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Thank you for the kind words folks, The only downside is the place where I use the scales to weigh myself I worked my last shift there tonight, I'm going to have to purchase a set of digital scales to weigh myself at home from now on, that's the only way I can get a true(ish) reading I guess...

Weighed myself on the same scales that ive been using for the last few months and ive only gone and lost 2kg in the past week :) Besides cutting right back on carbs (not cut them out totally yet) ive stopped eating fruit altogether now too, and finally I'm starting to see the results of my...

Well I earned my corn today, I had a bacon butty for my breakfast (on hovis low carb bread) no lunch, a trip out to Conwy that involved some serious walking up and down hills, I'm ready for my tea now, chicken and broccoli with no potatoes . . I'm sure if my legs could talk they'd be calling me...

Look like one inside too, as in a firm pulp, not a soft, mushy pulp It was still 2 days within the 'use by' date, but as ive never seen the insides of one before I just presumed it had gone overripe, still can't convince myself that's how they're meant to look though, maybe once I can psych...

Re avocados, I bought on on Tuesday just gone and went to eat it on Wednesday evening, it was the first time I'd ever handled one and it felt soft, I was expecting it to feel like a potato, this one felt soft, I'd seen stories in the press about "avocado hand" where people slice their fingers...

I substituted fruit from chocolate, I'd eat anything up to 7 bars a day no problem, washed down with a large bottle of lucozade, ive never been a fitness fanatic as such but I used to enjoy walking a lot, I once had a job that involved a 5.5 miles walk to and from work every day, that was a...

I'm going to have to starve myself to death by the look of it, and ditto for the chicken with 0% carbs/sugar, i'll ditch the fruit, bread and potatoes then if they're going to be a problem, its going to be a long, hard journey by the look of it :(

I hear so many conflating reports about the fruit side of things, one NHS website said eating fruit such as apples and berries can help reduce blood sugar levels because fruit contains natural sugar and not processed sugar, and on the packet of cheese (Gouda) it says 0% carbohydrates, of which...

Its my 3rd week eating 'healthier' food, and yes it is fruit, not a massive amount I have to admit but its 101% more than I used to eat, my diet now is 1 shredded wheat with whole milk for breakfast, 2 slices of wholewheat bread with cheese and tomato for the filling, 2 plums, 2 apricots, an...

Hi, Ive cut out the junk food, I'm eating more 'healthier' food, ive cut down on meal portions, I'm even getting off the train a stop earlier and walking the last 2 miles to work, yet ive gained 2 1/2 kilos in weight !!! I'm trying to lose it, not put it on, I'm now at the heaviest ive...

Thanks for your advice folks, I presume i'll be able to buy said strips from high st chemists ? Taking readings 2 hours after eating won't be easy though, I don't get home from work until around 11pm on a Wednesday and Thursday night and I usually go straight to bed without eating anything...

Wholemeal bread, chicken breast, spinach, broccoli and shredded wheat with blue top milk was what I ate yesterday. So far today its been 2 shredded wheat and 1 wholemeal slice of toast for breakfast, i'm having tuna chunks in brine with 2 slices of wholemeal bread for lunch at work and...

191g I should hasten to add

Good morrow, I counted how many carbohydrates I ingested yesterday and it came to 191 in total, the recommended daily amount is 240 (I think) obviously that's for someone in good health. Is that enough for somebody who has impaired glucose tolerance like I have ? Or should I be...

Its the "of which sugar" part I'm looking at, so it should the the % of carbs I need to take heed of and not the 'sugar' amount ? I still

I keep seeing that rice and potatoes are to be avoided amongst other things food wise, yet looking at the packages rice is generally only 1% of your daily sugar intake, and ready made mash 2%, then on the other hand apples 6% yet some of the things ive read about foods to eat or avoid champion...

Thanks for the info goonergal, I take it from your user name you support spurs ? I'll check it all out

How do I go about doing a self test on my glucose levels ? I've seen a sign outside a Saintsbury's near where I live saying you can have a free diabetes check up or something on those lines, but by the time I get home from work they're closed, I won't be home til around 11pm tonight for...

Avocado update . . didn't see any in the supermarket last night, as the old saying goes "what the eyes don't see, the eyes don't miss"

I'm avoiding bread, cereal and potatoes because they seem to be THE avoid, I rarely eat pasta or rice anyway, so I won't miss them, on a bread wrapper last night it said one slice equals 2% of the recommended daily amount of sugar, 1 loaf usually lasts me 5 days, I have to be honest I don't...