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

Morning...been feeling shattered all week but finally mustered up the enthusiasm for FBG...sun is out although there is a bit of a chill in the air...time to sort out the house which has been sorely neglected this week...finished reading Mary Trumps book got so engrossed in it finished it in a day...woke to a 6.9...keep safe everyone.
 
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My painting for today in Procreate following the candle tutorial.
Obviously I fail miserably compared to @Alien Aspie
Three quarters of an hour later...
My version of a candle (that's my excuse...), but I did learn a lot, and I know how to improve for next time.
And I do need to follow more of these mini tutorials.
And I need to create some more colour palettes.

My candle...

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a very quiet and pleasantly sunny morning here in the dark and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of hake with pan roasted broccoli and a few podded beans came in at 4.7 this am

An uneventful trip down the motorway yesterday, delivering the ninky nonks back to their parents and then a quiet evening at home attempting to recover from a week of charging about like demented loons with not a care in the world.
Anoushka Shankar at the Proms on the Beeb last night, not sure about all the electronic accompaniment during the first half.

Hope everyone has a pleasant day whatever you have planned - I only have koffy planned - the rest of the day will unfold in it’s own good time (other times available, apart from that broadsheet nonsence).

Oh - clouds, hilltops and a few trees today

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That's a cracking piece of digital art, reminded me of Tuscany early morning with the hill villages popping their heads above the early morning mist. Sit back and recover from your sublime yet crazy week with youngsters.
 
gennepher said:
My painting for today in Procreate following the candle tutorial.
Obviously I fail miserably compared to @Alien Aspie
Three quarters of an hour later...
My version of a candle (that's my excuse...), but I did learn a lot, and I know how to improve for next time.
And I do need to follow more of these mini tutorials.
And I need to create some more colour palettes.

My candle...

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Well drawn candle, Christmas feel to it, likeit very much.
 
My day will get busyfrom now on, lunch to cook so I painted Plein Air yesterday evening for today. This is the view from the front of our house that faces two Sandstone Outcrops with Oak Trees, I liked the colours in the sky which changed very quickly as I painted.. A4 watercolour about 15 minutes... oh I did miss out about a dozen houses that would be in the foreground, can't paint buildings.....
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Muddy Cyclist said:
My day will get busyfrom now on, lunch to cook so I painted Plein Air yesterday evening for today. This is the view from the front of our house that faces two Sandstone Outcrops with Oak Trees, I liked the colours in the sky which changed very quickly as I painted.. A4 watercolour about 15 minutes... oh I did miss out about a dozen houses that would be in the foreground, can't paint buildings.....
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I miss out buildings when I can, not romantic enough!

A beautiful view @Muddy Cyclist
 
That's a good word Ian, mind you if you had been a Calvinist you might have chosen propitiation! :) D.

ianpspurs said:
Good morning Tombliboos. A little expiation is in order from me. My lot is not at all onerous and my management of T2 has held this condition at bay for over 5 years along with significant weight loss. As an example, today's fbg of 5.3 via Stabbo is ok but displeases me or leaves me uneasy. It feels too high as does 75.3 kgs which, at about 6 foot tall, is fine. Add in the good news on the treatment of my bladder issues and I have much for which to be thankful. I know all that. It is the "feel" of LC and the outcomes being wholly sub-optimal that drive my feelings about this. For me this isn't the all singing, all dancing life enhancing cure all the success stories make out - it is ok as far as it goes.. No more no less.
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Don't beat yourself up, Ian, you achieve very good fasting blood glucose results.

Whatever I do, I cannot get my under the graph figure to less than 45. But I have achieved my main aim, to stop R.H.

On keto I got my weight down to 13 stone, but didn't feel any better apart from getting rid of the daily hypos, the continual comments from the three women in my life, that I was underweight, were problematic.
D.

ianpspurs said:
There are LC foods I enjoy - principally salad with avocado in a tangy vinaigrette and green veg. I can't eat "the keto way" and don't achieve any decent level of bg management. A fair summary of my woe would be a huge daily salad with some form of protein and a few other bits and pieces. My journey has been almost opposite to yours. Enjoyed it to start with, probably due to weight loss and bg coming down. Now I'm pretty disillusioned with it as it is not very effective for me IMHO.
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That is a big subject A.A.
The bushmen would survive far better than us in the Kalahari and the Inuit, in the Arctic were far better off than Franklin.

Sadly, our, we want it all society, has screwed up first nation peoples with their almost innate habitat intelligence.

I hope the Eton brigade are up to saving the planet for our grandchildren.
D.

Alien Aspie said:
I have long understood that intelligence is not measured by the perceived importance of someone's livelihood, nor is it related to the level of one's education. You only have to look at how the country is run for that to be apparent ;)
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lindisfel said:
Don't beat yourself up, Ian, you achieve very good fasting blood glucose results.D.
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Thank you. This is me being very laid back about something. My analysis of my last innings' every Monday was way more harsh. I have plenty of good advice on being relaxed about bg and consoling words for others. None of that applies to me. I am, of course, incredibly easy to live with;)
 
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gennepher said:
My painting for today in Procreate following the candle tutorial.
Obviously I fail miserably compared to @Alien Aspie
Three quarters of an hour later...
My version of a candle (that's my excuse...), but I did learn a lot, and I know how to improve for next time.
And I do need to follow more of these mini tutorials.
And I need to create some more colour palettes.

My candle...

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Yours has more feeling, I think it's great :)
 
Alien Aspie said:
I have long understood that intelligence is not measured by the perceived importance of someone's livelihood, nor is it related to the level of one's education. You only have to look at how the country is run for that to be apparent ;)
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As Carlo M. Cipolla said in his rules of stupid the second rule is:
The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

Any way my fbg this morning was 4.6 after waking in the night feeling low with bg of 3.7 and having a snack.

Had a phone call from my son this morning seems he's off to Rome this month not a holiday but a 9 month course with the Franciscan order and he is very happy about that.

Judith had her dressing on her hand changed yesterday and is feeling a lot more comfortable she has to have it redressed on Tuesday looks like a week off work though as one handed touch typing isn't on her list of skills.
 
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