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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2447697" data-attributes="member: 506169">There's a famous saying in a Clint Eastwood movie 'Dirty Harry'  it is 'Do you feel lucky?' Well, if you do then look no further than the slimming club - knowing that Diabetes is for the long term and counting calories to lose weight has a consistent  long term failure rate.To tackle diabetes you need to think long term. Judging by your login name, you got into this situation by lifestyle. Since the 1980's we have been given advice that is terrible for diabetics  because all carbohydrates (sugars and starches) turn into glucose almost as soon as we eat them )whole grains may take a tiny bit longer).This means that we Type 2's need to cut down of the amount of carbohydrates we eat. If we do that, the Blood Glucose is lower, which means the Insulin response is lower which means we get hungry less which means we tend to lose weight. - No slimming club required!Here is advice about food: <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/" target="_blank">The Nutritional Thingy. | Diabetes Forum • The Global Diabetes Community</a>To make best use of that advice you will need a Blood Glucose Meter. The 2 most commonly used by members in the UK are: SD Gluco Navii  or the Spirit Healthcare TEE2+Both of these are (reasonably) accurate , inexpensive and have relatively cheap test strips at around £8 per pot of 50 versus up to £20 for some other brands. Test strips are the main expense since initially you will want to test every meal until you understand what your own body likes and what to avoid.</blockquote>

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