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Hi all, have recently climbed back on the wagon after falling off yet again and getting an HBA1C of 8.4 :sour: I have been making chia seed pudding with coconut milk and lemon extract but fancy making some chocolate orange flavour, can anyone tell me if this Dr Oetker cocoa powder is ok, or can...

I may have to start buying mozzarella, ground almonds and cream cheese in bulk! Just tried the sausage rolls from the Ditch the Carbs website, quite happy with how they turned out...

I'm feeling proud of myself. Just made my first fat head pizza and for the first time I'm actually feeling excited about changing my eating habits. Has anyone tried using the base for anything other than pizza? I'm thinking of trying sausage rolls next. My kids have asked if they can make...

Just doing my weekly shop and saw this. Anyone know if it's any good?

Since getting back on low carb I have been eating one square of lindt 85% a day. I don't know if this is bad, but it's definitely an improvement on the 200g bars of milk chocolate I would eat in one sitting before [emoji19] Anyway, was just wondering if there are any flavoured 85% or above that...

This may be a silly question and I'm probably missing something, but when I Google how many carbs there is in 25g of pecans it says 4g. But on the packet I have the same amount works out as 1.4g. Anyone know which is correct please?

Hi all, I was diagnosed with type 2 around 6 years ago. I got it all under control and lost 4 stone. Then (I don't mean this to sound like excuses, this is just what happened) my dad and my father-in-law died within three months of each other, our landlord sold our house and we had to move...

Do you have any family members (or friends even) that aren't very supportive? My mum comes round every other day to see the kids and always brings treats for them, chocolate or crisps etc.. She knows that I'm trying to be strict because I'm trying to keep my BG readings under control and lose...

Does anyone eat these? I bought one the other day, a chocolate and orange one, looked forward to eating it all day... It was FOUL!!! :lol:

Hi everyone :) I have an appointment to see my nurse next week and it's been 3 months since I last saw her, since then I have gone from 24 stone :oops: to 21 stone.. obviously I have ALOT more to lose but was wondering if this a good loss for the time it's taken? I'm quite proud of myself...

Help I'm confused (it doesn't take much lol)... I went for my 'diabetic blood audit' on friday and have my nurse appointment next week, but as I'm impatient I phoned the surgery today to ask for my results. I asked for my HbA1c result (I'm anxious to know as it's my first one since diagnosis 4...

Hi all, in two weeks time I have my first HBa1C (having been diagnosed in june).. I was wondering, will the result be similar to the 90 day average on my glucose tester or something completely different? My 90 day average is 6.3, that's not too bad right?!

I was diagnosed just over 2 months ago now and I'm still having an upset stomach after taking metformin. I'm on 500mg 3 times a day. Without going into too much detail, I'm having to rush to the toilet an hour after every meal, 3 or 4 times. I told my doctor and he said he can't reduce my dose...

I've been invited on a hen night next month and we're going to an indian restaurant, can anyone recommend what I could eat that is low carb?

Hello! I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now and thought I'd finally join. I was diagnosed with type 2 about a month ago, after waking up in the middle of the night having palpitations. Went to hospital and my blood sugar was 21 :shock: Since then, thanks to information I've read...