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  1. Alzebra

    Type 2 Life

    Hi Jennifer, congratulations on your amazing weight loss so far! I've always been overweight (and still am now, but no longer obese!) but since having kids (early 2000's) it just piled on. I was about 24 stone in the 'before' photo and I'm 13 stone now. I had a few plateaus along the way, but...
  2. Alzebra

    Does LCHF work?

    Yep, I'm still struggling a little to be proud of what I've achieved instead of just feeling so ashamed of the state I had gotten myself into, but I wanted to share a good news story just so people know it IS possible. Prior to taking the LCHF plunge I'd been trying desperately to lose weight...
  3. Alzebra

    Does LCHF work?

    These photos were taken 2 years apart, I'm now 16 months into my LCHF journey. HbA1c remains at 29 (non diabetic) and I've lost 11 stone in total over the last 2 years. So yes, I'm going to say that (for me at least) LCHF definitely works! :D
  4. Alzebra

    Type 2 Life

    I know I haven't posted in ages (sorry) but I wanted to share my birthday photos. On the left is my 40th (2014) and today's photo is on the right :joyful:
  5. Alzebra

    Type 2 Life

    Hello all, long time no speak :lurking::oops: As some of you may remember I was targeted for compulsory redundancy at work and things have been really stressful.... until I landed myself a new job!!! :joyful::singing::happy: The new job is much closer to home, will take over an hour off my...
  6. Alzebra

    Type 2 Life

    Hello all, sorry been a bit absent of late, I had an interview for a new job last week and didn't get it so lots of effort to prep followed by a couple of days of feeling sorry for myself :arghh::rolleyes::facepalm: Current job is horrible due to threats of compulsory redundancies and bullying...
  7. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    Late on parade, but I was 4.7 this morning :joyful:
  8. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    Morning all, fbg 4.9 today :joyful:
  9. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    FBG 5.0 this morning, no evil oranges for me :hilarious:
  10. Alzebra

    Type 2 Life

    Hi all, sorry not been around much recently. Going back to work after the Easter Hols has been SO hard, since I know I'm likely to be made redundant at the end of this term I'm finding it difficult to motivate myself!! On the plus side, I celebrated my one year LCHF anniversary by buying myself...
  11. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    Late on parade but still here! FBG 4.6 this morning :D
  12. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    fbg 5.2 this morning and back to work :bigtears:
  13. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    Late on parade, sorry. 4.7 this morning after a bit of red wine last night :D
  14. Alzebra

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    fbg 5.1 this morning, BP a bit raised but that's probably down to dreaming about going back to work next week :rolleyes: