagnosed with diabetes a week ago and still trying to work out what I should be doing. Our diabetes clinic at the doctors are very good, they even gave me a glucose monitor straight away. Got to go again next week. Not sure what readings should be, how often I should do them, whether...