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<blockquote data-quote="Jim_AFCB" data-source="post: 2662980" data-attributes="member: 582773"><p>Ok, so a few more days in. Getting more of a handle on what I can and can't eat without much of a jump between pre and +2 hours.</p><p>A Tesco Finest cottage pie (45g carbs) jumped me up 4 points. Think any ready-meals are going to be a no-go.</p><p>A steam-fresh rice and veg to go with my chicken and mushrooms (33g) on Sunday also jumped me up 4 points. That was my last meal with significant carbs.</p><p>My bowl of Alpen was kicking me up by 5-6 points. </p><p></p><p>The only meal in the last week to contain significant carbs and NOT increase my BG by more than 2 points was sausage, mash and green beans - (estimated carbs for the mash was 45g) a 2 point jump. Though I perhaps need to try that again and see what it does. 2 readings at the extreme ranges of the stated margin of error could push that gap to near-4 points.</p><p></p><p>So I've changed my breakfast to an assortment of fresh berries with some cream. I did try Greek yogurt at first, but it did not taste very nice at all even with a sprinkle of Canderal Sugarly. </p><p></p><p>Lunch has generally been egg muffins with either bacon or a couple of sausages.</p><p>Today I had some Heinz chicken soup with a few croutons (22g) and some celery sticks, which pushed me up 2.2 points. I think next time I'll slice the celery and heat them with the soup, and lose the croutons. </p><p></p><p>My evening meals this week so far have been near-carb-free - the steamed mixed veg (inc carrots) last night were 14g, went up a point 2h later, not concerned.</p><p></p><p>Re: testing... when's the better time to test first thing? </p><p>I know about the dump on waking, generally I wake at 0630 on school days, and have my breakfast at 0730.. I test just before breakfast. Is that the best time to test from a "fasting reading" point of view? I'm averaging 8.2 for the pre-breakfast readings, but 7.1 for both pre-lunch and pre-dinner. Fairly limited data so far, so I don't know what it tells me...</p><p></p><p>I did manage a 5.6 this morning 2h after breakfast, having walked my daughter to school then a walk along the beach straight from there for an hour, 3.5 miles.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So still very much in the learning phase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jim_AFCB, post: 2662980, member: 582773"] Ok, so a few more days in. Getting more of a handle on what I can and can't eat without much of a jump between pre and +2 hours. A Tesco Finest cottage pie (45g carbs) jumped me up 4 points. Think any ready-meals are going to be a no-go. A steam-fresh rice and veg to go with my chicken and mushrooms (33g) on Sunday also jumped me up 4 points. That was my last meal with significant carbs. My bowl of Alpen was kicking me up by 5-6 points. The only meal in the last week to contain significant carbs and NOT increase my BG by more than 2 points was sausage, mash and green beans - (estimated carbs for the mash was 45g) a 2 point jump. Though I perhaps need to try that again and see what it does. 2 readings at the extreme ranges of the stated margin of error could push that gap to near-4 points. So I've changed my breakfast to an assortment of fresh berries with some cream. I did try Greek yogurt at first, but it did not taste very nice at all even with a sprinkle of Canderal Sugarly. Lunch has generally been egg muffins with either bacon or a couple of sausages. Today I had some Heinz chicken soup with a few croutons (22g) and some celery sticks, which pushed me up 2.2 points. I think next time I'll slice the celery and heat them with the soup, and lose the croutons. My evening meals this week so far have been near-carb-free - the steamed mixed veg (inc carrots) last night were 14g, went up a point 2h later, not concerned. Re: testing... when's the better time to test first thing? I know about the dump on waking, generally I wake at 0630 on school days, and have my breakfast at 0730.. I test just before breakfast. Is that the best time to test from a "fasting reading" point of view? I'm averaging 8.2 for the pre-breakfast readings, but 7.1 for both pre-lunch and pre-dinner. Fairly limited data so far, so I don't know what it tells me... I did manage a 5.6 this morning 2h after breakfast, having walked my daughter to school then a walk along the beach straight from there for an hour, 3.5 miles. So still very much in the learning phase. [/QUOTE]
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