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Thanks Helen, it was my first real concerning moment after nearly 2 months of diet control - someone gradually sneaked in a few baked potatoes for my dinners and a slice of turkey

Thanks Guzzler well i skipped breakfast as some said ‘ to give my pancreas a rest’

7.3 when waking. Felt a little odd last night after my meal awoke this morning and still not right so took a random pre- breakfast test of 7.3 is this ok for a pre diabetic?

Ok we have established. We go often because our body wants to get rid of excess glucose - but for those men out there of a certain age this symptom could very well something to do with your prostrate - Ask your doctor for a test to be sure

6.4 this morning- new to this so unsure if good or not so good ?

Yes no liquids through security at all- buy again in the shops other side of the barrier

Getting lazy I told the wife I want to live upstairs [emoji12]

So did some research reason we go to the loo a lot is your body is trying to get rid of the glucose which our insulin cannot remove from our blood - would this be why we get tired very quickly too?

Yes like all newly diagnosed people I ran at the problem

Well that’s it then plus point is my last reading was 6.4 and it looks like a salad bowl and yogurt more often I wanted to keep off bread completely so thanks for the advice I only started eating rye the last few days and it is gone now have to look for something that can bulk my meals

I am new at this too and relate to a lot of the above do you have a BG meter? And what about your exercise program ? Food, I go for fat instead of low sugar so diet food is off the list - just look at low fat yogurt how much sugar is in it compared to the normal ( I eat Greek) no pastry either...

Well I read rye bread is digested in the large intestine so doesn’t go straight to the blood stream the chicken I had I took the skin off the wheatabix was a suggestion from my Nurse as the best to eat as no sugar involved like most cereals the Banana I’ll give you that one but again this is...

Pretty good I got home and they read 6.4 must be the starvation diet plan ...

Well this is an interesting day,got up a little late had breakfast as normal Wheatabix milk and banana then for a good 3 hours I felt like .... very tired aching legs slight headache etc. Had lunch of chicken leg and some fruit eventually got myself moving not had food now for 6 hours had a...

I have a desk & kitchen fridge etc so food is always to hand I certainly know when I need carbs though so I grab a banana or rye cracker never sweets even before I was diagnosed it was never sweets scotch eggs seem to fit our category right now ?

Thanks all for the sound advise above I felt something was wrong after cycling a few times was more tired than normal eve after a few miles so blood test gave 49 ironically I think my condition was hidden by cycling be doing regular for over 20 years but had an accident and stopped but the...

Music gets me off to sleep headphones on relax then reading a book is another one for me asleep before 3rd track or 4th page [emoji108]

Thanks Catinahat. Still in shock modeso will check out what I am doing other than getting hungry and eating less [emoji3] just want to do the right thing ( and keep my feet)

I understand I need to be further away from. 100 after reading some posts

Hello yes I am UK ( Sorry for the confusing holiday photo) yes it was the HbA1c test I’ll check my test of 52/5.2 still new to it The unit measure is mmoI/L device is American made TRUE Metrix 60