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mark cleaver

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi, I'm new to this chats, but not to type 2, I'm afraid. 500 metformin 2x daily.
I fell off the wagon 18 months ago after a series of deaths in the family and a friend.
Then, 2 wks before Christmas I felt a numbness in the end of my big toe. Panic set in. I bought a lifestyle libre2 . What a difference. (Dr. won't supply unless I was using insulin.) Highs of 16.5 !!! without trying !!. Stopped eating everything. Started with only steak, onions, eggs, mushrooms, walnuts, prawns, corned beef and plain water. Absolutely total cold turkey. !!!
Numbers dropped to 10, within a week.
Numbers dropped to 8....9 within a further week.
After another 2x weeks I added fish, mayo, seaweed , biltong, peanut butter and tiny pieces of 85% Linda choc.
Fasting reading this morning was 5.8.
Watch this space. Mark. 62.
 
Hi @mark cleaver and welcome to the forum - doesn't sound like there is much you need to know - excellent result.

It's tough to prioritise yourself sometimes; but you know what to do.

Out of your list, I personally have been a little shocked at the contents of most mayo and most biltong (but have recently taken to making my own in an electric smoker - that's a little slice of heaven right there..)

On the other hand - I get through about a 1/3 of a packet of 85% chocolate every day.. love it.
Here's to less than 6 every day!!
 
mark cleaver said:
Thankyou. Obviously the tough bit will be coping with the lack of variety. But, taking each day at a time and ALWAYS having healthy "treats" available .
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Well, I did say “Great start”. What you could take from that is that you are beginning an adventure of a new way of eating. As long as the medication you have is not one that can cause hypos , and your Metformin doesn’t, then there are all sorts of low carb foods to give variety.
Have a read round the forums. Pick up ideas from others. There are also websites with ideas. Such as
www.dietdoctor.com

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