What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

[jjraak]

I use a variety of different BUFFs under helmet and around my neck when out on my Mountain Bike, I love the many different ways you can tie them, today was the balaclava method but I still had one around my neck to fight Jack Frost.
I have also now taken to wearing them under my Flat Caps and Fedora hats, warm but also keep the hats clean and free from those horrid grease stains. You could wear a BUFF like a chefs hat when doing your new found pastime of cooking, cool man.


@SaskiaKC we are now rehearsing many Christmas Recorder quartet and quintet pieces. I love the quintet music for 2 trebles, tenor and 2 Bass Recorders a very different sound, we have 5 recorder gigs before Christmas Day, alongside choir and folk group ones so busy, busy. This weekend we are doing a 2 hour performance which will include many of the famous Sheffield Carols, great fun to sing.

After yesterday's furniture moving for MIL carpet fitting, have slowly developed worse and worse sciatica pain. This mornings bike ride helped but I'm now having to do lots of stretching exercises grrrrrrrr! Gigs will be interesting if it does not mend quick.

hahaha a chefs hat..

bought and wore all sorts like yourself probably @Muddy Cyclist
can't get on with the hooded balaclava type or the style @ianpspurs posted,only the neck style OR the Arab style shemagh ones when away, to keep the dust out.

ouch for the sciatica
hope it helps soonest.

warm bath, cold compress then heated
plaster, all things i've used when i hurt my back.

Take care fella.

 

[Debandez]

@Debandez thank you for the kitty video. I love how the tabby slept on even with the ginger-white practically sitting on his head -- also the rooster? in the background not even waking him up!
Happy birthday to Eric, and Congratulations on your checkup. I wish my LDL would do that on LCHF -- I've said I wanted to try it again between now and my next A1C appointment, and today I plan to start off as low-carb as I can.

I love the Advent calendar -- especially the ginger kitty sleeping on top of the TV. ^. .^

@dunelm Happy Birthday and welcome to the new little one. Congratulations to you and to her mother! The way I see 18 November in my head is 11/18, which when I think about it is a lovely historical and peaceful date on which to be born, peace and triumph and hope.

@PenguinMum thank you for your encouraging words.

@ianpspurs Psalm 42:5 is very appropriate for me to keep in mind after yesterday. Some days I go out for my own good, then come home thinking I'd have been better off just staying in here.

@gennepher Yes, I think the passage in the novel is a gentle nudge from above that my "trials and tribulations" are not forgotten and neither am I in the midst of them.

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No FBG this morning as after only about 4 hours sleep it would hardly count as an F BG and after last night's late supper it would probably be high so why waste the lancet and strip? "Stay me with coffee, comfort me with sausages, for I am sick of carbs" ... or, even more appropriate -- "Stay me and comfort me with a purring KittenCat ... " ^. .^

You will love this (hope you can see it)

https://www.facebook.com/702501488/posts/10157727828331489/

 

[Debandez]

4.8 for me have a good day everyone

Excellent score on the door

 

[trick60]

Good morning/evening folks, a straight 6.0 on the dice today, cold cold cold.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good morning @trick60 - sympathy for the cold - not a problem for me today. 5.6 for me this morning - not at the required standard. Like Poch and the current Spurs squad, for all the pampering and plaudits no trophies for a 5.6 fbg. Law of small numbers, little things mean a lot, marginal gains, the score takes care of itself. Somewhere in yesterday's journey those fractions were added. @dunelm congratulations on the safe arrival of another granddaughter ( we need to facetime a 7 year old grandson today). Fbg may be off but the bigger picture can be found in Psalm 56 v 11-12. Have a great day.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good morning and a high 6.1 today, I'm putting it down to Paracetamol Extra which I'm taking to combat the sciatic but who knows. More stretching in a bit.

Keep warm or cool wherever you be.

 

[UserABC2021]

5.9 this morning which is fine and dandy.

I was woken by the dawn chorus of plastic against steel, yes it is British Heritage Day, or as we like to call it... Bin Day.

I think I shall root out my thermal undercrackers as the temp seems mighty chilly for my walk.

Her ladyship made my heart flutter by presenting me with a dry air fryer for services rendered, a new toy for the old boy. Enjoy your day

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 7.8

Why the rise from the 6's?

Because two days ago I was in Lidl and they put out some freshly baked low GI seeded bread. That was me a goner...

I love this bread with just butter.

So that was Monday.

Tuesday's fbg was still in 6's but Tuesday I also had this bread and butter, and fried a slice with butter and two fried eggs...heaven!

But my system cannot have bread two days running or more. My blood sugars start rising and can take a day or so to get down again.

So, I will be good today. Eating nuts now with a black coffee. Chicken and mushrooms are planned for lunch. Maybe more nuts this afternoon or some pork scratchings if I am feeling like nibbling.

I am still dreaming of @PenguinMum 's giant fish fingers she said she had awhile ago....but I haven't gone past that aisle yet in Iceland.

Iceland are very cruel at the moment. Right by the door are massive bargain packs of crumpets...8 for 79p. There is a bargain freezer place right next door to Iceland and there seems to be a local price war between the two of them.

Have a beautiful brilliant day

 

[gennepher]

5.9 this morning which is fine and dandy.

I was woken by the dawn chorus of plastic against steel, yes it is British Heritage Day, or as we like to call it... Bin Day.

I think I shall root out my thermal undercrackers as the temp seems mighty chilly for my walk.

Her ladyship made my heart flutter by presenting me with a dry air fryer for services rendered, a new toy for the old boy. Enjoy your day

Thanks for the reminder @OldButBold to put my bins out for tomorrow!!!
Enjoy your air fryer

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

ouch for the sciatica
hope it helps soonest.

warm bath, cold compress then heated
plaster, all things i've used when i hurt my back.

Take care fella.

Thanks my friend, a bath? Now I've not had one of those for 10 years I'll stick to the stretching and heated water bottles which Mrs MC keeps me supplied with although I am quite capable of doing them myself, I'm enjoying the pampering

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Iceland are very cruel at the moment. Right by the door are massive bargain packs of crumpets...8 for 79p. There is a bargain freezer place right next door to Iceland and there seems to be a local price war between the two of them

Ahhh, so that's where @OldButBold is hanging out

Sorry for your higher than wanted scores @gennepher but at least you have a good idea what is causing them.

 

[SaskiaKC]

You will love this (hope you can see it)

https://www.facebook.com/702501488/posts/10157727828331489/

Thank you for the thought -- it says Not Available Right Now, though.

 

[dunelm]

It is from Lakeland. We are really pleased with it. It also steams food - although we haven't used that function yet.

Thank you, will add it to the list of contenders.

 

[SaskiaKC]

Good morning @trick60 - sympathy for the cold - not a problem for me today. 5.6 for me this morning - not at the required standard. Like Poch and the current Spurs squad, for all the pampering and plaudits no trophies for a 5.6 fbg. Law of small numbers, little things mean a lot, marginal gains, the score takes care of itself. Somewhere in yesterday's journey those fractions were added. @dunelm congratulation on the safe arrival of another granddaughter ( we need to facetime a 7 year old grandson today). Fbg may be off but the bigger picture can be found in Pasal 56 v 11-12. Have a great day.

You have just reminded me of a lovely hymn I used to know, years ago, based on 32:7. Thanks be to God!

 

[HarryBeau]

a new toy for the old boy. Enjoy your day

I want to try one of those OBB...will be scouring the internet for the best one at the right price.

 

[gennepher]

Thank you for the thought -- it says Not Available Right Now, though.

I am getting the same @SaskiaKC
and @Debandez But mine says either the link is broken or it has been removed

 

[HarryBeau]

Morning...a better sleep last night can't say woken & entirely refreshed but feeling a little more energised than the precious few days...shopping arriving this morning so no trawling around the supermarket thank goodness...a little paperwork to complete then feet up...okay one coffee in the heating about to go on...an air fryer to find...woke to a 6.2 relatively relieved lots of comfort food yesterday almost a lucky escape you might say.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Her ladyship made my heart flutter by presenting me with a dry air fryer for services rendered, a new toy for the old boy. Enjoy your day

Are Air Fryers good for a LCHF diet? The environmentalists keep telling us our atmosphere is full of Carbs.

 

[JohnEGreen]

well this mornings reading was 5.2 after a pretty awful night.
yesterday before dinner reading was 7.7 after dinner 3.7 don't get that at all then bed time it was 3.8 so had some carbs sleepless night so not feeling so great now.

 

[SaskiaKC]

Morning...a better sleep last night can't say woken & entirely refreshed but feeling a little more energised than the precious few days...shopping arriving this morning so no trawling around the supermarket thank goodness...a little paperwork to complete then feet up...okay one coffee in the heating about to go on...an air fryer to find...woke to a 6.2 relatively relieved lots of comfort food yesterday almost a lucky escape you might say.

Sounds like you have it made in the shade! err, warmth ...