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I've just started reading a massive article that I'm finding quite interesting. I'm a very slow reader so this is going to take all night for me:) It's an old article but it may be of interest to some people if you haven't seen it already...

I sometimes think I sound like an advertisement for Aldi, having started at least two threads on their stuff and made many posts elsewhere. Anyway they've annoyed the beheck out of me recently. A few days ago a letter arrived which basically showed 2 photos of my car registration plate, and a...

This evening's adventure in Aldi revealed something I don't remember seeing before, close to their tubs of hummus. They've got quite a few flavours of "dip", I checked them all and they are all quite low carb, about half the carbs of the hummus. I bought an Onion & Garlic one, 7.5g carbs per...

Hi there, my name is Adam James and I've had enough of the diabetes thing, frankly it's getting old. I'm sick of numbers and graphs and testing and caring and failing and I feel I'm on the edge of a meltdown. However, today is Pay Day so I'm going to completely cure my T2 with Retail Therapy...

Chalk up yet another one of those visits to the GP in which we start to wonder why we bother to go, and end up taking refuge in a forum like this instead. My GP is the diabetic specialist by the way. First of all the good, or at least "not as bad as I thought it would be" news: My HbA1c has...

Is keto flu more likely to occur when you eat a normal amount of food which is extremely low carb, than when fasting? I think I've been having 20-50g carbs a day for a long time now and been feeling okay, so wasn't expecting to feel bad if I switched to very low carbs e.g. 5-10g and upped the...

Today at Aldi I noticed they are now doing small (170g) jars of almond butter. It's 100% roasted almonds. I just tried some neat and it's very nice. About £2. It was next to the peanut butters so presumably it's a "permanent" fixture. Their peanut butters are not as good - they taste nice but...

Does anyone have any top tips for backpacking food? As a general guide, I'm thinking that ideally it should be: * Low carb * High calorie, low weight, low volume * Not messy * Able to survive warm temperatures for 2-3 days * Not need much, if any, cooking So far, I've been packing: Savoury: *...

I've just got back from Aldi. At the checkouts they had pictures to try to encourage you to buy asparagus - 6 pictures of asparagus used in interesting ways, such as asparagus houmous. One of them looked really simple from the picture, just asparagus wrapped in parma ham with cheese on top then...

I can't see this mentioned elsewhere, so possibly worth posting it. Starts tonight, looks interesting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43838655?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=news&intc_campaign=obesitymoment&intc_linkname=article_fatfight_contentcard2

I've just done my first OGTT test tonight. What I didn't do was spend the last 3 days eating 'normal carbs', or 150g of carbs or whatever the guide is, rather I've been eating much less than that, I'm pretty certain less than 50g a day in spite of having about 30g in one sitting last night...

According to a quick Google, a 200lb person cycling at a modest pace will burn 64 calories per mile. I'm 220lb so possibly I'll be burning even more. It seems hard to believe. I've just cycled to a hill, spent just 40 minutes on a walk up and down the hill there, then cycled back. The walking...

I've been really struggling with blood sugar control in the last couple of months. The timing has coincided with starting to do a huge amount of walking in Snowdonia at the weekends, and stopping counting calories. It's been very frustrating because on the surface, I'm living a healthy...

Hi there, my name is Adam James and I am a Type 2 diabetic. I've just done a 36 hour fast. Yesterday I ate nothing and drank water and spent 5 hours walking in the hills. I'm a bit alarmed because I woke up an hour ago and now I'm hungry. Does anyone else find that they get hungry after not...

I guess there are a lot of people here with food logs and fasting blood sugar logs! I've got two questions, sort of opposites, if anyone would be kind enough to share their experiences: 1) Has anyone ever had a period of a few days when they know they have consistently been eating...

Dear Judgemental Person, I'm sorry for choosing to be fat and having T2. I didn't try to gain weight in my youth of walking, climbing, cycling, tennis and martial arts, but I admit I do like food. I am ashamed of that. Every time I look at a picture of burger and chips, I feel desire and I...

I love the way certain Americans pronounce "Diabetes". I'm not too clued up on American regional accents, but I think I'm referring to a 'southern' accent. I can't find it again, but I was watching a documentary clip on YouTube and a chap there pronounced it "dar-bee-tus", which is my favourite...

I'm 99% sure that my fingers aren't as sensitive as they used to be, but I could be imagining things. I can feel things in every finger, but I think the pressure required might be noticeably more than in the good old days. One test I tried was to wave a hand at the side of my head slowly...

I've been going very low carb and high fat for about a week, hoping that I'd experience the phenomenon that I can eat what I want and lose weight, due to the idea that one doesn't crave fatty foods as much as carby foods, and one feels more satisfied after eating fatty foods. My experience so...

I've got my Type 2, I've got my weight loss, I've got my cold extremities, I've got my freezing house with my rubbish storage heaters, I've got my visible breath in my front room, and today my fingerless gloves arrived in the post. I've been trying them out just now and I'm very excited. So...