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    Pain during fasting and/or ketosis

    Hi all, I have recently in the past month gradually reduced my carbs whilst doing time restricted eating between 16-21 hours a a day. I have had a couple of non fast days. It took almost three weeks to see an improvement in my glucose levels but once I saw it I was delighted. I have now just...
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    T2 fasting and metformin SR

    Both myself and my husband are type 2 and very overweight. the last two weeks we have been fasting 16:8 and 18-19:6 and slowly moving towards low carb. I have lost weight and he hasn’t lost as much, the difference being he still takes 2000mg daily and I just stopped. I suggested the failure to...
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    unexplained stall on keto

    Hi I'm having a bulletproof with double cream, butter and C8 MCT oil at about 930am Eggs x 3 cooked in butter around 12-1pm sometimes later depending on work schedule Main meal around 8-9pm at night (can't really change that due to work schedule) Repeat the next day
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    unexplained stall on keto

    I've been doing keto since mid January and have been pretty strict with it. At first the weight fell off, I lost over a stone in 5 weeks but since then I've had a month long stall. I can't think why (apart from hormones as my periods have stopped). I'm eating less than 1400 cals a day (242 lbs...
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    Gastric surgery

    Thats pretty rough, what area are you in? I'm in Lancashire but the doc said I'd have to go to stoke for some reason.
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    Gastric surgery

    Thanks for taking the time to reply and WOW, well done. Fantastic you must feel pretty good now? I'll keep chipping away at the low carb and a daily walk until the time comes to make a decision. With any luck I'll have lost more weight, but I'm still interested to hear others experiences -...
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    Type 2 hi, struggling what to eat at evening meal, non-carbs

    Hi there I adapt recipes off the 8 week blood sugar diet website. I don't stick to the ridiculous 800 cals a day - but I adapt the recipes to feed my entire family and give the kids a bit of brown rice/pasta or sweet potato with it. Last week we had...
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    What is the best info for a young type 2 with learning disabilities?

    My son has autism and dyspraxia which affects motor and planning. He also has communication difficulties and misophonia. I set alarms on his mobile phone to remind him to do certain things, and we have lots of visual displays around the home to encourage him to become more independent...
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    Gastric surgery

    I went to see my consultant yesterday and we had a long discussion about how I can't tolerate certain medications because of my other medical conditions. I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowl syndrome, lactose intolerance, degenerative disc disease with 4 slipped discs...