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Is anyone else lamenting the loss of their laxative inducing, no sugar chocolate? I only just discovered the existence of Mint flavoured (among others) no sugar chocolate - I was absolutely thrilled with it. The laxative effect just meant I didn't eat much at a time to limit that. However, then...

I just had to tell you guys about this: Today is a wonderful day. I went to Tesco's today and I was looking at the lovely colourful clothes in the Highwoods Branch and I thought I'd just ask how you tell what size you are - especially when you are loosing weight all the time - I LOVE being able...

How do I correct this? This meter obviously doesn't take account of when we set the clocks back here in the UK, and I didn't think to check. I only just noticed that the time is wrong. This'll give me incorrect times for when I've been testing, right back to whenever the clocks went back and...

Hi all, I have now and then heard people saying they feel ill when their blood sugar spikes. But 'ill' in what way? I do sometimes feel hot, but my mother has the house heating on super hot until it's about 90 outside. I sometimes feel sleepy after a meal - but I've always felt that now...

Just weighed myself this morning and if I can loose another 3/4 of a lb I'll have lost 1 stone (with Slimming World) more in actual fact since I started by trying to loose weight by myself some months before. I saw something on diet doctor today, that talked about not having anything for...

Is there a list of foods, high carb and lower, and their carb content? So that, depending on our individual sensitivity, we can see what to definitely avoid, what to be careful with, and what is okay to eat. That would be really helpful. I know there is already a list of low carb foods, but...

Would an Indian takeaway be alright if you didn't have rice or naan bread, but instead cooked some spiralized courgetti? For instance I'm thinking of Butter Chicken, or Chicken Tikka Passanda, (both with fresh cream, almonds & coconut) or Balti Chicken Makhani (mild yoghurt sauce)? Some of...

Hi all, does anyone have any ideas for using spiralized veg? no coriander or chillis or celery - and low carb. I've got a spiralizer that I haven't used yet, and I'd like to.

This is a first for many, many months, maybe a year. But this morning I woke up and my mouth was NOT dry! First time in a very, very long time. (what a nice Easter present!) Bluebells are coming out, buds are bursting on all the trees, daffs are continuously opening and displaying their colour...

In order to come off metformin (need to get doctorial permission, I do understand that,) you need to get your BG readings low-ish, right? into more normal levels, yes? So that means loosing the weight. (I also know that this might not work at all, and I might therefore be on drugs forever...

Slept though until 5am last night! Hooray! I'm normally up about 3 or 4 times during the night, but last night was different. Not only did I not wake until 5, I also had a lovely dream where I was getting thinner, and could actually feel that, my stomach didn't ache, my bad knee didn't wake me...

Woke up and continued for some hours boiling hot, so much so, I was sweating. Thought this morning's toast was having a bad effect on me, and wondered if you can actually feel a BG spike in that way.... then, discovered that we must have had a power dip as the heating was coming on at 2am! Lol...

Wanted to ask if a suddenly dry and crusty skin is a symptom of diabetes or not? Just this last week I've suddenly got dry cracking patches on my face... worrying.

Hi, I'm on Metformin, specifically: Glucophage/Prolonged Release, Metformin Hydrochloride. When I was on the previous stuff, the ordinary Metformin, the doc said "no alcohol". I've read the leaflet for this version, and that is a little vague about alcohol. So I wondered if anyone else here has...

I keep getting these messages from someone called "Louise" on the Low Carb Mentor Program - telling me how wonderfully I'm doing (insert hollow stressed laughter here) - I've tried 2 or 3 times to get onto that but I can't figure it out properly. I can't do it at all, so I need to find some way...

Good morning all! I'm feeling really happy this morning, actually got off my butt and made TEgg this morning. Managed it before Mum got up! Wayhay!!! Had it with asparagus, baby courgettes, button mushrooms, a few julliened bits of carrot left over from a failed houmous, (wasted a perfectly...

How do you get things to show up (in other colours) under every post? I see that most people have this, and I can't figure out how to do that - can anyone help?

Hi, I'm thinking of trying this Hi Fat /Low Carb diet for a while, see if it helps. I've been doing the Slimming World diet and had some success with it (lost around 2st 6lb since Sept last year) but I worry about the diabetes aspect of my life. I feel I should be doing something about that...

Hi folks, had my first meter reading today. I got my husband to do it for me, while I looked away and tried to pretend nothing was happening. Lol! Yes I know I've got to do it myself, but one step at a time. I need to segue into these things gently. Okay so 1st reading was: 8.7mmol/L, before...

Hi, I'm a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic and I wondered does anyone have any books about Diabetes diet, cookbooks for type 2 diabetics, especially for type 2 diabetics who want to loose weight? Books that you think are good, books good for people in the UK - i.e. not full of American...