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I believe that for the majority of BG testers, unless you manually change the settings, the default setting for LO is 4.0 and under, so I wouldn't necessarily panic if it shows being LO. Lots of things can cause this - having a cold or upset stomach are a couple of examples.

Since T2 diagnosis in December, I have been using canderel as a sweetener in cups of tea without any issues at all. Three days ago I ran out and switched to sweetex (as that was all the shop had), and since then I have been spiking like mad. Tonight I tested my BS two hours after my meal and it...

That's your brain trying to force you back towards the sugar! It picks it's moments when your feeling down in the hope you will give in and eat something sweet! You have to fight it. It only takes a week or so before the cravings disappear. Think long term, not short snack. If I have to have...

A regular snack I have for lunch is to cut a hunk of cheddar into several cubes, do the same with half a tin of corned beef and a fairly large portiob of beetroot. The beetroot has carbs in it but only around 10 in a portion, making it acceptable. If that doesn't fill you up, add some more...

I have to admit I now look at meals differently. The food I used to eat was killing me and the food I now eat isn't! Even if it does get a bit boring, it's allowing me to get rid of my excess weight by not eating carbs and forcing my body to use up the fat stored all around me. If I start to...

Everyone reacts differently to high and low readings. For myself, I have found that I start to itch all over if I go above 10 and it's a horrible feeling that won't go away until my BG drops again. Likewise, if I drop below 4.5 then my wrists and fingers start aching. At first I was annoyed...

That is not a bad reading (10.1) for the first test. My first reading was 27! There are many many variables that can affect your readings. If you have had food on your hands and you touch the slit where the blood goes, that can give a false high reading. If you are unwell, or feeling poorly...

Your figures are already telling you what the problem is. You are still hooked on sugar and your brain picks the worst time of the day to get you to eat more of the stuff! There is no easy way to wean yourself away from carbs but you have to persist and that starts with dumping bread, pasta and...

To get rid of the visceral fat that is around your pancreas and liver, you first need to get rid of all the fat everywhere else on your body! I have given myself two goals now that I have T2D - to get down to my BMI weight, which is 175lbs and to not be dead! I started out at 266lbs two months...

To work in the medical profession is an honourable one and I don't believe that any one of them have to be diabetic to make them any better, or even more sympathetic. They are well trained and (usually) willing to listen and learn as they go along. The blogs above would certainly seem to support...

I was going to post a photo of myself but the only ones I have make me look like the long- abandoned son of Jabba the Hut and the dark Emperor! I'll leave it for now...

The point of my blog was to try and differentiate between dieting and wanting to live. Whenever I have let anyone know that I am now diabetic, one of the first questions I am asked is whether I am now on a diet, and if so, what have I had to give up. The word 'diet' has been misused for so long...

Now living with T2D and medically controlled, I have had to wake up and start living in the real world. I have now changed to a low carb way of eating and I do admit that it has not been easy. I'm not the greatest eater of vegetables - or at least I wasn't - and like the majority of everyone...

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Thank you for all the above replies. I have been looking at this in the wrong way and I'll go by the carbs reading from now on. I still need to get my weight down BIG TIME, so I am assuming a limit of 25 carbs a day is okay. I do have a meter and I am self testing quite a lot so I can see how...

Thanks for the info. For the time being I am concentrating on the sugars figure and trying to limit myself to 10g a day (or less). I have enough stored sugar (fat!) on me to keep me going!

Just a quickie - when people talk about sticking to 20 carbs a day, are they referring to the total carbs for that food or the sugar reading within the carbs. For example, a particular dish might have a total of 20g carbs per helping, of which sugars are 3g. There's a heck of a difference...

I read your post and saw that it was exactly how I have spent the last couple of years - in denial! I now have T2D requiring medication and am coming to terms with the implications this brings. Your body is telling you that you are going downhill but your brain is hoping the bogey man will go...

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I'll look this up. Thanks (and yes, I'm in Dundee)