Hello everybody. Like Coby, I was a bit hesitant of joining in. You all seem to be a group of friends who know each other well and I didn't want to intrude. My name is Rosemary, I am 83 and was diagnosed in 2009. I didn't believe I was diabetic and ignored it. I didn't realise that an A1c of 88 was bad. Now I have seen the light! I have been reading your comments for quite a while and got a good few ideas on what was best for me. So thank you all for that. So today I have had 2 Bratwurst sausages and a fried egg. Lunch will be the remains of the chicken and veg soup I made yesterday and tea will be 2 Ryvitas with soft cheese and slices of strawberries on top.
Hello Rosemary. On the whole we only know each other through this forum but everyone is, as you can see, very friendly. Don't hesitate. Join in.
Compared to you and Alexandra100 I'm just a spring chicken (76) but I have been diagnosed as T2 for about 13 years by which time I was pretty far gone with various diabetic type problems (probably of 50+ years standing). Low carbing doesn't, for me, sort out my weight issues, or indeed my blood glucose issues but, along with pretty high doses of insulin, it does keep my BG within reasonable limits most of the time. Not just now, I have to say but there are other issues involved which keep BG pretty high at present. I am trying, at the moment, to keep both carbs and calories low by only having one meal a day (OMAD). This has only happened because recently I haven't had much of an appetite, although I have tried to do it in the past, without a great deal of success (too hungry). Since I am not really hungry these days, it seems like a good opportunity to try again.
This evening, I will have slow roast pork - not the cut I wanted which would have been belly pork but the only one my son could get when he did my shopping. Could possibly (sensibly) have some cabbage with it but would probably prefer it on its own. Other than that, it will be lots of cups of tea.
Do keep posting here - I'm sure we would all be happy to get to know you and to have you join our happy band of friends.