It'll definitely work, sounds amazing!Salmon Fu Yung? Never tried that. It might work.
Good night, Antje.Up to 7.3, a number I'd have corrected before it got there usually.
But it looks like it will be another night spent with my neighbour so not sure now.
If you ever find yourself close to Frinton, try Keto Bite!A highlight was finding courgetti on menus in Vienna and Munich,once with prawns and spinach and once with bolognese, let’s hope that is a new trend that will arrive over here.
I rose to 8.2 on a fingerprick, resisted the urge to correct and even had a small amount of crisps.Up to 7.3, a number I'd have corrected before it got there usually.
But it looks like it will be another night spent with my neighbour so not sure now.
Evening @Antje77. I'd simply add, for anybody contemplating taking the Pill, that each tablet is packaged for a specific day of the week. If you skip a dose due to an oversight, it's pretty obvious that a tablet has been missed.One of the problems with the contraceptive pill is not forgetting to take it every day at around the same time, I never forget to take my basal insulin (knocks wood), but I can't be trusted at all with daily tablets. So it would have to be the injected variety or the thing in your arm, which means no more periods and not knowing when you've reached menopause.
Not sure why, but I really dislike this idea, and I'd be worried about my diabetes behaving differently due to the hormones. Also, being old, fat, a smoker and diabetic means 4 different reasons why higher doses of hormones aren't recommended.
The chat with the GP was very nice! I had her laugh right away, when she asked what my question was and I bluntly replied: "My neighbour and I drunkenly ended up in bed together a while back and liked it, so we kept it up but we definitely do not want to get a child. So what do we do about it?"
She talked me through all the options and we decided on a copper IUD to be placed on tuesday. She told me it works even when put in up to 5 days after taking risks, "so enjoy yourselves during the weekend!"
I know. But once you notice it won't work for the rest of the month, and I'm likely to forget at least once a month, rendering the pill completely useless!If you skip a dose due to an oversight, it's pretty obvious that a tablet has been missed.
She is, and I hadn't even met her before.Didn't realise an IUD functioned retrospectively, BTW. Your GP sounds a nice lady.
Bon voyage! @shelley262Hi all will be out of touch on the forum for a week while I'm travelling - I'm so looking forward to a break. Cases nearly packed and taxi booked for the morning. @jpscloud I've started my kefir grains on a week long rest in fridge. I'll take some food photos of meals while away and do a little summary when back. I'm sure I'll stay broadly low carb but will definitely enjoy myself too.
Take care you guys talk in a week's time.
The apparent retrospective efficacy is more likely due to the mechanism of placement than a scientific spellingEvening @Antje77. I'd simply add, for anybody contemplating taking the Pill, that each tablet is packaged for a specific day of the week. If you skip a dose due to an oversight, it's pretty obvious that a tablet has been missed.
Anyway, your GP has talked you through all the options and you've reached a decision that's right for you.
Didn't realise an IUD functioned retrospectively, BTW. Your GP sounds a nice lady.
Hi @primaveraa and welcome to this thread for diabetic foodies with some chat. We're pleased you could join us.Chicken breast with vegetables
Apparently the thing itself and/or the copper in the womb prevents anything from settling in there, and that won't happen until days after having unprotected sex, so it makes sense it works retrospectively for a few days.The apparent retrospective efficacy is more likely due to the mechanism of placement than a scientific spelling
So glad the carnivore month has gone so well for you. That's great weight loss and BG control. Plus the BP improvement as well. Congratulations.Hello everyone, I hope you won't mind if I post on this chat about my (imperfect) (mostly) carnivore (almost) month of April! If mods think necessary please remove.
I am, as of yesterday, having a little food holiday for a few days. I'm not going full denial, and will be very active in the garden and house so hopefully damage will be limited. I will take metformin which I stopped during April, also forxiga as long as I'm not excluding carbs or fasting.
I will probably start back on low carb before the end of the week, and while I won't post meals I will be lurking and chatting a bit!
My 28 day carnivore diet consisted of beef steak, mince and marrowbone broth, dairy, eggs, pork, lamb, chicken, pork puffs/crackling snacks and kefir. There was an occasional carb that fell off the shelf and into my mouth, and an odd day or two of off-plan meals, but most days were as carb free as you can get while you still have dairy. I drank coffee, green and black tea and both tap and sparkling water (lots of sparkling water!)
Most days I was also intermittent fasting at about 16/8
Effects on health:
Weight loss - 12lbs - compared to 5lbs in March
FBG down from around 7-9s to 6-8s but BGs during the day always 5-6s down from 8+
Ketones up to 1, usually around 0.5
BP down from 150s/70s to 120s/60s - this is the early morning reading before taking ramipril
Mental clarity - 100% wordle win rate, more within 3 or 4 attempts than previously (okay that one's a bit of humour but true, and previously I was often impatient and fluffed it quite often).
Sleep - very good most of the time, occasional waking early hours.
Energy - waking up 6am ish and getting up without grouches and ouches. Getting off my ample bottom and moving all day most days.
Mobility - remarkable improvement, I think way more than losing almost a stone without carnivore would do
I didn't experience much hunger, just occasional pleasant hunger.
This is a vast difference to me at the end of last year, when I wasn't mobile and I was in a lot of pain. I need to remember this, and keep striving for health - there's a long way to go yet.
I think I could sustain a mostly keto diet with carnivore weeks or fortnights, not sure about permanent carnivore though - it's pretty funny that by the end of the month carb-addicted me was craving cauliflower! The problem is that once I open the door to carbs I am not good at regulating them.
I also think that staple carnivore meats for me would be mostly cheaper beef and lamb mince, because the cost of steaks is unsustainable on my budget. I'm therefore not sure about the quality of the meat and there is a possiblity of grain and vegetable oil-fed meats having some toxic load in the fats. But I dunno. I think that risk is acceptable considering how I used to eat and the results of this month on my health.
One more thing I really loved about carnivore - how simple storing, preparing and choosing food became! My fridge is uncluttered, and I don't have to worry about wastage or plan meals around vegetables - I never realised how much of a stress that was for me. I don't do popping to the shops if I can help it, too much temptation, and I have a 3 month free delivery thing from Ocado but online buying of fresh vegetables is a bit of a worry and I tended to waste a fair bit.
I'm so sorry you're going through all that @Annb, I hesitated to be too celebratory with my month's carnivore because I knew you had not had a good experience and I thought of you as my carnivore buddy as we both set off at the beginning of April. I'm of course not qualified or knowledgeable enough to say whether it's a coincidence or not but you were low carb for some time before trying carnivore, which isn't too drastic a change I think? Please do talk to your Dr again if you're worried about your kidneys, or call 111 - thinking of you and sending my love and best wishes xxSo glad the carnivore month has gone so well for you. That's great weight loss and BG control. Plus the BP improvement as well. Congratulations.
It hasn't gone so well for me. A week at the beginning of the month saw weight loss, BG improvement and BP improvement and reduced insulin requirement, but saw me falling unwell. Tried to keep going to a degree but have ended up much worse. Even small amounts of added veg saw weight rise (probably fluid) and just these last few days have been awful. Was that the diet? Is it my kidneys? Did the diet cause some damage to my kidneys? I have no idea but will try to get a GP appointment tomorrow (closed today due to the bank holiday). Meantime, I can't eat at all - stomach won't accept food - sips of water and occasional sips of tea is all I can take. On Friday I was stiff, on Saturday morning I couldn't move and had to get Neil to get me out of bed. During Saturday my wrists, fingers and ankles locked. Spent all day in my chair. Sunday, a bit of an improvement and today I can move, although with care. Now my waterworks seem to be packing up - that's why I wonder about my kidneys. Could a week on a high carb diet cause that? Maybe something else and just coincidental.
Oh do celebrate your success! It is very worthy of a celebration.I'm so sorry you're going through all that @Annb, I hesitated to be too celebratory with my month's carnivore because I knew you had not had a good experience and I thought of you as my carnivore buddy as we both set off at the beginning of April. I'm of course not qualified or knowledgeable enough to say whether it's a coincidence or not but you were low carb for some time before trying carnivore, which isn't too drastic a change I think? Please do talk to your Dr again if you're worried about your kidneys, or call 111 - thinking of you and sending my love and best wishes xx
I really hope it's quickly sorted for you xOh do celebrate your success! It is very worthy of a celebration.
I'm beginning to think that this has been some kind of infection - it has acted like one, starting with a slight fever, coming to a head and fading away - that's what happens with infections and I've always healed quickly from infections. I will talk to the GP though just in case there's any damage. Possibly with all the stress of this building work and with the weakness in my joints already there, I was open to some kind of infection. Not to worry - as long as I haven't actually done any damage, I'll get back to a more carnivore way of eating once I've got back to normal.
So happy that it has gone so well for you.
Ah yes, I have heard of it, sounds brilliant,I think the Freshwell FB group go there quite often, maybe one day.If you ever find yourself close to Frinton, try Keto Bite!
It's a lovely small restaurant and you can eat everything they have, I'll definitely go there again when I visit the UK in october.
The restaurant is also completely gluten free, which must be amazing for those with celiac.
I was adviced to take two 500 mg paracetamol tablets and 400 mg of ibuprofen an hour before my appointment, and I'll definitely follow this advice.Was going to say, your GP may have already told you,but a good idea to take painkillers before your procedure tom.Some people find it a bit painful,although seeing your finger and stitch removal, maybe you have a high pain toleranceHope it goes well.
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