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    weight loss

    Hi Roxy, I rewarded myself last thing at night with 2 squares of Lindt 85% cocoa dark choclate(see the thread I started headline chocolate) To be fair I invested in something else that was one of the main reasons for the weight loss. I put my health before money. :D
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    weight loss

    Hi CMichael. Thanks for the reply. You were pretty spot on with my height. I am actually 5ft 11ins. I did my own test yesterday by eating things I wouldn't normally eat,for example for diner I had steak,home made chips,battered onion rings,mushrooms,fried tomato's and peas. I also had one slice...
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    weight loss

    I was diagnosed type 2 Jan this year with blood levels at 12.9 cholesterol at 7.5 and weight at 17 stone. Today I weighed 12 stone 3 blood levels at between 5 and 6 most days and cholesterol levels about 3.5. The advice I'm looking for is how much weight should I lose? I would be quite happy...
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    chocolate

    thanks everyone those messages have made me very happy :lol:
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    What's your Favourite cold drink?

    zero coke or diet coke in the small bottles
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    chocolate

    Diagnosed type 2 Jan this years. Put on 3 x Metaformin and 1 simvastatin. I weighed 17 stone waist was 40 inch and blood levels were 12.9 cholesterol ws 7.3 I now weigh 12.5lbs blood levels between 5 and 6 cholesterol 3.5 waist is now 34 and I'm feeling great. Can someone tell me if eating 3...
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    breakfast cereals

    Thanks everyone
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    breakfast cereals

    Can anyone tell me whats the lowest carb breakfast cereal?
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    seeing diabetes nurse

    Thanks for the replys. I have been recently diagnosed and our grndmother had diabetes.
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    seeing diabetes nurse

    My brother has been having blood tests recently for high blood pressure. He got a call form his surgery to say he needed to come in to see the diabetes nurse. He is worried that he is now diabetic.He says he has none of the class signs,thirst,weight loss,constant toilet in the night etc. What...
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    first test result

    8am test 5.3 5pm tested just before I had my Thai curry and rice and it came out at 5.6 Tested again at 8pm and had a test result of 5.2 Now being new to all this how have I done?
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    first test result

    I am having a home made Thai curry of chicken peppers and rice at 5:00pm and will test again at 7:00pm
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    first test result

    Been diagnosed type 2 about 6 weeks now. Yesterday I bought a Acu-Chek Aviva blood glucose meter and did my first test when I got up this morning. My reading was 5.3 which I was delighted with. How accurate are these monitors?
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    playing golf

    We tee off at 9:00am every weekend.
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    playing golf

    Hi noblehead. I don't test yet as Ive only seen the Doctor once since being diagnosed 5 weeks ago. I am going for blood tests again on the 15th to see if my levels have come down. I am on 500mg Metformin 3 times daily and 20mg Simvastatin once a day to lower my cholesterol. I used to weigh 17...
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    playing golf

    Hi eveyone. Im newly diagnosed type 2 and I have found that since going on a low carb diet I have lost weight but when I go and have a round of golf which I do every weekend I now feel really tired hal way round. Is there any food I can eat the day before that will give me more energy?