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I thought I should post an update on my progress. Diagnosed as type 2 in Feb 2017 at 57mmol, 20ish stone, 35 yearold. Undertook a crash diet following the Newcastle diet and lost 4 stone, in 2 months. Added daily excersise and lost 2 more stone. Then reverted back to a balanced diet. I got...

Just wanted to post a quick update. I had my yearly HB1AC test which came back at 30, i’m absolutely delighted as i haven't checked my BS in the last year. I was diagnosed T2 with a HB1AC of 54 in Feb 2017. Luckily found this forum straight away and went onto a LC diet (1000 cals a...

I thought I’d share a quick update. I was diagnosed Feb 2017 with a HB1AC of 54 i weighed approximately 17.5 - 18 stone. I found this forum fairly early on and read pages and pages of help and advice. I'd like to share an update of where i'm at and how i got here. After being diagnosed i...

I’ve shared my progress before on the forum, but thought it might be worth an update. I found out I had Diabetes early this year, when a random blood test (related to high blood pressure), flagged up that I had a HB1AC of 54. Luckily that night I found this forum and decided to reject...

Just wanted to share my progress. I'm 35yearsold and 6'3. Diagnosed with diabetes through a routine blood test in Febuary, with a HB1AC score of 54. On diagnosis I weighed 17.5 stone, was completely inactive. At the time i over ate and drunk beer a reasonable amount of beer. I was lucky to...

I found out I was Diabetic 3 months ago, with a H1AC score of 54, from that day on I went low carb, lost 5 stone and exercised daily for an hour. I've now reintroduced some carbs with dinner, which has had little to no impact on BG. I'm currently training for a half marathon then a full...

After finding out I had diabetes I took the excellent advice on this forum and went low carb + an hour of exercise a day. Over 3 months I've lost a considerable amount of weight and all BG are now well in the normal range. The last few weeks I've been testing what I can tolerate carb wise. It...

Quick question: I've read that roasting sweet potatoes changes their glycolic value. Is this the same for parsnips, carrots, onions, celeriac. Cheers Adrian

Hi guys, first off a massive thankyou to the people posting and sharing your knowledge and experiences. After a H1AC result of 54 2 1/2 months ago. I decided to reject drugs and try to lose weight, exercise and restrict carbs. I started on a super low carb diet and managed to control BG very...

I was diagnosed approximately 2 months ago, with a H1AC score of 52 and 49. I started daily exercise and LC diet, I've lost 3 1/2 stone. All blood sugars have been normal (apart from the dawn phenomenon, which adds 1.0, for a few hours). Then this morning wham FBG 7.9, which lowered to 6.9...

I've found this forum a god send and really appreciate all the feedback from my first posts and the feedback to other posts. Bit of background: I was diagnosed with Diabites 5 weeks ago, with a first H1AC score of 52 and a 2nd 10 H1AC score of 49 days later. Since then I've followed a low...

Hi I posted here a few weeks ago and found the info really useful, sadly way more than the doctors appointment. A quick update and then a few more questions (apologies). Random Blood test for blood pressure meds, flagged up as 52 on H1AC test, I took a second test 2 weeks later. But for 10...

A bit of background. I'm 35, 6'3 and weighed 17.5. I have taken medicine for blood pressure for 8 years. I went to my yearly blood test and to my shock flagged up as a diabetic (52 H1AC). As soon as I found this out I did a fasting blood (my daughter has a hereditary condition called...