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Good evening, so far I've not been medicated for my T2 but haven't been controlling it well through diet so Ive agreed to be medicated. I was steered away from metformin and have been prescribed Canagliflozin. I'm petrified to take it as the common side effects are UTI's and thrush. I get these...

Thank you everyone for your support! The dietitian assumed that my Hba1c had gone down because of medication, she was surprised when I told her it was diet! She quoted the old Live well adage of quarter of a plate lean protein, quarter carb and half veg. I've don't this method so many times and...

OK, so I've been doing LCHF since January, I've lost 2 stone and my Hba1c has gone from 61 to 52. I had a telephone appointment with a dietitian yesterday, as referred by my diabetic nurse. Despite my results she wasn't keen for me to be doing LCHF and said I should move to a mediterranean diet...

Afternoon! When I started LCHF I was aiming at under 90g of carbs a day but to be fair I was having around 50g-60g. In 6 weeks I'd lost a stone and my Hba1c had dropped from 61 to 52! My weight loss over the last 3 weeks has stalled and I'm not completely sure why. I put in a tracker my food for...

Thank you so much for everyone's kind words and advice, there is a lot I can take on board and use which has given me a bit of motivation [emoji122][emoji122]. I tried 10 chips yesterday and my bloods went from 6.3 to 10.1 [emoji50]. I had to try and now I know that my body doesn't appreciate...

Not sure why I'm posting, maybe to get it off my chest but here goes. I'm not on diabetic meds but the nurse keeps nagging so I thought it was time to get myself I gear and get my sugars under control. I've been trying to loose weight for about 6 months by going to the gym twice a week and...

Thank you everyone for your advice. I've found an app to help count my carbs. I thought it might be handy to count calories and I sometimes don't eat enough. I'm not on statins, I'm on antidepressants and a small dose of beta blocker for migraines. I did get a better night sleep but I do get...

I'm trying to aim for 20g or less carbs a day... Trying! Cows milk/cream/yogurt gives me bad tummy pains so I gave that up a while ago. I'm eating 3 meals a day, no snacking as I don't feel I need it. My sleep has been awful recently, my brain doesn't shut up half the time and my son ends in bed...

Thanks for your replys, I'm still all new to this, which part of my breakfast had the carb in so I know to take it out? I'm trying to mimic cereal as I have omelette for lunch and don't want eggs twice. For my evening meal I had sausages, carrots, brocolli, green beans and Brussel sprouts... I...

Morning everyone. I stopped eating carbs on Monday and my blood results this morning are confusing, considering I've had the same for breakfast each morning... A mixture of ground almonds, chia seeds, sesame seeds, almonds, almond milk, coconut milk and sunflower seeds. I also have a coffee with...

Wow you are all so helpful! Thank you! I don't know what my bloods were before my breakfast as I hadn't found my meter. I have no real idea what the numbers should be or what a big or little rise is. When I found out I was diabetic it was via letter and once I got over the shock, I was in denile...

Thank you for all your advice. I took my bloods 2 hours after my breakfast which was a piece of toast and healthy version of peanut butter and it was 12.5!!!! Before lunch it was 7.8 and then just now it was 9.8! For lunch I had 3 scrambled eggs and caugettes (fridge is a bit empty) I must say...

Hi Jo thanks for the advice. Is low carb essentially Keto, as I tried that diet before and got killer headaches!! I'm happy to cut down on carbs but what does everyone have for breakfast and lunch? Evening meal I think I can cope with. I will definitely look at the link and info though thank you Jo.

My hba1c is 7.9 and previous visit was 6.5. I'm not restricting my food on purpose although I'm need to loose about 3 stone and I'm scared to put more weight on. I stopped Dairy as it gives me horrible tummy pains these days. I do have a meter but I was told I didn't need it after my pregnancy...

Hi, this is my first post. I'm frustrated as my diabetic nurse keeps trying to push medication on my but I want to do diet control but she offers no support. In September I started with a personal trainer 2 hours a week (I'm quite sedentary) and gave up dairy and overhauled my diet. The results...