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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

FBG 6.7! :rolleyes: I’m surprised it’s that low. It just goes to show that sugar is an addiction. Not satisfied with the meal including pudding at lunch but I had to nip out to sainsburys yesterday evening and bought a bar of chocolate as well! :banghead:
So that meant 2 rules broken 1. Eating sugar = carbs 2. Broke the challenge of not eating after 7pm. And subsequently it’s made me feel fed up and a failure :(

Love and hugs to all that need it. Have a good Thursday everyone x
 
Morning All
7.2 today so out of the 6s, clueless why! Welcome @Sznn1 @Dr Clive and @Aphrodite13 read around the forum for help and information or post a particular question. FBG is notoriously difficult to manage but the good thing in this thread we all try our best and care. @Ashybang that trip to the dentist sounded horrendous and wouldn’t have done your BG any favours either. Sorry you’re having a rough patch. @DEBBIESCOTT can’t believe that cough is worse. Virtual hugs to all.
 
FBG 6.5 this morning. No idea why the increase from yesterday's spectacular low, all the usual suspects - late dinner, work stress, foot on floor, etc. Oh and chocolate! But it was only a couple of squares and its my usual 90%, so not too wicked. :rolleyes:

Have a good day if you can, its wet wet wet again here.
 
Sznn1 said:
Hi. I'm new here. My average morning fasting this week is 15.1

Last 2 weeks I had COVID. And it shot up. But I've been struggling with high numbers for years due to major stress/trauma.

Reading this thread of super low numbers has been both shocking and inspirational.
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Morning @Sznn1. Welcome back. We're pleased you could join us again.

Many of us have experienced high numbers that seemed unsurmountable, but with help and support right here on this friendly forum, you’ll get results.
 
Aphrodite13 said:
Hi all,

I'm having a bad time with sugars, my pre- breakfast was 8.8
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Hello @Aphrodite13 and welcome to this FBG thread. We're pleased you could join us.

Logging my FBG levels here, it must be said, helps to keep me motivated, especially when readings drift upwards due factors beyond our control like infection.
 
MissMuffett said:
FBG 6.7! :rolleyes: I’m surprised it’s that low. It just goes to show that sugar is an addiction. Not satisfied with the meal including pudding at lunch but I had to nip out to sainsburys yesterday evening and bought a bar of chocolate as well! :banghead:
So that meant 2 rules broken 1. Eating sugar = carbs 2. Broke the challenge of not eating after 7pm. And subsequently it’s made me feel fed up and a failure :(

Love and hugs to all that need it. Have a good Thursday everyone x
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Even if you have had better, I don't call 6.7 a failure, its still within touching distance of the good numbers. And no food, even chocolate, is actually bad, its just your system can't cope with too much of it due to a medical issue called diabetes. Give yourself a compassionate hug and have a non edible treat instead!
 
Morning all still in the hive’s with a 5.3, and no 10’s spike with the breakfast this morning, used a small trick learnt on the DAFNE coarse and had a small portion of natural yogurt after. Tried this yesterday with some extreme food types yesterday ( jam / cream donuts, chocolate with nuts / raisins) max spike to 8 will add this as a dessert as it has the desired effect
 
I wish that I could get my morning reading down as low as some of these my average reading so far for Feb is 15.6, with a low of 11.8 and a high of 18.5. I have taken this up with the doctors and request a blood test that was carried out and I was told that the HbA1C was 58 the same as last year when the daily readings were lower. I now have an appointment with a diabetic nurse to discuss my concerns.
 
7.8 with no breakfast or early morning brew at 8am. Struggling at the moment, straight to the gym 90mins relatively tough workout. 750ml water during and decaf coffee 1 brown sugar after. Home 20 mins later BS of 8.5. No idea what I’m doing wrong.
 
NewdestinyX said:
Hello mates,
At a couple of the other forums I've frequented there was a thread like this one where we all sorta checked in each day, with our first cup of coffee or tea, and reported our fasting or waking blood glucose level and some short comment about whether we're ok with it or if not - why not?...

It worked well as a sort of 'first thread to check' each morning and post to.

I'll start.

This morning was a 5.6mmol for me. That's about normal for me

What about you?
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I was 7.5 starting out on the DAFNE course so hoping to see more like this
 
MissMuffett said:
FBG 6.7! :rolleyes: I’m surprised it’s that low. It just goes to show that sugar is an addiction. Not satisfied with the meal including pudding at lunch but I had to nip out to sainsburys yesterday evening and bought a bar of chocolate as well! :banghead:
So that meant 2 rules broken 1. Eating sugar = carbs 2. Broke the challenge of not eating after 7pm. And subsequently it’s made me feel fed up and a failure :(

Love and hugs to all that need it. Have a good Thursday everyone x
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Never ever think of yourself as a failure. It worries me to read that as when I got very down and constantly felt a failure, I ended up trying to take my own life so please promise me you'll be kinder to yourself. Maybe adjust your "rules" to be more lenient, you are only human after all and have a life to enjoy
 
kimberleyanneb said:
I was 7.5 starting out on the DAFNE course so hoping to see more like this
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I did the DAFNE coarse last year. I was actually sceptical as it’s quite a commitment with the length of coarse , and my carb counting and control already deemed as excellent. It is worth the effort/ time and has helped in a few situations like sick day rules and food combinations. Since completing this my time in range has improved. The “Gold” standard being 75%. I aim higher and have not changed my food types, just DAFNE teaches techniques to handle them
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RD02 said:
I did the DAFNE coarse last year. I was actually sceptical as it’s quite a commitment with the length of coarse , and my carb counting and control already deemed as excellent. It is worth the effort/ time and has helped in a few situations like sick day rules and food combinations. Since completing this my time in range has improved. The “Gold” standard being 75%. I aim higher and have not changed my food types, just DAFNE teaches techniques to handle them
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I can only wish for control like that, I have other conditions that make it very tricky to manage and I already carb count really well. I'm looking forward to learning more about exercise and sick days as its those that I struggle with. Thank you for your reassuring reply, I will keep up with it all and hopefully get control as good as you
 
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