Meals yesterday

B/ 2 slice brown bread from a 400gm loaf with 2 slices of grilled bacon & mushrooms

L/ large mixed salad with ham & a orange and small apple

D/ sweet potato wedges with curry chicken baby tomatoes

Drink sparkling water, 2 teas, 3 coffees. Snacks sugar free jelly,plum, 25gm mixed nuts which I weigh in to 25gm bags

All my foods are from a diabetic book.

Today menu is

B/ same as yesterday

L/ I’m going to have large mixed salad with 2 boiled eggs and a orange and apple.

D/ Moroccan vegetables &chick peas with couscous

Drinks coffee, spring water, diet lemonade

Snacks not had any today yet

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

You'll find the Daily Diary in Pinned Posts healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... - it's the fifth one down today. DON'T click on Write. Click on the header, read the opening post by today's host, Tiggerr, and that explains everything. Put your plan for today in the box saying Reply to Tiggerr and you're away

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

If you click on Write and fill in a format with your own header, you're creating a new forum post, not joining in the Daily Diary (or whichever of our other activities you want to join)

[Hidden in reply to BridgeGirl]

Have I done that wrong

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Hidden]

You haven't joined in with the Daily Diary, you've written a new post on the forum, when you clicked on Write, wrote a title (Meals yesterday) and filled out a form with your information.

If you click on the blue link I've given you for Pinned Posts, then scroll down through those posts and follow what I've said above, you'll get there

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

As I understand it, Iwilldoit22, you have 10st to lose, which means the meals you've listed are very small for you.

As a Type 2 diabetic, your main concern should be to reduce your blood sugar as quickly as possible. My advice, for what it's worth, would be to make a few small changes, eg:

Breakfast - lose the bread, don't go low fat. Have fried bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms and wilted spinach, washed down with tea/coffee with whole milk/cream.

Lunch - large mixed salad, ham, home made mayo and coleslaw, natural Greek yoghurt with berries.

Dinner - curry with cauliflower rice/cabbage/roasted veg (courgette, aubergine, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, rather than sweet potatoes)

Steer clear of snacks and artificially sweetened desserts and drinks, as they will keep you in fat storage mode and will 'feed' your sweet tooth. Fruit, other than berries, has a high sugar content.

You may find these helpful:

phcuk.org/wp-content/upload...

dietdoctor.com/diabetes

diabetes.co.uk/

healthunlocked.com/lchf-diet

This is not meant as criticism, only as a way to help you

[Subtle_badger in reply to moreless]

Hidden - what medications are you on? I agree that this diet is better for you, but if you are taking insulin (for example) you need to talk to your doctor before lowering your carb intake, so the meds can be adjusted.

Note: I am not a doctor, nor diabetic. This is based on my reading.

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I’m on a number of meds I’m not just a diabetic but have blood pressure fibromyalgia depression the list is endless.I am following the diabetic book I had from my diabetic nurse. And I am adjusting my injection which I spoke to my diabetic nurse. I am doing my bloods 4 times a day and there better than they have ever been. I’m not on insulin but it’s a similar injection I have one in the morning and one before evening meal. I adjust my dose according to my blood sugar

[Subtle_badger in reply to Hidden]

Cool. You know much more about this stuff than I do.

From my reading, well controlled sugar and well controlled diabetes is not the same thing. Can I suggest you spend some time with David Unwin and Jasun Fung? Google or YouTube.

This should get you started.

youtu.be/RUH7epLxkV8(Not working as expected?)

[Hidden in reply to Subtle_badger]

Wow best thing I have seen in years I’m on to it