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

[dunelm]

Fbg ...still not taking it because experimenting with foods...will explain a bit more in a day or so. Experimenting with foods seems to be working.

I appear to have acquired another stray cat, but he was there all along.
All my life I wanted a little ginger cat, but I never came across one needing a home.
There are 4 stray ginger cats here, not 3.
I am sure that there is a greater chance of winning the lottery, than this.
The first ginger was Manky Ginger (I must think of a better name for him), but it describes his gangly looks.
The second ginger, just got called Ginger.
The third ginger got called Biscuit because his fur is more a soft orange with no tabby type markings.
The fourth ginger has much more defined tabby markings, and he turned a side of his face to me that I have not seen before, because he has always approached the cat bowl from the same side. Yesterday I saw he had a largish injury on the left side of his face, like he had been involved with a fight with a cat or a dog. I moved close to the window as I dared, but he wasn't fazed by me, and I could see that it had healed up, but no fur was growing there.
He is larger than the other gingers.
I had thought my eyes had been playing tricks on me, or the lighting was different.
So, fourth ginger I have now named Pirate (but his eye by the injury seems perfectly okay).

Creative is a kaleidoscope made from the painting of that pedigree ginger cat I saw some weeks ago who came to gennepher's cat diner for a few days, but then didn't come again.

It is still nighttime out there in the garden. But I forgot to put the barking driveway sensor in the garden last night, after recharging, to scare the fox away, and I can see that Popeye's Big Ted has been doing a midnight dance with Foxy Loxy last night. And then when the bewitching hour was over, the dance ended abruptly and Big Ted was dumped on the daffodils...

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What a menagerie. Interesting how this has turned out - I see eight eyed ginger cat frogs. Some strange goings on in your garden.

 

[Krystyna23040]

5.4 this morning. Relaxing with a coffee before sorting out the lesson plans. Another lovely sunny day.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on yet another start in the sunshine here in the dark and dangerous north. I may have to dig out my swimming costume and give it a go over with the iron - if I knew where that thing resided. I have an old one that I use for ironing rice paper (who knew). A day of tidying up yesterday and first dibs on a new yard brush that Mrs Miggins bought last week. Seems to work well but we will never know until Mrs Miggins returns and carries out a detailed inspection. Lovely chat with the Ninky Nonks and Little Miss Pamplemouse who were excitedly telling me about a visit to a bowling alley and an explore in a nearby wood.
Art bit - another large sheet of rice paper, landscape. Have a splendid Monday, don’t rush it. Best make some koffy.

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those of unspecified IQ levels.
Blood sugars this morning were a…..hmm thought provoking 8.1, several culprits for this reading and all under my ( lack ) of control, sympathy is not required please send buckets of self control instead .
Little bit of good news for regular readers of my almost daily rambling, me, me’s and myself will be off line for the next few days, apart from maybe a quick post of blood sugars, subject to access to the interweb.
My pals chaos and mayhem are due for parole shortly, then the famous cry will be herd ( heard for the picky amongst you ) **cry havoc and let loose the dogs stupidity **
Stay safe all, I am staying safe I have already made Mrs J’s tea. Now it’s lft test time.

 

[ianpspurs]

Monday, Monday here in FH. Bright, chilly and full of Eastern Promise. Swipey is asleep so no known fbg but the trend implies somewhere in the 4s to mid 5s. Simply divine day yesterday in so many ways - this Pilgrimage is turning out to be quite the Sliding Doors event. The Food Fairy transmogrified my fave LC/Keto chocolate cake into brownies - divine darling, divine. I now have a few items to test for impact - those, Aldi soy pasta and cheese sauce all being fine taste wise and allegedly carb wise. @gennepher experimenting may be catching; your kaleidoscope today invoked ideas of a fresco on some Cathedral ceiling visited (purely in my mind) on this pilgrimage. @dunelm don't turn the brush into Trigger's Brush before Mr Miggins has her turn. Thanks for the art Sir. The chat with the NNs and Miss P sounds perfect. @Krystyna23040 good girl for the sausage roll. JKP and I like Granchester (fancy that, eh) which is true to location at times but Professor T is the dogs thing me jigs for "real" Cambridge. @alf_Josiah holiday or hospital? - not that it is any business of mine. @Jojo85 the holiday sounds wonderful and the kg is merely a rounding error. Today would have been/was my mum's (#trulyblessed) birthday. We visited the grave and laid flowers on Saturday in celebration. I'm sure yesterday was so good because I felt completely at home there and the pork came from a farm we knew well. Oh, the sun also shone and Spurs won. Does God's plan include an Exodus (sorry Bob I ain't linking) for Ian? Stay safe, sound and sane - 2 out of 3 ain't bad Alf. To the Gym James and don't spare the horses.

 

[dunelm]

Monday, Monday here in FH. Bright, chilly and full of Eastern Promise. Swipey is asleep so no known fbg but the trend implies somewhere in the 4s to mid 5s. Simply divine day yesterday in so many ways - this Pilgrimage is turning out to be quite the Sliding Doors event. The Food Fairy transmogrified my fave LC/Keto chocolate cake into brownies - divine darling, divine. I now have a few items to test for impact - those, Aldi soy pasta and cheese sauce all being fine taste wise and allegedly carb wise. @gennepher experimenting may be catching; your kaleidoscope today invoked ideas of a fresco on some Cathedral ceiling visited (purely in my mind) on this pilgrimage. @dunelm don't turn the brush into Trigger's Brush before Mr Miggins has her turn. Thanks for the art Sir. The chat with the NNs and Miss P sounds perfect. @Krystyna23040 good girl for the sausage roll. JKP and I like Granchester (fancy that, eh) which is true to location at times but Professor T is the dogs thing me jigs for "real" Cambridge. @alf_Josiah holiday or hospital? - not that it is any business of mine. @Jojo85 the holiday sounds wonderful and the kg is merely a rounding error. Today would have been/was my mum's (#trulyblessed) birthday. We visited the grave and laid flowers on Saturday in celebration. I'm sure yesterday was so good because I felt completely at home there and the pork came from a farm we knew well. Oh, the sun also shone and Spurs won. Does God's plan include an Exodus (sorry Bob I ain't linking) for Ian? Stay safe, sound and sane - 2 out of 3 ain't bad Alf. To the Gym James and don't spare the horses.

Thanks @ianpspurs and care will now be taken not to use said brush again for fear of damage,

 

[gennepher]

What a menagerie. Interesting how this has turned out - I see eight eyed ginger cat frogs. Some strange goings on in your garden.

Thanks @dunelm
I don't know where these cat frogs keep coming from!

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone on yet another start in the sunshine here in the dark and dangerous north. I may have to dig out my swimming costume and give it a go over with the iron - if I knew where that thing resided. I have an old one that I use for ironing rice paper (who knew). A day of tidying up yesterday and first dibs on a new yard brush that Mrs Miggins bought last week. Seems to work well but we will never know until Mrs Miggins returns and carries out a detailed inspection. Lovely chat with the Ninky Nonks and Little Miss Pamplemouse who were excitedly telling me about a visit to a bowling alley and an explore in a nearby wood.
Art bit - another large sheet of rice paper, landscape. Have a splendid Monday, don’t rush it. Best make some koffy.

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Interesting art bit @dunelm
I love the detail of the saplings...

 

[gennepher]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those of unspecified IQ levels.
Blood sugars this morning were a…..hmm thought provoking 8.1, several culprits for this reading and all under my ( lack ) of control, sympathy is not required please send buckets of self control instead .
Little bit of good news for regular readers of my almost daily rambling, me, me’s and myself will be off line for the next few days, apart from maybe a quick post of blood sugars, subject to access to the interweb.
My pals chaos and mayhem are due for parole shortly, then the famous cry will be herd ( heard for the picky amongst you ) **cry havoc and let loose the dogs stupidity **
Stay safe all, I am staying safe I have already made Mrs J’s tea. Now it’s lft test time.

No buckets of self control available @alf_Josiah but here are some self control gift wrapped boxes just for you. Unwrap one when you need it

Something is strange with these gift boxes, they keep vanishing each time I post them...

I am going back under my electric blanket...

 

[gennepher]

Monday, Monday here in FH. Bright, chilly and full of Eastern Promise. Swipey is asleep so no known fbg but the trend implies somewhere in the 4s to mid 5s. Simply divine day yesterday in so many ways - this Pilgrimage is turning out to be quite the Sliding Doors event. The Food Fairy transmogrified my fave LC/Keto chocolate cake into brownies - divine darling, divine. I now have a few items to test for impact - those, Aldi soy pasta and cheese sauce all being fine taste wise and allegedly carb wise. @gennepher experimenting may be catching; your kaleidoscope today invoked ideas of a fresco on some Cathedral ceiling visited (purely in my mind) on this pilgrimage. @dunelm don't turn the brush into Trigger's Brush before Mr Miggins has her turn. Thanks for the art Sir. The chat with the NNs and Miss P sounds perfect. @Krystyna23040 good girl for the sausage roll. JKP and I like Granchester (fancy that, eh) which is true to location at times but Professor T is the dogs thing me jigs for "real" Cambridge. @alf_Josiah holiday or hospital? - not that it is any business of mine. @Jojo85 the holiday sounds wonderful and the kg is merely a rounding error. Today would have been/was my mum's (#trulyblessed) birthday. We visited the grave and laid flowers on Saturday in celebration. I'm sure yesterday was so good because I felt completely at home there and the pork came from a farm we knew well. Oh, the sun also shone and Spurs won. Does God's plan include an Exodus (sorry Bob I ain't linking) for Ian? Stay safe, sound and sane - 2 out of 3 ain't bad Alf. To the Gym James and don't spare the horses.

Interesting perception of the kaleidoscope @ianpspurs
Just had another look at it...
It could be a church ceiling....
Keep warm. It is freezing here....

 

[ianpspurs]

Oh my. Sunshine, gym went really well and now one of the most pithy summaries of The Johnson Project : As for Johnson portraying the Kremlin as on a par with the EU – an organisation Ukraine wants to join – it is like having a playground idiot running the country. Source. We in the UK - well 43.8% of us - really have "bet the farm" on someone absolutely incapable of telling the truth never mind leading a country. I wish the man no ill but we need him and his fellow travellers gone asap. The billion dollar questions are how bad must it get before people have had enough and who/what comes next? (Anyone else think he seems to be more bloated than ever?)

 

[dunelm]

Interesting art bit @dunelm
I love the detail of the saplings...

Thank you @gennepher

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on not the brightest of starts here in the dark and dangerous north. Bright with an ish on the end, like the person who comes 4th in a Mastermind programme. The drive is skip free for once - should I move the car? So expensive starting it up just to put it onto the drive. Taken out to lunch yesterday by daughter and the girl in the bubble. We (the girl in the bubble and I) were trying very hard to stretch up and touch the roof of the conservatory we were sat in - interesting idea (not mine), good game, very funny but do take it seriously. I helped her to count slices of strawberry - 10 - and got a clap and a ‘well done grandad’. What a hoot. A waiting game this morning - window fixer due to arrive - moisture between the lenses in one of the kitchen windows - we have two - I know.
Art bit - a couple of boats. I have been informed that it is Tuesday. If so, have a wonderful Tuesday. As always, for me, after tea comes koffy.

 

[Granny_grump_]

Good Morning Everyone BG this morning was 6.4
We are paying another visit to two garden centres today to find shrubs for front garden before the garden compost and soil arrive tomorrow, then a visit to our sons to see how he is and Molly the dog wild of hair and fabulous temperament such a beautiful young labradoodle. She is neither smooth like the Labrador or curly like the poodle she looks like she’s been in a wind tunnel hair so wild and lovely like her, until she returns from the doggy grooming parlour then for about a week she’s got a short wavy coat but the wild look suits her best.
I get my dog cuddles fix from Molly since our own dog past away last November I desperately want another dog but we can’t have both either travelling or dog, my husband has been looking forward to us being able to travel without the worry of who’s taking care of our dog, I won’t put them in kennels so I agree for the forceable future my sons beautiful scruffy labradoodle will be my go to place for doggy kisses and cuddles. Have a lovely day everyone.K

 

[Krystyna23040]

4.4 this morning. A bit low but no hypo in the night which is good. Lovely sunny morning again. Have got a long afternoon break today so will go for a relaxing meal in the lovely pub across the road.

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.3

My food experiment.
It included me eating different foods, just things I fancied eating that I haven't eaten for awhile, instead of thinking 'what is the absolute best food to eat to control diabetes.'
But it included the addition of one new vital food.

To start from the beginning. A couple of weeks ago, or so, a particular seeded bread I bought online had gone up in price. The 'bread' is literally nothing but seeds (a lot of people gave it bad reviews because of the solidness of it, idiots -of course it is going to be a solid bread). It had been £3.99 for 4 small slices. And I had been prepared to pay that because it did not raise my blood sugars at all. It has now gone up to £9.99 for the same 4 small slices. That is just not viable (not on my state pensioner's income).

Years ago, pre diabetes diagnosis, I used to buy an intensely seeded bread in Nantwich market. Two loaves would last me a fortnight. This was when J was alive and we went all over the place. But when he was gone, obviously I am not going to drive a day's trip just to get a loaf of seeded bread from the market.

I did experiment with a loose seed mix for awhile (14 years ago) and that helped lower the glycemic index of the foods I was eating. But time and stuff got in the way, and like all things we stray off the good path for a bit!

So I went to get some loose seed mix. Not as easy to obtain any more. It wasn't in my regular shops. Finally found some when I met my friend in England. But it wasn't going to last long. I did find some in a supermarket near here. But it was a quarter of the size for 6 times the price. Absolutely not!

More searching. Ended up at the local Polish shop. Found different seeds there. With the aid of Google translate I identified (!) and bought several packets of seeds. I need to go back and ID more of them.

So my experiment was this.
Adding about 3 to 4 teaspoons of mixed seeds to whatever my meal is that day. Even to eggs, to bacon, to meat etc as I am cooking them. My cooking is grilling and so they might get roasted a bit on there.

I eat one meal a day.

Prior to my seed experiment I was adding a cup of miso soup to my diet. Especially if I felt like a little something mid afternoon. But no solid stuff with it as I get bad heartburn at night if I eat late. And that miso soup drink also lowered my in the day blood glucose readings.

But I still got one spike in the day. I alway have got one high reading at some point of the day, or in the night of over 10, maybe even 12.1 for no apparent reason at all to me. It didn't appear directly related to food.

However, having the miso drink once a day, did reduce that spike to under 10. And so the spike would be 9.something. But that still wasn't good enough for me. So, hence the mixed seeds experiment.

I started the daily miso drink about a month ago. And then the mixed seeds on my once a day meal about a fortnight ago. I am eating a little more carbs now, maybe about 30 grams, but always I am eating those carbs with seeds on them.

Although my fasting blood glucose is still in the 6's, I do not get those horrible over the 10's spikes at some other random point in the day. I can feel them when they happen.

And my blood glucose readings in the day, with this new regime is mixed seeds and a miso drink, can now go as low as 5.something, but never over 8. This is the most even keel I have ever managed to get my readings in a 24 hour period.

So, that is my recent diabetic food and blood glucose readings journey.

Creative today...a kaleidoscope of the approach to Flint Castle...I can see evil faces in this!

 

[alf_Josiah]

Morening all

A quick toe into the interweb to a report a 6.2 this morning.
Blood tests first then a leg over the seat and off, a journey to make, places too ( to or two ) go and people to see.
Remember everyday is a gift and your gift if you choose is to bring a smile to a strangers face, stay safe all.

 

[ianpspurs]

Greetings Diabetes Massive from a blue skied but chilly FH. I conveniently forgot to swipe - left or right- so fbg remains a known unknown just like the future. @dunelm that meal and the game sound like the elixir of life, wonderful stuff. Enjoy the coffee, thanks for the art and I hope Stan The Man fixes #windowgate. @gennepher interesting account of what has been happening with your bg during the testing sabbatical. Today's kaleidoscope is taking a while to grow on me but I'm enormously grateful for your sharing thereof. Next up for me is delivering a boy to proper school and a girl to nursery - proper school for her in September by which time she will be all grown up at 4. Talking of 4s great fbg @Krystyna23040 and well done for avoiding a hypo. Anyone remember what it was like to be young, be foolish and be happy? - seems @alf_Josiah fits 2 out of 3. Enjoy your voyage young Alfred, young sparrow me owl.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Fbg 6.3

My food experiment.
It included me eating different foods, just things I fancied eating that I haven't eaten for awhile, instead of thinking 'what is the absolute best food to eat to control diabetes.'
But it included the addition of one new vital food.

To start from the beginning. A couple of weeks ago, or so, a particular seeded bread I bought online had gone up in price. The 'bread' is literally nothing but seeds (a lot of people gave it bad reviews because of the solidness of it, idiots -of course it is going to be a solid bread). It had been £3.99 for 4 small slices. And I had been prepared to pay that because it did not raise my blood sugars at all. It has now gone up to £9.99 for the same 4 small slices. That is just not viable (not on my state pensioner's income).

Years ago, pre diabetes diagnosis, I used to buy an intensely seeded bread in Nantwich market. Two loaves would last me a fortnight. This was when J was alive and we went all over the place. But when he was gone, obviously I am not going to drive a day's trip just to get a loaf of seeded bread from the market.

I did experiment with a loose seed mix for awhile (14 years ago) and that helped lower the glycemic index of the foods I was eating. But time and stuff got in the way, and like all things we stray off the good path for a bit!

So I went to get some loose seed mix. Not as easy to obtain any more. It wasn't in my regular shops. Finally found some when I met my friend in England. But it wasn't going to last long. I did find some in a supermarket near here. But it was a quarter of the size for 6 times the price. Absolutely not!

More searching. Ended up at the local Polish shop. Found different seeds there. With the aid of Google translate I identified (!) and bought several packets of seeds. I need to go back and ID more of them.

So my experiment was this.
Adding about 3 to 4 teaspoons of mixed seeds to whatever my meal is that day. Even to eggs, to bacon, to meat etc as I am cooking them. My cooking is grilling and so they might get roasted a bit on there.

I eat one meal a day.

Prior to my seed experiment I was adding a cup of miso soup to my diet. Especially if I felt like a little something mid afternoon. But no solid stuff with it as I get bad heartburn at night if I eat late. And that miso soup drink also lowered my in the day blood glucose readings.

But I still got one spike in the day. I alway have got one high reading at some point of the day, or in the night of over 10, maybe even 12.1 for no apparent reason at all to me. It didn't appear directly related to food.

However, having the miso drink once a day, did reduce that spike to under 10. And so the spike would be 9.something. But that still wasn't good enough for me. So, hence the mixed seeds experiment.

I started the daily miso drink about a month ago. And then the mixed seeds on my once a day meal about a fortnight ago. I am eating a little more carbs now, maybe about 30 grams, but always I am eating those carbs with seeds on them.

Although my fasting blood glucose is still in the 6's, I do not get those horrible over the 10's spikes at some other random point in the day. I can feel them when they happen.

And my blood glucose readings in the day, with this new regime is mixed seeds and a miso drink, can now go as low as 5.something, but never over 8. This is the most even keel I have ever managed to get my readings in a 24 hour period.

So, that is my recent diabetic food and blood glucose readings journey.

Creative today...a kaleidoscope of the approach to Flint Castle...I can see evil faces in this!

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Brilliant blood sugars @gennepher. You have definitely found what really works for you.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.3

My food experiment.
It included me eating different foods, just things I fancied eating that I haven't eaten for awhile, instead of thinking 'what is the absolute best food to eat to control diabetes.'
But it included the addition of one new vital food.

To start from the beginning. A couple of weeks ago, or so, a particular seeded bread I bought online had gone up in price. The 'bread' is literally nothing but seeds (a lot of people gave it bad reviews because of the solidness of it, idiots -of course it is going to be a solid bread). It had been £3.99 for 4 small slices. And I had been prepared to pay that because it did not raise my blood sugars at all. It has now gone up to £9.99 for the same 4 small slices. That is just not viable (not on my state pensioner's income).

Years ago, pre diabetes diagnosis, I used to buy an intensely seeded bread in Nantwich market. Two loaves would last me a fortnight. This was when J was alive and we went all over the place. But when he was gone, obviously I am not going to drive a day's trip just to get a loaf of seeded bread from the market.

I did experiment with a loose seed mix for awhile (14 years ago) and that helped lower the glycemic index of the foods I was eating. But time and stuff got in the way, and like all things we stray off the good path for a bit!

So I went to get some loose seed mix. Not as easy to obtain any more. It wasn't in my regular shops. Finally found some when I met my friend in England. But it wasn't going to last long. I did find some in a supermarket near here. But it was a quarter of the size for 6 times the price. Absolutely not!

More searching. Ended up at the local Polish shop. Found different seeds there. With the aid of Google translate I identified (!) and bought several packets of seeds. I need to go back and ID more of them.

So my experiment was this.
Adding about 3 to 4 teaspoons of mixed seeds to whatever my meal is that day. Even to eggs, to bacon, to meat etc as I am cooking them. My cooking is grilling and so they might get roasted a bit on there.

I eat one meal a day.

Prior to my seed experiment I was adding a cup of miso soup to my diet. Especially if I felt like a little something mid afternoon. But no solid stuff with it as I get bad heartburn at night if I eat late. And that miso soup drink also lowered my in the day blood glucose readings.

But I still got one spike in the day. I alway have got one high reading at some point of the day, or in the night of over 10, maybe even 12.1 for no apparent reason at all to me. It didn't appear directly related to food.

However, having the miso drink once a day, did reduce that spike to under 10. And so the spike would be 9.something. But that still wasn't good enough for me. So, hence the mixed seeds experiment.

I started the daily miso drink about a month ago. And then the mixed seeds on my once a day meal about a fortnight ago. I am eating a little more carbs now, maybe about 30 grams, but always I am eating those carbs with seeds on them.

Although my fasting blood glucose is still in the 6's, I do not get those horrible over the 10's spikes at some other random point in the day. I can feel them when they happen.

And my blood glucose readings in the day, with this new regime is mixed seeds and a miso drink, can now go as low as 5.something, but never over 8. This is the most even keel I have ever managed to get my readings in a 24 hour period.

So, that is my recent diabetic food and blood glucose readings journey.

Creative today...a kaleidoscope of the approach to Flint Castle...I can see evil faces in this!

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Good experiment and smashing blood sugars result. Monsters from another planet or time in your kaleidoscope.