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Thank you! That’s insightful

When would be the most effective time to give you a mean/an average idea of where your BG level might be sitting? a) First thing when you wake up b) Last thing before bed c) Middle of the day around the same time every day d) Randomly

Totally get it! Big hugs to you. It just takes time sometimes. You're changing your diet from one that hasn't been doing you any good for a while. Honestly, no one should be eating anything they want :dead: Don't give up now when you've already put in so much work.

Assuming you are in the UK. I asked the council for a sharps disposal box. If you pay council tax you are entitled to one which they will deliver to you.

I agree with Daphne about this rather sorry piece of advice given to folks myself included. Being the swot I am however , I’d already purchased one before but it’s really only in participating in this forum that I learnt to use it. They’re not to expensive and I’d say it’s a way to see for...

A very warm welcome. I know it does hit you hard but you really are among friends. You can get better results with a change in diet and as you learn more about that and implement it in your life you're going to amaze yourself by discovering how healthier feels like for you. Although I would not...

Depends on what you mean by fell off. If by fall off you mean go completely into denial about having a problem in the first place and eating a parade of cakes, rice, cereals, fruits and pasta - then you'll find a number of stories in the forum about exactly that. If by fall off you mean eating a...

It is what I started off with and certainly gave me the motivation and hope before I found this forum. I liked the bullet point "rules" of the diet which I found easier to follow, the recipes were not really to my taste. So at the same time as I got into the BS diet, I challenged a friend of...

Hi Pam and welcome! I have found that for me, loosing weight was not the motivator in getting myself on Low Carbs. I just was more concerned with lowering the levels of my blood glucose and once you educate yourself on what that means , you begin to discover just how much hidden "sugars" there...

Hi! It might be worth really studying what you are eating and drinking if you haven’t already done so. I know I used to think that diabetics only needed to avoid sweet things like sweets and biscuits but it was only when I became diabetic myself that I learned the things I thought were good...

I can only imagine how upsetting the idea of being fully diagnosed as diabetic might feel like from having thought you had control over the progression of it to perhaps feeling helpless at having got seemingly worse. I would say that 53 is around the same mark I was when diagnosed as diabetic...

I agree and mine is a salter as well though I actually bought it for cooking and have had it longer than I've been diagnosed :) I got mine very cheaply from TKmaxx and they often have digital scales on sale/discount there if one is available to you. It can be set to do both gms and lbs. (atleast...

Tis rather a vicious cycle this, feeling rotten coz your diet is poor, and your diet is poor coz you're feeling rotten... Sometimes I think when you're in a tailspin you're so dizzy you can't see straight. Everyone prior to this post has given you some rather insightful and heartfelt advice and...

Congratulations and well done!

That is just wonderful!

Thank you very much :shy:

Ps ; I think that reads a lot harsher than I intended. It is also missing the actual way in which I would have spoken. So I just wanted to add something more positive sounding. For me personally, I remember thinking before all this - that my life was pretty good, that I was healthy etc... It's...

I was given a diagnosis of being diabetic apparently having gone past the pre-diabetic stage but not quite falling into the needing meds category. In other words " caught relatively early". My BG is strictly lifestyle and diet controlled. I do wonder about people who have meds, I feel a sort of...

My favourite no fuss go to is 10cal Jello from Hartleys https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/283609314 My favourite flavours are Key Lime Pie and Black Forest Gateaux I have a sweet tooth myself and this works very well for me.

I use psyllium husk a lot. It depends on where you get it from and ranges in price and quality. It can add a very " wholemeal" sort of look to your breads. I've experimented with it in all sorts of ways and most recently, I've made a batch of pot stickers with it (still perfecting this recipe)...