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Excellent. Great work!!

5.1 at 0830 this morning.

Chia pudding is my 'go to' dessert. https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/low-carb-chia-pudding. I add a tablespoon of cooking chocolate to it for a bit of indulgence, and serve with blueberries and single cream. Delicious!! It's very easy and quick to make, but the waiting time in the fridge...

Thank you so much for these suggestions. I have difficulty thinking out of the box on this matter as my previous eating habits are pretty deeply ingrained. I can't get used to not buying something to eat straight off the shelf and having to prepare so much in advance.

I know instinctively which supermarket aisles to avoid as nothing of value resides within :D. I do have a fear of fats having been informed all my life that fat is bad. Sorry to hear about your triple bypass despite following a low-fat diet. Maybe the so-called experts aren't really on the ball...

Many thanks for your replies. @bulkbiker - I'm reading conflicting opinions about fat intake. 'Official' sources don't recommend it, yet successful diabetics like yourself swear by it. I'm very confused. My GP has stated that my cholesterol is high but she wants to address that later. Fine...

I was diagnosed with type 2 on December 8th 2019 and I'm severely struggling with it from a diet point of view. Food was always a great pleasure to me but that's been effectively denied now. In short: I'm sick of having food always on my mind. I'm always thinking about what I can have to eat...

Well done on the weight loss and some useful tips there. I'll definitely look into 90 second bread. I miss my bread although I do have one slice of wholemeal with peanut butter for breakfast. You mentioned chia seeds. I got a packet today as I'd heard they were good for diabetics (no idea what...

I guess it's just about re-educating myself re: eating and food prep habits. It kind of threw me off kilter when I realised that my entire dietary regime had to change and I panicked (with minimal support from my healthcare professional - "Cut out sugar and reduce bread intake"). I can't say I'm...

Didn't realise that. I do like me some cheese!!

Smaller tub? What sorcery is this? :p You're absolutely right though. I'm not much of an alcohol drinker. I can take it or leave it. Good thinking on my salt intake. That's where the bacon will come in. (at least for some of it)

Heh heh!! Long walk as a penance :D. I find seeing all the things I used to be able to eat on display quite upsetting. Not to mention trying to find the aisles in the supermarket where my new purchases have to be made. I do appreciate that everyone's been through what I'm feeling right now...

Thank you for your encouragement and meal suggestions. I'm not much of a cook. My previous life was takeaways and ready meals mainly. Wonder where my T2D came from? :eek:. I did enough of my chicken casserole for four portions (as that's what the recipe was for). The remaining three portions...

Thanks. I'll take a look. The idea of becoming veggie wasn't that appealing (no offence intended to any veggies here).

Yep. Bacon and beef ring my bell too :D

I'm keeping with your first sentence :) and I've discovered that so-called 'diabetic' foods are nonsense. I definitely withdraw from anything over 10% carbs. It's become an obsession over the past week since diagnosis. Prior to that, not so much :greedy:. I find it very interesting that many...

Will do :)

Thank you. Full fat Greek yogurt eh? What sort of portion size should that be? I need to lose a few pounds and my greedy self will scoff the whole 500g tub in one go!! Sadly, for me, fish and eggs are off the table. I just can't stand the smell of either of them.

Thank you. I think I need to be shouted at, be it in reality or virtually :). And I *have* stuck it to the front of my fridge :). I'll add extra veg and see how I get on.

Thank you. It just seems like a never ending dark tunnel just now. When I was wandering around the supermarket earlier, I could only think of the 95% of goods there that I can't have. Apologies for the negativity everyone. I'm having a hard time with this and I have no-one to talk to who'd...