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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lovinglife" data-source="post: 2590889" data-attributes="member: 22428">My testing regime when first diagnosedFirst thing after having a pee in the morningRight before breakfast - 2 hrs after first biteRight before lunch - 2 hrs after first biteRight before dinner - 2 hrs after first biteInitially I was looking for a rise of no more than 2, it took a couple of weeks for my “before” numbers to come down but I did start with very high numbers.After 2 weeks I was looking for 5s to 6s before meals and no more than 7.8 2 hrs later (this is where they purport that damage begins)Any meals that raised me above my own targets I either didn’t eat again or adjusted portion size depending on what it was.Further on and now I aim for mid 4s before meals and no more than 6.5 after 2 hrs. I have to stress this wasn’t at the start of my journey, it takes a while for your liver to rid itself of all that stored glucose, once you get to that sorted your numbers if you eat the right foods should drop.I was on max dose Gliclizide and Metformin at the beginning, as my numbers came down, weight loss etc I slowly dropped meds with the advice of my GP - now I’m only on a small dose of met.In my opinion a intense testing regime in the beginning is the most valuable thing you can do to see what food does what, eating a keto or low carb is probably the best way to eat. Once you have more knowledge of how different foods/meals affect you and you are confident in a well tested meal/plan then you can relax a little on the testing. I very rarely test now as I only eat about 15g carb a day and all my meals are well tested. I do test new meals and also have a couple days of intense testing now and then just to keep a checkYou’ll get there it’s a big learning curve and it’s a lifestyle change not a diet and that can take a little while to embed and become second nature- but it wil <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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