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I'm new to LCHF and to testing, but one thing that surprised me today was that I started to feel pretty rubbish mid-afternoon, with what I have always assumed were hypo symptoms, but when I tested I found that my BG was actually higher than normal. I wonder whether this could have been what...

Books being full of lower-than-average-but-still-too-high carb recipes was what I feared could be the case. I'll look up the four you've suggested, and was already thinking of buying a set of measuring cups for US recipes, so will be sure to do that sooner rather than later. Please may I follow...

As per title really! I'm desperate for some inspiration, and in particular, recipes for low carb alternatives to traditionally carb-laden recipes, eg baking, what works for substituting almond flour, using chia... I am keen to make this a permanent lifestyle change, and that means I want to be...

Thank you so much for typing up all of this info! It is so helpful for me as a newbie, and has given me lots of ideas for dishes to try. As for whether vegetarians should eat xyz, surely since vegetarianism is predominantly an ethical decision, it is for each individual to decide what a...

What a fantastic resource!! Such a shame I'm not a big fan of fish or seafood. Lol :D If you do manage to post a similar list of meat, poultry, or veg, I would definitely make good use of it!!

My meter arrived today and I've just posted in the Monitoring subforum about my first few results as I'm rather confused to say the least! Thread is at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/86792/ and I'd be very grateful for any info or advice you lovely folks may have for me!

Thanks for the reply, and congrats on your fantastic results!! I am attempting LCHF, and hoping to achieve something similar to your wonderful success. I think I just needed to convince myself of the need for change, hence this morning's brekkie, and the resulting spike certainly proved to me...

So my Codefree arrived this morning before breakfast so I decided to put it to use straight away! For background, according to routine GP bloodtests I am bordering on Prediabetes, but the GP doesn't want to retest for 3 mths so I'm not receiving any medical help or support, and I'm self-funding...

So do you clean the lancet between uses, and if so, how? I'm guessing the likes of alcohol wipes could contaminate my samples?

If the doctor offers me medication of any kind I will indeed do my own research, just as I do with psych meds. Knowing that Metformin is the drug of first resort is very helpful though, so thank you for the information. I have always said that I would avoid taking medications for weight loss...

I'm strongly suspecting my Consultant will want to add a new medication to replace the one I have stopped taking, as my mental health does seem to be less stable now than prior to the change. One of my concerns with this is that when unwell I tend to binge, which would obviously be seriously...

I just did as the practice nurse instructed with the OGTT - sounds like she may need to brush up on the procedure! That being said, I got a lift to and from the surgery for both tests, so in between tests I literally only walked from the nurse's office to the car parked outside, from the car to...

Not even newly diagnosed - my OGTT gave a "normal" fasting result but an elevated 2 hr result, so my GP says she will re-test in 3 mths, whereas I take the view that the 2hr result represents a "spike" and the sooner I get this under control the better. So yeah, entirely self-funding meter and...

Oops! Sounds like I've order WAY too many lancets then! This is all such a steep learning curve! What you do sounds like it would work really well, and avoid getting my GP offside. Thanks!

Thank you :) If I buy a sharps bin online, where would I take it when it is full?

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I would far prefer to manage both my weight and BG by diet and exercise rather than meds, but I had mistakenly assumed that the meds would work as damage limitation by helping regulate BG. Since that seems not to be the case, it certainly seems as...

I'm currently undiagnosed, and GP doesn't want to test me again for 3 mths, but as I suspect I'm borderline prediabetic I have decided to start working out which foods severely affect my BG. So I've ordered the SD Codefree along with a couple of hundred strips and a similar number of lancets...

So the GP wouldn't start me on any medication then? In that case I'll save my energy for greater battles, and just ask for the Hba1c in Jan. And in the meantime I'll definitely be trying LCHF - tonight's job will be menu planning and placing a giant Tesco order!

"Normal" is boring, weird is far more fun :-D I suspect I'm really going to find it a major shift in thinking to do LCHF but it does make a lot of sense to me, both in terms of addressing high BG and in evolutionary terms. A lifetime of indoctrination that eating fat makes you fat will be...

That's fab, thank you :-)