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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)
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Lamont D
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7.0 this morning, when I have done too much again today, mainly because of the five out of eight grandkids that I have been with this morning and afternoon, two of them took me to the footie, where a very frustrated old man (me) said naughty words out loud, for reasons that non football followers cannot understand! The ref got most of it, but because of the others in the ground around me, the man in black couldn't here me!
Got back in, and my beloved as in full swing misrememberitis! I doubt Mrs L, could remember where she was, or what day it was cos the first thing she asked was How was work?
Her purse was on the shelf in the toilet and her bag with her phone and things in were in the bath (empty)!
How, why? I have no idea!
I just started feeding us!
Hope you (and me) have a relaxing serene Saturday evening!
My best wishes as usual!
Why has my FBG gone back up again?
Got back in, and my beloved as in full swing misrememberitis! I doubt Mrs L, could remember where she was, or what day it was cos the first thing she asked was How was work?
Her purse was on the shelf in the toilet and her bag with her phone and things in were in the bath (empty)!
How, why? I have no idea!
I just started feeding us!
Hope you (and me) have a relaxing serene Saturday evening!
My best wishes as usual!
Why has my FBG gone back up again?
dunelm
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Thank you @gennepher - ordered
Krystyna23040
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Yes, I also don't get the issues with hunger etc. with time restricted eating @gennepher - as long as I have an early breakfast and lunch I feel really good.
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Very interesting article @ianpspurs. Good to read that there are benefits with time restricted eating.Good morning all from a summer's day tribute act here in a distinctly individual area of the Exotic East. Eating windows are highly individual and surely need to be synchronised with taking medication? This is an interesting piece. @dunelm thanks for sharing the wonderful art; nicely done with subtle colouring. Those Ninky Nonks must be loving their time with you, red blanket or not. @gennepher thank you for another splendid creative and sending me to find out what encaustic paintings are. No wonder you and Midnight await Badger Uni term. @lindisfel nice Davidic comeback to that guy. Pipettes and a poet alleged to drink laudanum, by the pint? distinctly dodgy. Aspirational butcher made us an offer we couldn't refuse so Sicilian stuffed chicken later today and Porchetta on the morrow. Who decided football, rugby, the hundred and athletics should all be televised at once? Its only live onceEnjoy your day as much as possible, well not Mr ten Hag and assorted charges.
Because I have to start my eating window early I am really lucky that Mr K doesn't mind us having our main meal at lunchtime.
Interestingly, I did try starting my eating window later in the day and it just didn't work as I was so hungry all morning.
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Good morning everyone on what just may be another sunny day here in the dark and dangerous north. Down on the beach by 10 am yesterday. 2 x tramadol + 2 x paracetamol. We took the car, loaded with picnic chairs, blankets, a beach tent and picnic stuff. It was like an expedition to the Himalayas going down and then back up the cliffs. Stayed warm and sunny all day and clocked over 5 miles by the time we got home. Toasting marshmallows last night and pizza and ice cream and cake. I had a portion of autres choses drizzled with olive oil and some ACV. Mrs Miggins went over to visit one of her sisters in hospital who had had a stroke earlier in the week. Grandchildren going home today. We will see them next weekend in Snowdonia. Art bit - another starter. I hope that your day includes a smile or two. There are the stirring sounds of children waking up so I had better get some koffy on for myself and shake a leg.
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There is no eating scheme that fits everyone.
If we rob the the body of the needed protein in old age one is asking for trouble in having muscle loss.
I too need to have food several times a day being on so much medication throughout the day.
Also I cannot function without a plate of eggs done in olive oil first thing. A conventional breakfast would throw me onto the R.H. hyper/hypo rollercoaster.
Enjoy your day, heres hoping for the girls to win.
D
If we rob the the body of the needed protein in old age one is asking for trouble in having muscle loss.
I too need to have food several times a day being on so much medication throughout the day.
Also I cannot function without a plate of eggs done in olive oil first thing. A conventional breakfast would throw me onto the R.H. hyper/hypo rollercoaster.
Enjoy your day, heres hoping for the girls to win.
D
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It does seem that different ages need different fuels. I have noticed that our eating habits have changed and despite the diabetes. We have less meat but better quality and have compensated by increasing protein from things like eggs, cheese, avocados, nuts, pulses and such. Fish, yes but not so much. I do like to have breakfast at about 11am but need a shot of kefir and three spoons of yoghurt before taking my tablets. Not a one size fits all, as you say.
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You are a fighter Dunelm to have to function on such strong pain killers and do 5 miles.
I hope the hospital have been able to give Mrs Miggins sister the best treatment in this strange climate of young doctors striking.
Best wishes
Derek
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It is so interesting that we all have to experiment to find out what works for us.
I totally agree that as we get older protein is so important. As I struggle to eat enough protein I have added collagen to my diet and upped my peanut butter uptake and can feel the difference the extra protein they provide makes.
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Morning all on the day it could finally be coming home. @dunelm thank you for sharing your art again., Yesterday sounds like an epic event despite the painkillers. Enjoy Snowdonia and hug for Mrs Miggins' sister. We are and have been blessed by the art shared here by yourself, @gennepher and previously Geeful and Muddycyclist. Mrs AJ also adds to our gallery. My take from what has been posted here on time restricted eating is we all have our own circadian rhythms - I'm amazed how late some post here - and routines but one common factor seems to be the quality of food is paramount* @Krystyna23040 for some time I have been aware of sarcopenia. I never imagined I would regularly eat and enjoy peanut butter, salmon and avocado. Not usually together although now I've imagined it ..... I'm sure I've seen such smoothies promoted by influencers. Meanwhile in Stadium Australia, it would be very apt if the women brought joy back to English football in the same stadium as the White Orks on steroids famously won. Who will be their Wilkinson or Hurst? Woke 1 Forces of Darkness 0. Enjoy your day especially those Lionesses.
* The B word and last 13 years of misgovernment have been the antithesis of this so pray for the younger generations.
* The B word and last 13 years of misgovernment have been the antithesis of this so pray for the younger generations.
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gennepher
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Fbg 6.6
Wildlife video
Badger finds leftover boiled egg I put out for the fox (I only keep boiled eggs 3 to 4 days in the fridge), and is puzzled because it doesn't break. He chases it everywhere...
29 seconds
Creative - more of the cheaper watercolour inks.
Have a good day...
Wildlife video
Badger finds leftover boiled egg I put out for the fox (I only keep boiled eggs 3 to 4 days in the fridge), and is puzzled because it doesn't break. He chases it everywhere...
29 seconds
Creative - more of the cheaper watercolour inks.
Have a good day...
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Kept my feet down and walked as much as I could yesterday (fool!). In the end it wasn't much but by 9pm I was in the kind of pain that even my painkillers couldn't touch. Went to bed. Got up again because it was worse. Went back. Eventually sat in the wheelchair with my worst leg propped up and eventually fell asleep that way. When I woke, it was 12.30 and I had to get up to go to the toilet. When I hobbled back, I fell into the bed and eventually slept. Woke at 4 am and wheelchaired myself through to the kitchen to take some more painkillers. Couldn't bear top prop my leg up on anything so just fell asleep again in the wheelchair until 6.30. Legs felt a lot better by then so I managed to walk a little (with the walking frame) but today I am not going to overdo it.
BG at 6.30 was 8.9. A bit higher than I would have expected although it did go up to 11.4 mid evening on Saturday, and then down to 6.3 by bed time. I'd only had bits of cheese during the day - just kind of snacking now and again, so I didn't take any insulin. I did take insulin before my last meal, which was about 8pm. Not very low carb because there was a lot of tomato in it, but no starchy carbs.
Ah well, like it or not - things to do. The kitchen is a bit of a disaster area at present and I have guests coming this afternoon. Need to organise Neil to get chairs through again. Told my friend she'll need to make the tea and coffee for me - I'll provide shop bought cake and biscuits. Kitchen looks a disaster, but it's just a matter of putting things away that have been left out for the last few days, and unloading/loading the dishwasher. That'll take me all my time.
BG at 6.30 was 8.9. A bit higher than I would have expected although it did go up to 11.4 mid evening on Saturday, and then down to 6.3 by bed time. I'd only had bits of cheese during the day - just kind of snacking now and again, so I didn't take any insulin. I did take insulin before my last meal, which was about 8pm. Not very low carb because there was a lot of tomato in it, but no starchy carbs.
Ah well, like it or not - things to do. The kitchen is a bit of a disaster area at present and I have guests coming this afternoon. Need to organise Neil to get chairs through again. Told my friend she'll need to make the tea and coffee for me - I'll provide shop bought cake and biscuits. Kitchen looks a disaster, but it's just a matter of putting things away that have been left out for the last few days, and unloading/loading the dishwasher. That'll take me all my time.
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Thank you @lindisfel. The ambulance was quickly on the scene but it was quite a bad bleed. I have noticed that my cocktail of pain killers takes about 90 minutes before it really kicks in. Less than 60 minutes and I am still unable to do more than about 500 yards. No pain relief today mind - I am taking it easy.
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Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those who will be watching the foot the ball game today.
Blood sugars were a 6.5 this morning.
Eating, what, where and when seems to be the topic, no not the chocolate bar, topic of today so far as me, me’s and myself have read.
Being on very powerful and dangerous medication what I can eat and when I eat is purely determined by said medication, my diabetes is a complication and at times a right pain in the posterior, but manageable.
I have found what works for myself, low carb certainly does not work. Low protein causes other problems, never mind. It would be wrong for me offer advice on this topic.
Later this afternoon we, that is all of me’s, Mrs J, surrogate daughter, her 3 daughters and her mother are visiting for a well over due BBQ, in fact 4 years overdue, one word covid is the word, is the word, is the word, oh dear another line from a song…
This BBQ is going to play havoc with my diabetic regime, but one has to live, let live….oh dear another song is creeping in live and let die, no apologies will be given and prisoners could well end up on the BBQ.
Now I must away and follow closely written instructions from Mrs J
Stay safe.
Blood sugars were a 6.5 this morning.
Eating, what, where and when seems to be the topic, no not the chocolate bar, topic of today so far as me, me’s and myself have read.
Being on very powerful and dangerous medication what I can eat and when I eat is purely determined by said medication, my diabetes is a complication and at times a right pain in the posterior, but manageable.
I have found what works for myself, low carb certainly does not work. Low protein causes other problems, never mind. It would be wrong for me offer advice on this topic.
Later this afternoon we, that is all of me’s, Mrs J, surrogate daughter, her 3 daughters and her mother are visiting for a well over due BBQ, in fact 4 years overdue, one word covid is the word, is the word, is the word, oh dear another line from a song…
This BBQ is going to play havoc with my diabetic regime, but one has to live, let live….oh dear another song is creeping in live and let die, no apologies will be given and prisoners could well end up on the BBQ.
Now I must away and follow closely written instructions from Mrs J
Stay safe.
dunelm
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Thank you @ianpspurs.
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I usually do the fish once a week but we stopped eating farmed salmon but we eat sea bass.
One of the real problems of sea and estuary fish is they pick up a big load of micro plastics and toxins like heavy metals and PCBs besides the junk they spray liberally at salmon fish farms.
Most fish are predators until the plankton with photosynthetic plankton being fed on by the zooplankton. Hence the toxic load of predator fish.
I have real reservation about non organic farming because they produce the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide which is far worse than methane or CO2 for retaining heat.
Unless we tackle these issues we have problems.
They seem to want use the land twice or three times for producing biofuels and solar parks?
Glad I won't have to sort Rishi out.
One of the real problems of sea and estuary fish is they pick up a big load of micro plastics and toxins like heavy metals and PCBs besides the junk they spray liberally at salmon fish farms.
Most fish are predators until the plankton with photosynthetic plankton being fed on by the zooplankton. Hence the toxic load of predator fish.
I have real reservation about non organic farming because they produce the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide which is far worse than methane or CO2 for retaining heat.
Unless we tackle these issues we have problems.
They seem to want use the land twice or three times for producing biofuels and solar parks?
Glad I won't have to sort Rishi out.
ianpspurs
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Hug for the pain, desire to be such a caring sharing lady and drive to do your own version of move more. A mantra my mum's SLE consultant was fond of saying was be your own detective. There are a whole bunch of people here for whom saying take it easy is a waste of breath. Being here means that is a given - STBO.to be blunt.
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dunelm
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Ah, the puzzle of the boiled egg! Thse inks are working extremely well
