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Everybody is different. Don’t take any notice of the ‘what was your fasting glucose’ thread on here. It’s not a competition. Ask your health professional for advice as they are the only one with your medical history/stats in front of them and the only people qualified to give you an answer.

Thank you! my starting weight was 20s 13 and is now 19s.10.5. My FBG was 21, and it has steadily fallen every day and this morning it was 9.9! I was on BP tabs anyway, my GP is monitoring it, and if it falls too low, will review medication. I have three shakes a day, and then I have a plate of...

Hi there! I have just started the Newcastle diet after getting approval from my GP and Optifast on Prescription. Anybody else? Thought it may be good to share the ride with anyone else in a similar position. I am on day 10 and really getting in to the swing of things. I have lost 7.2 kg and BG...

Pork scratchings, cheese, those cooked bacon rashers you can buy in most supermarkets, dipped in sour cream!

Two optifast sachets, and half a packet of sugar free gum.

Prawn mayonnaise, or egg mayonnaise, wrapped in a little gem lettuce leaf, is a fab substitution for bread!

Dia connect is a very good app

£50 a month is way too much for something so inaccurate.

They are way too inaccurate to be worth the money. My sensor has been reading 17/18 all day, yet my accu check is recording 12-13. It is typically 4-5 points above actual blood sugar levels, and that is making allowance for 15 minute delay. I heard a rumour that they may be dropping the price...

It's not a wire, but a very flexible fibre. What may have happened is that some tiny hairs have grown on your arm a millimetre or so long. (We all have them, growing from our 'goosebumps'!) and even if they are remotely attached to the adhesive they would pinch dreadfully.

Diaconnect is good. Tells you what your hba1c will be, based on putting readings in, and it is very accurate. You can also produce graphs and charts, and send them to yourself or anyone else in an email format.

Took me 2/3 months to get numbers from 16/17 down to the 7's. And that was with intermittent fasting. No insulin.

Do you have patient access at your surgery? You have to take in id to the surgery, then go home and register with the number they give you on your PC, then you can look up your health records, medications, and test results.

Which shakes did you use, Upprder? Great results!

Is it your GP or a hospital consultant prescribing the shakes for you Mary? Good luck!

Pots of prawn cocktail area brilliant quick grab option. Read the labels though. M&S and Waitrose come in at around 5-6g per pot. Lovely with some cucumber sticks.

These are my favourite snack! Half a big bag is around 6g carbs.

Which shakes did you use?

Here is the recipe, as a photo thumbnail. They are not as soft as burger buns, more of a dense texture. Fab with butter/marmite etc