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Thankyou both for this help, it is much appreciated. Off to amazon now to buy the book (can't go anywhere else 'cos we are snowed in today!).

Hi All, 2012 was a really bad year for me for a host of reasons and I came off the whole 'I have Diabetes' thing and did my world-famous ostrich impersonation. As a result, I regained all the weight I had lost, plus another 7lbs and my BSs are now high once again. So, new year, new start and now...

Thanks Viv. Have had a closer look at your diet and think maybe I'm not eating often enough (currently twice a day 'cos this diet doesn't make me feel hungry) and not drinking enough water or eating enough 'greens' so I'll alter my intake and bring it more into line with your diet and see how...

Hi. I made a mistake. I had managed to lose 3 of the 6 stones I need to lose, had got my Hb1Ac down to around 6 and had kicked out the gliclazide and was feeling oh so good and smug! So, when my life got complicated a few months ago, I ditched the diet, thinking, a couple of weeks off wouldn't...

Hi everyone, Have just read the Gary Taubes book and also a book by Barry Groves ('Trick and Treat') which is the best-researched, well-referenced book I've read since leaving academia a decade ago! In his book Groves p;oints out that some of the drugs diabetics take actually increase weight...

Hi everyone, Well, I started low carbing in August 2010 with my weight at 17st 12lbs and blood sugar totally out of control (early morning reading on 1st day of diet: 17.9). I had my clinic appointment only 2 weeks into my new regime and my HbA1c was 9.7; blood was taken for lipids etc. Today I...

Thanks to all of you for those helpful and supportive replies. Perhaps I am not eating enough, so I'll up the carbs to 30gms this week and see where that takes me. On a more positive and philosophical note: I've been battling the weight for 42 years, so a few more weeks is really not too long to...

Hi. After completing 4 weeks of low carbing, I am now seriously desperate for some help. Started with 2 weeks at 20gms and lost over 8lbs but ketosis slowed and virtually ceased towards the end of week 2. Last 2 weeks at 25gms, ketosis very variable, sometimes seems to be moderate-high, other...

Hi cugila Sorry if I offended. Just didn't know the protocol here. Seems like everything is just a learning curve. I'll just quietly crawl back under my stone.

Hi. I don't understand why this post was moved from the low carb discussions to the weight loss forum as I wanted to seek help about low carb eating. I think the punctuation in the heading has also been altered so that it now reads as though I am wanting help about how to gain weight when that...

Hi. I'm into week 4 of this low carb lifestyle. Started on 20gms carbs for 2 weeks, bought the books and the ketone uristicks and found my rate of ketone production was quite low, but lost almost 8lbs and BS really improved. Week 3 raised my carbs to 25gms - lost just over 1lb. Now, still at...

Magill, you think my local Council wastes money? Yes, that would be about right. In fact, in the general scheme of things, the likely cost of the aqua suits is peanuts compared to the other half-baked, brainless and generally over-expensive things my local Council has spent taxes on over the...

hello anniep. Thanks for your support. I know what you mean about school P. E. experiences: my gym teacher looms large in my nightmares; she was just a bully in shorts and a tracksuit :!: However, do give the gym a try. Is there a 'women only' gym or gym session near you? That might help you to...

Etty, Thanks for the info and the support. Did you find it easy to lose weight on this low carb thing? I know that the 'cutting all visible fat off bacon' might sound virtuous - but it isn't :!: I just can't stand the texture of animal fat in my mouth, so I always remove all visible fat from...

Hi everyone. I've been reading and posting since early august, but never actually got round to inroducing myself. I'm a 58 yr old female, wife, mother of 1 daughter, now just a housewife. I was diagnosed T2 in mid 2001 with a BS of 30 :!: :!: All the women in my family have been overweight and...

Well, nothing like 'striking while the iron's hot' 'no time like the present' etc. I was so shocked at the info re 'elmlea' that I have sent emails to unilever, diabetes uk, and a couple of govt departments :!: Plus, the rest of the stuff that I had in the fridge has now gone down the sink :) I...

Sid, Thanks very much for that info about Elmlea. You're right - it was Elmlea I was using. Your post gave me quite a shock :shock: I followed the link to Alfie and then through to other bits of info. I am totally appalled that the govt can allow a product to claim to be 'low fat' when it has...

Hi. This is only my 3rd post here but I do visit a lot and read all the very supportive and helpful posts, so I'm hoping that someone with more experience of low carbing can help me out please. Diagnosed T2 in 2001, (with strong family history of menopausal onset T2 in all female relatives over...

Hi. I'm new to low-carbing. Have bought several books and counters etc but can't find the answer to my particular problem. My books say that milk contains carbs because it contains lactose. So I got some lactose-free milk (can't live long without coffee and can't drink it black!!) but none of...

Hi. I have just joined this community. I was browsing the net, looking for something to keep me going for a while and found you. I am T2, diagnosed 9 years ago, can't take metformin (it makes me really ill), so currently taking pioglitazone and glicamide. My BS is always highest in the mornings...