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Apologies for not posting for ages, had a terrible year. 2021, my mmol was between 5.2 and 9, sometimes 5,2 both morning and night sometimes as high as 9 but not usually higher (few times just over 10) Then Feb 22 my stomach swelled up, started loosing weight without trying and at the same...

I eat my evening meal at about 7:30pm and don't eat anything until my lunch the following day at around 1pm. Should I simply measure my "before lunch" and also count it as my fasting level (would only have drunk water up until then) Or am I missing something? Thanks

Hi, just got myself a Carsens-dual meter. The ketone strips are £10 for ten. I don't intend checking every day otherwise it would cost a fortune. But intend to check every 5 days at first until I'm constantly in ketosis, then maybe once every fortnight. But what is the best time to check...

Determined to make a proper go of things this year. My last post here was Feb 2020 Bad year for everyone. 30th November 2018 Keto had got me down to 15st 8 lb 2nd Oct 2019 I was 18st 11 lb Weighed myself yesterday,. I was 127.3 kilo which converts to 20st 1 lb. This was in the afternoon...

I was watching a few random youtube vids on Keto, and one site, they said that about 75% of the diet should be from fat and about 20% from Protein and about 5% from carbs. That got me thinking, I presume that ideally I should be eating more fat than protein? Does that seem a feasible goal to...

As I posted elsewhere a while ago, I stupidly came off ,my diet for Christmas and ended up putting it all back on I tried going back on a few months ago, but it made me very ill. I suffer from health problems anyway, but unlike the previous time I was on it, I had severe diarrhoea within...

I threw the first cup away as it looked like a curdled mess. 2nd cup, I let it cool down a little before putting in the milk, then stirred and it looked perfect. Then about 3 mins later it looked black. I tried stiring it again and it looked fine for a short while. In the end I kept a spoon...

Hi all. Anyone had any luck sourcing Maple Extract in the UK? So many different sorts on Amazon. Trying to make maple syrup from this recipe :) https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/sugar-free-maple-syrup/ Thanks

Been buying my ground almonds at Tesco, 200g for £2.30 Today in Morrisons, I saw they were selling 3 bags of Whitworths 150g Ground Almonds for £3 (hence 450g for £3) so I bought them. Just compared the packaging (all g per 100g). Tesco: Fat: 54.1 of which saturates 4.3 Carbs: 3.8 of which...

A recipe for almond flour cookies says the following for each cookie https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/gluten-free-shortbread-cookies-low-carb-sugar-free/ Total carbs 3.3g Net Carbs 1.7g For the purpose of how we are counting carbs, which one should I be taking notice of please? Many thanks

Hi all. The one thing I cant stand the smell or taste of is coconut. You could (well before I had diabetes) put almost anything in front of me and I could eat it (OK somethings I'm not keen on, but can palate most things). But coconut, no. Not allergic in a medical sense, but the taste makes...

Hi all, I know it was wrong to do what I did, but I will probably do it again next Christmas, and probably if I go on holiday this year. I have numerous health issues, getting Type 2 was the icing on the cake so to speak, in fact the reality is, when I was told, I smiled and said something else...

Hi all, been using codefree for months and am more than happy with it. I entered the draw on facebook for the Contour one, and received one (I suspect everyone with diabetes who enters, gets one) , but I don't get strips on prescription, so it's going to be sitting in a cupboard until such...

Hi all. I had my eyes tested at specsavers around Feb March, and they said my sight had changed considerably. As I had recently been diagnosed as a diabetic, she stressed the importance of coming back in a year for another test. However, my lenses are over £200 (varifocals) and I currently...

Admittedly I've not looked into ice cream yet, but I suffer from very fry throats and ice cream or ice lollies are really nice (regardless of it being winter). I have been making my own lemon ice lollies out of sugar free lemon squash and water in ice lolly molds. These work to a point, but...

As per the title, what are your opinions? I've been on a strict LCHF diet for 16 weeks. I would be lying if I said I didn't miss my carbs. I decided to take Saturday and Sunday off as my son was home to celebrate his (25th) birthday. Sat morning my weight was 101.8. Had a couple of bacon...

I like the way I can log onto my GP surgery and view my test results. They did a full mot :) Hbac1 only 37 :) Last time it was checked (before I joined this site) it was 55 Only things that seem a little high to me (with zero medical knowledge) are some of my Urea and Electrolytes. I...

Hi all. Tom Watson has written a blog about his journey to remission with his type 2 diabetes, it can be found here. https://www.tom-watson.com/type_2_diabetes_and_me?utm_campaign=my_christmas_dvd_pledge&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaigncountdown Not meaning to bring politics into this...

Started a strict low carb high fat diet, I've kept under 20 carbs a day (24 some days but that's with me rounding everything up) Each Monday I weigh myself wearing the same clothes on the same scales, making sure the scales are set to zero first. This week I've put on 1kg and to be honest...

I just remembered I've got an evening out in September and it was one of those things you had to give the menu months ago. I THINK I put prawn something for starter, roast for a main, and apple pie and ice cream for pud. Hmm, what to do. Don't want to offend them by not eating anything, from...