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I personally don't get the impression from this forum that we have to test before and after every meal to be responsible. At the start of my journey, almost exactly a year ago, I tested about 6 times a day to understand how my body was reacting to different foods and following the advice of my...

I had my first gain of 1.5lbs, which feels a little unfair as I stayed lchf over Christmas. I just had a bit more double cream and the odd glass of wine. I've been losing every week so there was bound to be a week that I wouldn't lose and Christmas seems fitting lol! I think I might take a...

Last Friday was -2.5lbs Today - 2.75lbs SW: 22st 13.5lbs CW: 19st 5.75lbs Finding it hard to believe I might see the 18's fairly soon! ickihun - I know what you mean about feeling the cold more and I still have a lot of padding. I was a little worried it's a sign that my metabolism has...

I didn't post last week but had just a small loss of 0.5lbs. Which made sense the next day as it was totm. This morning I weighed 19st 11lbs and 5lbs down, feels really nice to be in the 19's :happy: I think it probably wasn't all this weeks loss but I was weighing heavier last week due to...

I'm 1lb down this week, which puts me at 3lbs away from weighing 19st something. It's been a long time since my weight had a 1 at the start, so that's my next milestone.

I had stopped dieting for a good three years before being diagnosed. I gained no weight and yet I made all food freely available. The less restricted I felt, the less I was bothered by food. Before that it was low fat diets all the way, like WW and calorie counting, now that needed "willpower"...

3.5lbs loss this week and happy with that :) Ryhia - No I don't really have a goal weight at the moment. I haven't been slim in my adult life so I literally have no reference point. I'm mostly looking forward to losing enough weight that it doesn't get in the way of living so much.

I don't think I've posted the last 3 weeks (life has been a bit hectic!) but I did weigh each Friday: - 25/11 -2.5lbs 1/11 - 5.5lbs 8/11 - 1.5lbs I'm down by 2st 6lbs in total and feeling so much better for it. Ryhia - I hope you can find the confidence to get back in the pool. I got myself...

I think about it a lot at the moment but I think that's fairly understandable as I was only diagnosed early September. I'm finding it's getting a lot more comfortable to make choices and less consistent thought is required. It gives me hope that one day it will stop being so all consuming and...

I weighed yesterday at 21st 3lbs, previous was 21st 8lbs two weeks ago. So really pleased with that and enjoying being under 300lbs. Not very impressed by my new scales though, I have to place them on the exact square on the kitchen floor and even then they seem temperamental. Typical when the...

Just watching it now and feeling rather sad that I've developed type 2 in my 30's and I've never eaten as badly as the couple on this show. The amount of sugar they were eating, plus not knowing what courgette is or having prepared broccoli and the only fresh food in their trolley was grapes! I...

Thanks HSSS and Energize, that makes about insulin levels going up after eating bringing the number down. I'd read about levels not necessarily being low while fasting but when I looked up levels dropping after meals the only things coming up were about hypos! Which is really not something I...

As a newbie I'm just wondering if this is normal. I'm eating LCHF closer to Keto. I've also been extending my fasting from 16hrs to between 20-24hrs some days. Not having breakfast most days but only doing the longer fasts every few days. Today for example I broke my fast for dinner, so pretty...

Wow that's an amazing change and very inspiring for a newbie! Hoping mine is as good in January after being diagnosed at 80 in September.

I'm glad you asked this I've been wondering the same and now I know. I've been keeping my food choices fairly simple as I'm a newbie but I'm itching to have a go at some keto/low carb baking!

Update: I saw the nurse and she was rather impressed by my readings and weight loss. She had planned to up my metformin to 2 a day but decided to leave me on 1. She thinks if I carry on my next blood test could see me nearing pre diabetes range and coming off medication. She does seem really...

Thanks Jim Lahey, it's odd to think of being obese as possibly a saving grace but it does help to.gave somewhere to go and more options for change. I'm trying out being more open about the diabetes and the responses are more supportive and concerned than judgemental. I really hope I do manage...

Hi everyone, newbie here and wondering if I could join this thread please. I was diagnosed with type 2 4 weeks ago and started low carb pretty much the next day. I was weighed 5 weeks ago at the dr's at 145.6kg or nearly 23 stone. Today I was weighed again at 138.8kg so 21st 9lbs ish...

Listlad - so many symptoms! Who knew I actually don't mind waking up after all and all the drinking water wasn't just because it was summer, plus I thought my bladder was just fed up after having kids! It's so nice to have so much energy again. In some weird way it's a relief to know what was...

Mbaker thank you, I do know what you mean about the carb pull. At the moment I feel fine about it even though we still have a lot in the house and I have even had to prepared food I can't eat for my kids. It's almost like it's not even a choice to avoid them, the alternative is making the...