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Wine of an evening is more of a habit than anything else. I'm a generally optimistic person, believing (like Steve Redgrave) that diabetes has to live with me, not the other way around. Cutting out cakes, biscuits, sweets and chocolate bars was relatively easy. My inner child continues to...

I've notiThe folk here are full of good ideas My wife has just been diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis. Her medicine - which she needs to take for the rest of her life - reacts badly with alcohol so that may be just the incentive I need to eliminate an evening glass or three from my life!

Just need to cut back on the wine which is a more difficult adjustment for me to make!

Last week, I posted a question about what LCHF food people eat for lunch. I was salivating at the answers. I quickly realised that buying prepacked food at Tesco's, Sainsbury's or even M&S is not the best option. So, this week, I'll be starting on some of the following suggestions. There are...

I need to do a paradigm shift and rethink what a normal lunch should consist of. I really like your suggestions!

That sounds more like a dessert to me, so maybe I need to rethink what 'lunch' means. I have greek yoghurt and berries and flaked almonds for breakfast and they keep me going for a good four or five hours.

I will definitely look out for the Brie and pork scratchings!

Thanks.. I adore avocados so the mix with mozzarella and tomatoes may well feature in my diet.

Thanks! So it seems that low carbers generally pick and mix food from the supermarkets and make up their own lunches rather than rely on the prepacked stuff. I am keeping away from the dippers, etc. I study every pack I pick up to identify the carb content - it's quite horrifying how many...

(I've been T2 since May 2005 and last year went onto Byetta to supplement Metformin and Gliclazide. I walk 60,000 or more steps a week and do resistance work three times a week). I've recently discovered the joys of low carbs and, since cutting out most bread, pasta, rice and potatoes, my...