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

LivingLightly said:
Yes, it's all good fun @gennepher.

I don't have badgers here in London, although they visit a friend of mine fairly frequently.

There's been another murder in my garden. Looks like the work of a sparrowhawk. The females have become skilled at knockng off wood pigeons. Only the beak and a pile of feathers remains.


Sunday's FBG 4.6 mmol on waking at 6.00 am
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It's just a coincidence isn't it?
a sparrowhawk, has been hanging around the footie pitches, back of me.
a gull was screeching after it.
but the hawk was just ignoring it.
looking for lunch I think.

when working at ground, a hawk would keep the pigeons away.
So less work for me.
 
gennepher said:
Yes @Lamont D ....and it is beautiful....
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If you want me describe it, I will later, as I've stopped for a small bite, cos painting in bedroom, under orders obviously.
I did put it in the blogs.............
bloody idiots.

6.4 this manic Monday.
Gas starting outside tomorrow, there may be a problem.G
The temporary lights have moved again.
another big hole further down has appeared this morning.
gotta go, walls won't paint themselves!
wish they would, why haven't we got robots to do this?
Oops, I'll have the sabots thrown at me!
be back later.
 
Too hot here.
Was 24C
Now 22C
But still too hot for me.
Can't breathe in this heat.
Got the fans and misters going.
All I am good for is just sleeping...

Birds have eaten every scrap of their food...just going to refill for them, then shut eye again until it gets cooler....

The weather really has gone bananas from day to day...
 
gennepher said:
Too hot here.
Was 24C
Now 22C
But still too hot for me.
Can't breathe in this heat.
Got the fans and misters going.
All I am good for is just sleeping...

Birds have eaten every scrap of their food...just going to refill for them, then shut eye again until it gets cooler....

The weather really has gone bananas from day to day...
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After being sunny in Cumbria it now turned cooler and cloudy and raining.
D.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thanks @Krystyna23040. Still have dressings on legs and elbows but they are "tethered" JKP sourced some netting stockingette from China which the NHS can't/won't provide. As for food, I can eat Montezumas for example but unlike you, and many more, it and many favourite foods here are only ever to add calories not pleasure. This is about my wheelhouse for high % chocolate. Moot point if it is because it is Waitrose premium label or the actual taste. What can I say? Despite Naomi Klein I'm shallow and like labels. BTW excellent steer on Rohan. Good sales this summer - ignore Mr K for once and be like Viv Nicholson :D
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Good that JKP has sourced stockingette that really works as a tether.

I find that the downside of really liking Montazumas 100%, crunchy peanut butter and cream is that I have to be really strict with myself to avoid calorie overload. That is sometimes (often) really hard to do.
 
gennepher said:
Too hot here.
Was 24C
Now 22C
But still too hot for me.
Can't breathe in this heat.
Got the fans and misters going.
All I am good for is just sleeping...

Birds have eaten every scrap of their food...just going to refill for them, then shut eye again until it gets cooler....

The weather really has gone bananas from day to day...
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Hug for that. I now need to avoid the sun - high factor cream and uv protective clothing BUT at 24C I'd probably still want full arctic expedition gear. Amazing how different we are. @Krystyna23040 calorie overload and LC - does not compute. I can't eat a whole Kg tub of PB for breakfast per day :D
 
gennepher said:
Too hot here.
Was 24C
Now 22C
But still too hot for me.
Can't breathe in this heat.
Got the fans and misters going.
All I am good for is just sleeping...

Birds have eaten every scrap of their food...just going to refill for them, then shut eye again until it gets cooler....

The weather really has gone bananas from day to day...
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it's a beautiful day for me.
I like it this warm.
However, raining from tonight (again!!!!!!!)
Stay safe @gennepher .
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

Blue skies and sun this morning. Temperature 15C but still an icy wind...

Badgers were digging up my garden for worms last night. Loads of holes...not tunnels fortunately...
It seems like the neighbourhood's worms all live in my garden...neighbours all have tarmac, brick, paved type gardens...
The small birds (dozens, and flocks of them, like marshtits & longtailedtits, swoop in, no pesticides in my garden, and so they eat all the little bugs), blackbirds, wood pigeons, even the magpie are present all day.
The only thing I am short on is butterflies and bees and wasps. There are almost none this year.

Nighttime wildlife video
Two Badgers & Two Cats
The badgers dig for worms under the bird feeders....
The ginger cat is the newish ginger and white cat, he has been around a month now. But I have never seen him in daytime...
22 secs

Creative...a kaleidoscope in Laboscope app...
Some wisteria and lots of different shape leaves!

Have your best day

Time for a cuppa...

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Smashing Wisteria in your garden menagerie
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all from L.A. on the ninth anniversary of my lifestyle change. How is that going? At least 1 skip full of boomslang skin, knotgrass and other weird ingredients thrown away. 700,000 hrs of JKP's life wasted forever cooking disgusting recipes -- yes Diet Dr I'm looking at you - folk here eulogise to the heavens. Hundreds of pounds spent on foods even 4 different dogs won't eat. Well over 25% of starting bulk gone forever, continually hungry and cold. Walked the legs off 1 pair of dogs, built and furnished a home gym. Now never without a Kg tub of crunchy peanut butter - no Palm oil, just nuts but defo not the smooth nonsense. Elsie Keto a person of interest in the really, really naughty issue BUT all A1c's sub pre-diabetes - last one in May was 33. To be totally honest I'm not sure if it has been good or bad for me. @dunelm thank you for the sketch which is evocative of something or other. I think my maternal grandmother had something similar hung on the wall of her "front room." @gennepher another simply amazing kaleidoscope - thank you. @JohnEGreen take it easy today and no wonder that fbg was as it was. Here, last night was the first for a month that I slept without any dressings on my torso. Very odd feeling but obviously cause to thank God. Y'all have as good a day as you can - oddly it is tea time here. 800 mls mug of Assam as per, which harks back to the start of this missive - my way of coping with the nonsense.
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Thank you @ianpspurs and pleased for you that you had a dressing free sleep. I also fell for some of those strange and unworkable ingredients, many of which were turfed out when we packed to move a couple of years ago. Not bought any since except some low carb Fibre flour which works for me.
 
gennepher said:
Can't we have a happy medium....in weather... @Lamont D
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I would love it to a 20 degrees for at least two months the summer months.
And rain during the night
But as always we go from one extreme to the other.
We never get the long summer that we remember from our childhood.
 
Just finished putting away the painting stuff.
A gammon joint was just the perfect way to have for my nosebag.
Mrs L was like a scavenger, it was good to see.

Have a pleasant evening each and every one,
Can't wait for the work to finish.

Rain is on its way.
Haven't watered the plants today.
Hope the forecast is right.
 
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