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    LCHF one week and amazing progress

    Thanks guys. I think the idea sounds great in my mind, but the flesh is weak. Need to man up to this before I get put on insulin. I'll give this a go and see what happens, won't be until after Easter though, have lots of family over so carbs will be available and will be consumed! Once they...
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    LCHF one week and amazing progress

    So having been diagnosed for a while, been a good boy and followed my diabetic nurses advice and found my HBa1C didn't go down much, then going onto Metformin and seeing a bit of an improvement, I got a bit down and started eating the wrong things again. Now realising that I don't feel too good...
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    Need to lose 80kg, starting tomorrow!

    Well done Cass! The thing with all of these things is to just start it! There will be days (some time ahead) when you just want to throw in the towel, when you think that you'll never make that goal. BUT, if you have started on those days just look back and see how far you have come! That...
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    Fruit

    I eat a banana and drink orange juice for breakfast, eat tomatoes and an apple for lunch most days. Sugars tend to be under 6 2 hours post fruit. I don't eat many grapes anymore, or pineapples, mango etc. I have always eaten quite a bit of fruit so I don't know if this is my body just used to...
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    Are you hitting the 3 main diabetes targets?

    As Meatloaf would say 'two out of three ain't bad'! I get the BP and the HBa1C scores fine, but my C levels are hovering around the 5 mark. My DN and GP don't seem too worried though! :D
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    carbohydrate"

    Glass, your experience is all to common from what I've heard on here and from other type 2's! I wasn't told anything about CHO by my diabetic nurse. Indeed when I told her that I was trying to reduce their intake she told me that I should just steer clear of anything sugary and sweet and that if...
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    Newly Diagnosed

    Hi Sahington! Don't get too worried about your levels in the first week or so! In fact when I started I didn't test for about 3 weeks! Concentrate on the positives. You are now getting treatment for this disease and you can get yourself to a position where you feel well and also on control of...
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    Diagnosed 4 hours ago

    Hi Dee I was diagonsed last October type 2. No symptoms at all! I have high blood pressure and it was picked up at an annual blood check. I take 2x Metformin per day, have stopped eating anything sweet and drinking beer (apart from Christmas and NYE and my birthday etc) that was the hardest...
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    general help

    Kerry They mean any health care person that will then make a report to your GP so your Diabetic Nurse will do this for you. I have never seen my GP about my Diabetes, she phoned me to tell me I was diabeticand not to eat anything sweet before I saw the nurse the following week. Once I went to...
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    Statins ?

    Hi Angie THanks for the heads up on Omega 3 capsules. I might ask the DN about them next visist and if they won't prescribe them I might just go and buy myself some anyway! If I can get the Cholesteral down myself then they might just get off my back about statins, shich I really don't want to...
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    Statins ?

    Hmm Gotta go and see my Diabetic nurse in 10 days or so. Current sugar readings are between 5.2 and 6 not higher. I've managed this by just cutting down on everything and not eating sweet stuff at all. I eat some mixed unsalted nuts each day and have stopped drinking beer (apart from Christmas...
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    Viv's Modified Atkins Diet

    Hmm. I know what you are saying about this diet. I have stopped anything sweet (apart from a very rare treat - about 2 per month) eat wholemeal granary bread, shredded wheat for breakfast with a small glass of grapefruit juice and a normal evening meal with some pasta, rice or potato. I have...
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    Beer !

    Hi Room 04a I'll back up the rest of the posters on here. I'm not going to tell you what to do, it is your life and I guess only you can make the decisions to drink or not as the case may be. I'm a fairly recent diagnosed type 2, CAMRa member loving the festivals and a few pints of decent ale...
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    Just diagnosed Type2, almost no advice or help given!

    So sorry that you have had such a raw introducion to Diabetes! Only having had a diagnosis for a month myself I'm amazed at the help I've been given by my Diabetic nurse. There seems to be a huge amount of info out there, I can't understand why you haven't been given more info and help! With a...
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    NUTS!!!!!!!!!

    I've started eating unsalted mixed nuts. I love Brazils and walnuts, but mix in cashews and peanuts as well. Seems to be good for me! Dunno what the Diabetic nurse will say when I tell her on Wednesday though! I've lost 1 stone since being diagnosed last month. got my glucose down to 5.3 on 2x...
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    Just given the 'good news'!

    Guys, the 'good news' was in '' to mean that I was not being serious about it being good news! I, along with I guess everyone else, don't want to have this condition, but now I have it I'm trying, with my bad sense of humour, to make the best of it! Don't want to offend anyone as the advice on...
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    Just given the 'good news'!

    Hi Mary How low was low carb? losing 3 1/2 stone would be great! I've lost 1 stone in the past year through a bit of changing my diet, but could do with shedding some more! Guessing it would help with the old BP and diabetes control as well! SS
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    Just given the 'good news'!

    Thanks for all the advice, welcomes, and help guys! Good to know that things aren'tmaybe as bad as I first thought! Started an exercise regime already, cut out sweet stuff and am looking at my carbs. All the books etc seem to say low GI. I have got my morning glucose level down to 10.1 from 15...
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    Just given the 'good news'!

    Hi I've just been given the 'good news' this morning by my GP that I'm a type 2 Diabetic. My fasting glucose was 15 which isn't good news! HBa1C coming soon! So I'm now full of questions! What's the first step? how does it affect my life? I know I need to change a bit of my diet and more...