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Hi Bumblebees, I am sorry that you are hurting. My father used to tell me that I am too hard on myself and I think that you may be too. Be kind to yourself before all others. I hear you expressing a goal to be a mother. That's a good goal. I am one and it is the source of my greatest...

That's fantastic and does offer hope. She is a good role model for type 2.

Have one the best one you can find, smothered in more butter than usual. Make an occasion of it and relish it because deprivation is so bad for your head and your head/emotions need to be somehow satisfied too. And, if you want them regularly, can you get mini ones somewhere and have them...

Wow, thanks, I must try that. I can handle one piece of fruit at a time, I will usually spike if i have 2 pieces. I have a daughter who says "what's for dinner?" and generally groans when she hears the answer. I then go into mother mode "food doesn't have to entertain". It's a bit like that...

Definitely won't be following slimming world advice blindly. Before diagnosis I was thinking "this is great" as I tucked into copious bowls of "all you can eat" fruit. But, it is good to have a weekly accountability. I am also subvertively imagining that I can possibly help others vulnerable...

Hi Slim, I can identify with a lot of that, you phase it well. .... has happened I suppose and we have to deal with it or not. Some days it is easy, some days not. I have higher readings one hour after eating too and I too wonder, if this is normal and not to worry about it? At the beginning...

Hi Libby, I was terrified when I was diagnosed in November but that wears off as you gain knowledge/control. I thought the website sugar101 was good and liked her idea of reducing carbs until your numbers are normal and then reintroducing them one by one until you see what you can tolerate...

Don't give your power away to someone else. This person wasn't good for you from the beginning if they turned you away from loving yourself enough to stay healthy. Maybe instead of comfort eating, comfort yourself with a walk (you won't want to but will feel better afterwards), with an early...

Thanks prem 51, the meter made we very happy today with a fasting reading of 5.2. I won't be retested until May, so hopefully I will have a happy outcome, like yours.

Hi Hi Rosie, It is indeed a big deal, much bigger than I realized. Without the internet we would be heading for wheelchairs and dialysis, wouldn't we? knowledge is power. Dublin is way north of me, I hope the NHS are taking care of you up there.

That's good to know Diawara, I do expect/hope that this will turn out well as in slimmer, fitter, participating more. I used to enjoy buying clothes when I was slimmer and then got to wearing nearly anything that would fit. I'm looking forward to shopping again, when I get more weight down. I...

That's very hopeful, I will post a pic if and when....

I love going barefoot too. I spent a summer in bare feet/flipflops and ended up with plantar fasciitis, so I had to introduce sandals and shoes to counteract it. I still go barefoot, but, not all the time. I thought it was something that I would have to give up now, so I'm glad to see your...

Thanks Jo, I haven't been fit for a while and I am enjoying the small changes that have come so far and dreaming of cycling/hiking around Kerry, as it improves. My main concern is to take care of my emotions/head, so that I feel enriched rather than deprived from this experience.

Thank you Daisy, there's so much information to absorb at first, that this is very useful

Gosh, a blessing. I'm hoping for this, perhaps it will keep greater evils at bay?

Thanks jjraak, it is good to be heard. I have a great partner and a very kind daughter, but, people who have been there understand more. I have been eating more butter of late and it is delicious with stirfried prawns, also whipped cream over christmas. Two of my granduncles had type 2. They...

Thank you triped, I feel like I partly know you already.

Aw, that's lovely. Maybe it's just about reordering life and hoping for new and betters things. I am hoping for better fitness and new adventures. Sorry this reply was meant for mudkins

Hello Juicyj, thank you for that. I have my youngest daughter showing me how to post a reply here, so I have more than most to learn!