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

Mrs T 123 said:
Absolutely incredible journey that you have managed to ditch the insulin and now in total control /remission - well done you!
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Hear hear! Fab.
 
jjraak said:
Great pics, was that on the updated phone ?

Glorious depth of colours and crisp.
Either way

Very much like. Cheers @BRSBRI .
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A prototype with new software...
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
I have started another watercolour having been inspired by some Beech Woods I regularly Cycle through. These trees are very tall along the edge of a pine plantation, I like them best in late Spring with the canopy of new green leaves and Autumn with the red and golds. No leaves yet but their trunks are a beautiful silver, blue, green and purple, a spiritual place to Muddy Cycle ride through...
A4 watercolour, lots still to do will try and finish it Sunday....

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Reminds me of Cyprés trees for some reason in la belle France. Good stuff!
 
lindisfel said:
We had a morning out as far as Powter How near Bass Lake, heard a Chiffchaff or at least the duchess did, my old ears are clapped out! She must be paying me back for not hearing the Cuckoo I found last Spring! :)

Stopped at Beck Wythop on A66 and cars filled the parking area so I couldn't look at the Lake to see if there were any Sand Martins or scrutinise Skiddaw and Ullock Pike.
Everyone had gone off walking in the woods and fells behind Thornthwaite forest. Dont know what it will be like when Doris takes the shackles off!

Came back home via Overwater and Ulldale Common. Not pristine clarity today but ok.
Will post a few pictures tomorrow of my favourite mountain.
Snow down to 1700 feet on Caldbeck Fells.
D.
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Doris is a moron - would make a good pop song!

He's now cojoling big business to get folks back to the office in another u-turn on stated policy and has the Daily Mail plastering it on their tacky pages...

My team can work from home all they want - it's been effective and has given them a better work life balance. And I won't have Doris tell me otherwise..

Glad your walk was A1!
 
dunelm said:
Fabulous photos, thanks for sharing - fish dinner, splendid - will I need to buy the prototype phone when it gets launched?
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I can't say anything about it ;) ...but it'll be launched in 2022. This year's variation specification has been set in stone and getting ready for a pre-production run...
I wonder why I've been out in them there parts......hmmm
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
I have started another watercolour having been inspired by some Beech Woods I regularly Cycle through. These trees are very tall along the edge of a pine plantation, I like them best in late Spring with the canopy of new green leaves and Autumn with the red and golds. No leaves yet but their trunks are a beautiful silver, blue, green and purple, a spiritual place to Muddy Cycle ride through...
A4 watercolour, lots still to do will try and finish it Sunday....

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The majesty of tall trees, peaceful and cool in summer @Muddy Cyclist
 
jjraak said:
So finally Light at the end of a very long tunnel.

After my rallying call to myself this morning.
i had a lazy day

(Lots of activities this last week or so, up and decorating from 9 am, honest)

So i began my return to a late night walk
it was a jog previously, but I'm being sensible.

Out for about an hour, only circuits of our local blocks, but still a few steps short of 3k
happy with that.

tested when in, knowing exercise can put BG up,
it waMEs 8.4

had a late dinner.
(did i say i had had a VERY lazy day ;).)
steak, mushrooms & leek, very nice.

tested 2 hours after, my first in a loo-oo-oong time to be anywhere near acceptable.

only 6 point blooming 2.

.6.2..after food..ME.....:wideyed:

yeee haww.:D

if i keep that up,

I'll be looking to upstick here in Bond Plateau,
and go set up camp once again back on McGarrett plains

living the Big 5 O easy life
basking in that Low Carb Sunshine
& taking regular dips in that Low BG lake,
i hear so much about....:headphone:

hope your end of the day is a pleasing as mine.

see ya all Manana :)
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You are doing brilliantly @jjraak
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BRSBRI said:
Woken up by thunder in the very wee small hours. Now a mottled cloudy sky with sunshine streaming on occasion with a massive and steamy 31°C.

FBG this morning was yet another higher than normal 6.9mmol. Jumped on the static bike in the bathroom and cycled 14 miles listening to Dall'Abaco and then feasted on Greek yoghurt, berries, poached eggs, smoked salmon, wilted spinach and a large oversized bucket of a cafetière of coffee.

Heading out looking for a bar/local joint for lunch to grab a takeaway and continue working on the terrace...before exploring seeking dinner or maybe just have a terrace meal with a book...

Happy Sunday all and hope mister Sandman delivered nice deep sleep for a while.

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A brilliant shot @BRSBRI

Now, I am waiting for a phone that does a hologram of the person I am talking to so I can lipread them better...
 
BRSBRI said:
I find diabetes a mysterious beast. So much affects it and even going to bed with a sound BG level doesn't mean the following morning is going to be stellar as I have found out this extended trip. And I don't take insulin - a simple carb intolerant T2DM. Not sure how T1s manage. **respect**

Stress and new routines have a dreadful negative affect on my BG I've found whereas in quarantine or working from home where I could manage my body alchemy tuning, everything was steady. But I'm very new to this having had a formal diagnosis in January this year, although in retrospect all the warning signs were there and ignored/discounted

The neuropathy in my left foot - left big toe failing the tickle test seems to be slowly getting better...which is a relief too.

This diabetes melarkee is a long haul...
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It is very up and down @BRSBRI
I keep having to reassess and try new things...
 
Fbg 6.9

This started out with one emotion, but then it drew out other sad emotions, and so it changed in the colouring...it is a specific place from long ago...

I liked my first, earlier versions of this, but then they weren't valid any more, at least not to me....

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Muddy Cyclist said:
I have started another watercolour having been inspired by some Beech Woods I regularly Cycle through. These trees are very tall along the edge of a pine plantation, I like them best in late Spring with the canopy of new green leaves and Autumn with the red and golds. No leaves yet but their trunks are a beautiful silver, blue, green and purple, a spiritual place to Muddy Cycle ride through...
A4 watercolour, lots still to do will try and finish it Sunday....

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Lovely tall beech trees - a tease of something in the making.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

This started out with one emotion, but then it drew out other sad emotions, and so it changed in the colouring...it is a specific place from long ago...

I liked my first, earlier versions of this, but then they weren't valid any more, at least not to me....

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Liking the pic @gennepher

Feel the Sadness In the tone.

Hope the memory still shines a warm glow on you.
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

This started out with one emotion, but then it drew out other sad emotions, and so it changed in the colouring...it is a specific place from long ago...

I liked my first, earlier versions of this, but then they weren't valid any more, at least not to me....

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Hug for feeling blue but dragged up memories are a bit of a lottery, especially those that have been put into a corner. A very emotive piece from you today. The colours ‘shine’ from within the constraints of their defined borders. I feel the sadness in the tree as she reaches across the moon.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
I don't think we will ever know exactly what happens with this woe and our bodies.

Before I started on low carb I was eating a 'normal' diet and injecting insulin to cover the carbs. I would obsessively weigh my carbs and work out exactly how much insulin to inject. I used to get so frustrated that an identical meal and insulin on a different day would often give wildly different results. There was no logic to it.
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Well it's hats off to you @Krystyna23040

Heck of a journey,

Bravo for getting to such a good place, you could drop the insulin.

That inner steel IS what makes us

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Good morning everyone from a noisy and blustery hour lost start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of Tom Yum soup with FibreFlour flat breads came in at 4.4 this am

Clocks a kimbo - Old wooden case clock needs sorting and of course kitchen not very smart stuff also. Good news is that the garden clock and the clock on my motorcycle are now correct (I never bother changing them). I noticed that the wonder wheel blood sugar app has just compressed two hours into one (1 and 2 am).

I made a dashi yesterday, Awasi type, but then realised that Mrs Miggins does not like the taste of dried bonito flakes dropped into hot water. So, I just used it as a base broth and made Tom Yum soup - it’s light, filling, very low in carbs and quite soothing. I use Stevia rather than traditional cane sugar.
Three fence panels worked on yesterday - one repaired and two replaced. We now have a pile of smashed up fencing to go to the recycling centre.

I did three paintings yesterday, experimenting with different brush strokes. This particular one is on very absorbent single ply and unsized rice paper. You can see how my brush was not quite dry enough at the top of the waterfall. Never mind. Hope everyone has a splendid Sunday. Koffy time here.

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5.5 this wild and windy morning.

First day of the Easter vacation so will relax and read today and maybe do some admin. Am halfway through a lesson plan for class members for their home practice.

Am a bit naughty and 'borrow ' pictures from the internet to illustrate my lesson plans and exercise sheets. Although I think I did read somewhere that it was ok to do if it was for education purposes..

So looking forward to the end of 'house arrest ' tomorrow.
 
Another wet grass day today in Cumbria after a wild wet night and rainy day forecast there is a flooding prediction for the upper R.Eden catchment. This flooding takes time to reach Carlisle.

Its nice living on the side of a small hill up from the local river. If it reaches us, heaven help the rest of our hamlet, I just hope they have their own personal Arks ready.

Spring is usually cool and dry and the Helm wind starts to blow from the east, so perhaps we are due a wet one.
D.
 
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