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:wave: Lee I knew it when you wrote the name of the beach you in Cornwall too Lovely rain down here aint it lol :lol: oh that is heartwarming tho to know she is doing so well and no longer deemed to be diabetic thats what I want to achieve reverse it starting with breakfast tomorrow oh yeah...

thanks Lee I know I am not eating enough that is due to financial limitations my food budget is £20 a week and wish I knew how to make it work and give me adequate food that works for me as a diabetic who needs low carbs I gave in and ate the dried fruit and some nuts and then realised how...

thanks Lee yeah I know but I am impatient as I have 17 stone to lose at least anyway today ate 3 sausages, half a courgette and a dozen mushrooms considering some almonds and dried apricots (too tired to cook a meal and still need to wash up in too much pain to want to do anything) sorry...

today started slow and late finally managed to wake myself or should I say drag myself out of bed (this is nuts and still tired and went to bed at 11 last night so almost 10 hrs in bed so finally ate at 11.45 sausage mushroom and courgette Hope that will do til 5pm when will have dinner hope...

:problem: :?: :!: :cry: :( :? :think: difficult day lots of red tape rubbish and no solutions very much snacked not eaten a meal at all today but have atleast eaten reasonably sensible food unless you mention dried fruit but going to bed and start again tomorrow Vicky_l

thank you starlight :D ok dinner eaten and had a tin of tuna too as was so hungry now put all I have eaten today into calorie counter to find still have 554 cals left so no wonder am hungry but hey ho tough luck no more food allowed as over eaten on food already according to my budget the...

Hi I am clearly one of the blessed ones I bought a monitor myself not expecting to get one when I saw my gp next she provided me with one of their own as she couldnt give me the strips for the monitor I had bought however the diabetic nurse was not impressed that I had been given one at all...

thanks fraddycat sounds yummy aww thats lovely encouragement Andy thank you ok so its dinner time and I am so hungry (could eat a horse) but no meatballs rice peas and mushrooms is what I have :D add half a chicken to that and I will be happier but no this is it for now thinking I so need...

that sounds more like lunch to me :wink: lunch tin mackerel, piece brie, an apple and 3 dried apricots :D now to have the usual chaotic sunday afternoon getting ready for the week ahead :D if necc take one meal at a time to conquer and overcome this disease I will lose all my weight and...

thanks everyone I will try out some cheese scones and I am quite happy not adding yeast and making my own seeded crackers or unleaven bread and using those as wraps today for lunch I have had small tin mackerel and piece brie with an apple and 3 dried apricots and of course my normal water...

Morning peeps :D breakfast eaten 1 smoothie with beetroot, berries and banana plus 2 oz of almonds :P now off to do normal Sunday stuff :wink: Vicky_l

thanks yorksman some good advice there however I live in the middle of no where with one local shop half a mile away and another farm shop 2 miles away next shop is supermarket which is 6-7 miles away there are no markets and no indian/chinese shops locally or any other type of cuisine around...

thanks vonbon am aiming for lots of veggie soups and juicing so that I can just grab some protein and eat with a juice or a soup biggest issue is breakfast what to have etc thats inexpensive for this week have smoothies as using stock cupboard items but will become a bigger issue when reserves...

all good informative stuff thanks everyone am learning slowly what and how to do this eating as a diabetic with aim to lose the 17 stone I need to lose 1 stone at a time (2 lbs to hit first stone) thanks Vicky_l

sorry Lee didnt see your reply earlier hadnt realised had got onto second page you arent talking me me me as I see if just doing what you trying to do share what is working for you so I can take ideas from it and glean it for myself I cant eat porridge toast rice and potatoes regulary as I...

thanks Debs ahh well lunch ended up being very different than original plan ended up eating ribs and half a large courgette was feeling really sick so hope that settles down now I have eaten lunch next meal at 5 that will be a salad ;-) happy weight loss journey people we can do it Vicky_l

thanks Viv yes I will eat things several days in a row and leftovers (they often end up tasting better than first meal) I know about the eating too little and it does concern me but I can only afford as much as the £16 a week allows unless like this week there is no need immediately for other...

Well Done Lee :-) and Yorksman ;-) inspirational for us newbies just starting the journey thank you for sharing Vicky_l

I use to eat eggs all the time for breakfast but then got told to cut back because of cholesterol trouble is no idea as cant eat cereals bread etc due to intolernance what else to eat for breakfast now about to try smoothies (homemade but am concerned about all the fruit sugar in one hit)...

Hi Dawn I have done but not on this eating regime yeah dietician asked about bananas she said stick to half at moment I dont have any strips for testing and until I can get someone to pick them up cant test blood glucose levels am aiming to eat regular and hopefully half banana be ok if not...