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Thanks I was interested in your comment about gross and net carbs - I tend in my food diary to record gross carb so was only 8 I am not very low carb , so generally below 60 so fitted OK within that parameter.. My bsg stayed stable after eating the half bar but I will keep it firmly as...

Thanks for the helpful posts . I did draft a reply e mail to Roche but did the sensible thing thing and left in draft so not yet sent . I will tone it down ! Also will have the Tee will give me an alternative . It does make testing and interpretation a bit more of an art than the...

No I am just on trying to manage things via diet and this had been working really quite well until I had the odd results - never had anything like this before . I had thought it was the stress of the funeral but then it continued and I was at a loss why it was happening . The empiric evidence...

I have an Accu Chek Aviva which up to now I had been really happy with despite the expensive strips. Suddenly I went one morning from 5.9 to 7.3 and as I had a stressful day ( a funeral and a long drive) I thought this might have caused the high but it continued to be much higher...

As stated by others we are all different. I doubt that I have ever been in Ketosis but I have lost over 4 stone ( I was somewhat overweight) over about 6 months . I suspect that reducing to very low carb will lose weight quicker . I took the view I wanted to lose weight on a diet I could keep...

Waitrose have on offer 99% Lindt Dark chocolate only 8 gm of carbs per 100gm I could not eat more than a couple of squares and I found not too palatable but got quite a "happiness hit" from the chocolate content . If I am honest I prefer Tesco 85% ( which needs will power to restrict to...

I know we are all different but I had a similar issue. I lost steadily from 16 and half stone to 13 stone a couple lbs a week then I plateaued for 6 weeks and then suddenly lost 7 lbs and then another 8 weeks nothing happened and then lost another 7lbs . So I feel for me that I plataeu as...

bluecurlylegand I am very interested in your thread We are all different but thought my experience night be of interest I too have ulcerative colitis ( diagnosed 4 years ago ) and shortly afterwards found blood sugars were high which I thought was related , I reacted badly to the normal...

We are all different so what works for me may not work for you but for me eating 16 :8 ( no eating for 16 hours and a a couple of meals in the 8 hours ) has worked for me as well as making sure that my my main meal is before 5pm and then after a while there was a notable drop in my morning...

Marks have a number of low carb snacks for example , crackling, crackling crisps , chirizo crisps quite expensive but find 1/3rd of packet quite satisfying , you can also buy from Marks and other supermarkets small pieces of cheese in multipackets whilst more expensive than cutting a chunk...

I have a couple of teaspoons of milled flax seed a day( mixed with water or full fat yogurt) high fibre and much nicer than bran and less than one carb for a couple of spoonfuls and also omega 3 . Like others I find that it is important to drink plenty of water /fluid.

Congratulations and well done I know we are all different but maybe my experience will give you hope. I too found that I did not lose weight immediately - I have now lost 4 stone but it came off really erratically so no weight loss for 6 weeks and then 7 lbs in one week . Then 8 weeks no...

Thanks , I am lucky that I can average about 50/60 carbs per day and keep my blood sugar at "normal " level . As I have lost 4 stone (half a stone to go ) in about 7 months so I felt I could try the odd bit of bread and thought I would try the ones at shops which are easy for me to...

I thought like let the forum know about what I thought about new Hovis lower carb loaf which is on offer - a slice is - 85 cals , 5.8 protein , 9.8 carb . It did not spike me at all but I thought it tasted a bit sweet, I think my taste buds have changed . I have also tried Kingsmill...

Went into Boots today and they had 25% off Accu- chek products and also today had triple point as well . Looks like triple points finish on 2nd July is buying in store. I know they are still expensive but worth knowing if you use Accu-chek

I tried the apple and cinnamon , I used one brambly apple, at bit of water, no sugar and just put cinnamon to taste .. it was OK but not sure it was worth the effort .You might find you spike,so will need to test, I did not, but as we are all different it is not possible to guess whether you...

As Mike D said it would be useful to have some more information about what are you current readings, also to know what is you typical food which you eat in a day and if you want to lose weight or have recently lost weight without wanting to lose.

While you might see the immediate impact in your meter reading you probably will not impact hba1c very much in 10 days as that is a average of about 3 months or so.. depends on the turnover of your red blood cells . However eating low carb should bring down your blood sugars your need to...

We are all different and some lose easier than others . I tried to resist weighing other than once a week as I got a bit depressed although I have now lost 4 stone in about 6 months but it was erratic for example I was same weight for 6 weeks then dropped 7lbs in a week and then for 8 weeks...

It is your decision if you want to have a diet which will work better with your diabetes . There are plenty of people here who can help. Here are some suggestions I note you like curry but not meat so you have vegetables in the curry ? Of so maybe you can consider low carb curry with...