week 4 tomorrow fairly certain im doing 800 cals (my wife cooks and supervisors and has joined me in support) early on got some 6.- 6.5 readings. now they are 9.- 9.5 I do at least 10,000 steps have lost almost 2 inch from my waist and have lost 1st 4llbs did have a week with a sore neck and on pain killers neck buts that’s gone now
. a typical menu is
Breakfast strawberries (6 ish blueberries 12 ish) a large dessert spoonful of quark
lunch 2 egg omelette with mushrooms and green salad
;dinner homemade chicken curry with 8 0z chicken a portion of the konjak rice (30 cals no carb)
occasional 9pm 1 low dough base 39 cals 2.1 carb with lettuce and onion
water water water !!
tea x 4 with drop of skimmed milk
and if im really hungry I cut up an apple to eat throughout the day
just wonder if im ever going to get my sugar levels back down
many thanks (again)

Hi Marxistfood, I’m not diabetic but I’ve been on these forums for 18months and have seen similar posts from many people. From what i have read previously this is not uncommon. BSL will come down if I you persevere- search high bsl, in particular a thread started by Bill1956 (I might have that name wrong) called This Has To Work For Me, because Bill had exactly the same experience but after a little time the readings came down again. It must be scary to see the higher figures but from what I’ve observed from other diabetic posters, if you keep going the numbers will stabilise again at good levels. Let us know how things go for you.

Marxistfood – really good advice from Mariet. Bill1954’s thread ‘this has to work for me ‘ really helped me when I first started on the BSD in 2016. If you search also for ”dawn phenomenon ‘ you will find info about it on other threads. Mariet is absolutely right – the numbers will settle back down.