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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

shelley262 said:
Hi @ianpspurs think it’s important to look at balance but also think it’s important for information that I , as an individual, still manage to stay in keto one year after I started ( currently 2.1 ketones) despite having erythritol sweet treats and an almost daily small glass of red wine. When I started keto a year ago I was very very strict 10 - 20g of carbs, no sweetners and rare glasses of wine. My ketones then were often in the 6-8 category but they only need to be between 0.5 - 2 to be optimal so once I achieved weight and bg targets I slowly started relaxing and experimenting to see what suits me. Now my bgs, weight and ketones all keep motoring along at a good level if I stick to three smallish meals to include one small glass of wine ( except Monday) and include a small desert after dinner. I try to fast for 17/18 hours every day ie lateish breakfast and early tea/dinner and no snacks ( not always practical so I do this most of time ) I also try and stay below 30g of carb and find portion control with the carbs helps with this! I know there are a lot of members who don’t do this preferring to give up all sweetners but for me, like you Ian, this way of eating is sustainable and most importantly it suits me. I didn’t eat lots of sweet stuff though before diagnosis- mainly fruit! but know some have probs with sugar addiction which, I gather can be re-ignited with sweetners.
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Just puzzling over whether we agree or not but pretty sure we do @shelley262. Full of admiration for yourself and others who can do Keto. To coin a phrase we all need to "draw our own blood red lines" Keytone measurement would add another "target" to hit for me - I have measured them and had reasonable results but adding that would probably be a step too far for me. I am very outcomes driven and as long as it keeps me inside my red lines I will tolerate most things - from fasting to OMAD - to get there. I think we are both saying each person must pick their own line in the sand/red line and stick to it unless it causes problems.
 
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shelley262 said:
Hi I’ve sent you a link to a forum recipe book that may give you some ideas.its in a message/conversation I’ve linked you to so you should have invite direct.
I have to include some sweet treats using erythritol and regularly bake - do clafoutis for example ( see booklet) I’m baking some egg custards later too just swapping out the sugar for erythritol. It makes it work for me. We are all different but I find that just a small amount of sweet stuff made using erythritol dosent spike me, or make me hungry or want more but know that others are affected differently and can’t tolerate sweetners at all.
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Thanks! I love egg custard. :)
 
Bubbsie said:
Morning...fell asleep in the big 'phat' comfy chair last night until 4am...dragged myself off to bed...not up until 8am...had a glorious sleep...woke to a 5.7 & enjoying my first coffee
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I am saving up for a big 'phat' comfy chair I can fall asleep in. What kind do you have?

FBG 6.7 this morning. 51 degrees outside when I woke up. Finally starting to feel like fall! And football and horse show weather. It's 58 out now. I am going to go out for a walk.
 
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dogslife said:
Thank you ianpspurs and all who responded to my post. Looking through the window at the lashing rain and howling wind I don't think I'm missing much. I'm feeling a tad rotten at the moment as well as sneezing for Britain so hoping this cold goes as quickly as it came! Best wishes all. Stay warm and dry if you can.:)
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Hope you feel better soon. :)
 
shelley262 said:
I didn’t eat lots of sweet stuff though before diagnosis- mainly fruit! but know some have probs with sugar addiction which, I gather can be re-ignited with sweetners.
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I think you have just nailed something that I'd had no idea about. I didn't think about sweeteners reigniting sugar addictions. I do think I am addicted to sugar, I've thought that for a few years now. Now I'm starting to think that maybe other sweeteners may be causing cravings too. Just as they satisfy my sweet cravings for just a little bit, and then I want more. I've never eaten non-sugar sweeteners before being diagnosed T2, since my aunt, a nurse, told us how risky it could be to eat them. But since diagnosis last spring I've tried diet soft drinks just to have a change from water once in awhile. First I found that those put weight back on me. Then I found that some sweeteners gave me headaches. If they can reignite sugar addiction as well, I guess I will try to give them up too.

Good to know. :)
 
good afternoon all :)

was 4.4 this morning

sunshine and squally showers today (or at least what I saw of the weather outside), had an extra day in the charity shop covering for someone who had a medical appt. :) mr. gee took his mum's dog for a walk and came back to report that a gust of wind nearly had them both in a ditch.

Hope your day was a good one.
 
SaskiaKC said:
I am saving up for a big 'phat' comfy chair I can fall asleep in. What kind do you have?

FBG 6.7 this morning. 51 degrees outside when I woke up. Finally starting to feel like fall! And football and horse show weather. It's 58 out now. I am going to go out for a walk.
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I don't intend to fall asleep in it Saskia...but somehow it happens quite often:)...my 'big phat' comfy chair is an old Laura Ashley wing Chair...I love the high back and the armrests are at just the right height for me....I have to fight the cat & dog for it most of the time...otherwise I wouldn't get a look.
 
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