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

Morning All so RESET not going to plan with 7.9 today. It was 7.1 on libre before I climbed out of bed but by the time I made the bed and came downstairs libre said 8.0. Oh well more carrying on carrying on for me. Some great scores here well done everyone.
 
Weird one for me this morning. 8.3 on waking. :confused: Strangely enough had a very good low carb day (for me at least) yesterday with only 47g carbs. Went to bed with BS of 5.7, fantastic as one of my lowest ever.:) Did all the right things, exercise good, no skipped meals, last meal salad at 6PM and slept well.

Cant' explain why my body conjured up a relatively high starting BS this morning bucking the trend and it will only get higher as the day wears on :banghead:
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
How can you go out for a walk knowing there’s bears about?, I wouldn’t go out when we’ve got foxes in the garden
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I have relatives in the Massachusetts who live rural, they have bears and my cousin was walking home from work and a bear strolled across the road in front of her. She took a photo! I would have run :nailbiting:
 
Bcgirl said:
Very late posting….it is now 7pm. I’ve been hitting 6.2 for the last three days. It’s my new normal. Sucks. I eat no carbs. I know the pancreas is broken but I was hoping for a miracle. I guess not being on meds yet is my own little miracle.
just back from our evening walk, we decided to head out back into the hills (our house backs on forested hills…so nice) as the temperature was not too hot. Just half a km into it…BEAR! He saw us before we saw him and he ran…but then turned around, stood on his hind legs and gave us all the once over. Luckily the dog did not see it. We made lots of noise and he wandered off. We did finish our walk and didn’t see him again. I find it so amazing that a big black blob can be so,hard to see in the forest! They really just disappear.
hoping for a little lower BS tomorrow.
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The stress of that would have raised my bg!
 
MrsA2 said:
The stress of that would have raised my bg!
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Understood! He was very close, about ten feet when he started running, not good. Both hubby and I have extensive bear training and know what to do….but you never know. if there are cubs around, it’s an old bear, or you are near their food source then things can turn ugly. Generally they don’t bother humans (black bears) and will just leave.

this morning my reading was 5.8, happy about that. I’ve created a new step goal for myself, i now strive for 15,000 steps a day. It’s quite easy because I make sure to get around 8.000 in the morning at the gym (plus a weight workout). Walking the dog in the afternoon and evening brings the total up quite quickly.

we are enjoying perfect summer weather, hot and sunny but not too hot. A lovely breeze doesn’t hurt.
 
ChrisT2 said:
Weird one for me this morning. 8.3 on waking. :confused: Strangely enough had a very good low carb day (for me at least) yesterday with only 47g carbs. Went to bed with BS of 5.7, fantastic as one of my lowest ever.:) Did all the right things, exercise good, no skipped meals, last meal salad at 6PM and slept well.

Cant' explain why my body conjured up a relatively high starting BS this morning bucking the trend and it will only get higher as the day wears on :banghead:
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Given time and a consistent LCHF lifestyle @ChrisT2, your FBG readings should gradually fall so the rise will begin from a lower starting point and becomes less noticeable.

Meanwhile, IME, you can stop a spike on rising with a modest snack; a teaspoon of sunflower hearts or pumpkin seeds or four to five almonds or hazelnuts should do the trick without affecting your appetite at breakfast.
 
Bcgirl said:
Just half a km into it…BEAR! He saw us before we saw him and he ran…but then turned around, stood on his hind legs and gave us all the once over. Luckily the dog did not see it.
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The “Bare Necessities o Life” of my eye…. What Drama!

6.00 @ 5am…. Back to hospital today. Spent whole day there yesterday and left my iCharger and long cable there. I guess somebody will be fortunate.

Is Thursday a thang?
 
Morning All the reset is slow 7.1 today. @Estragon I lost my Apple phone charger at the airport last week in the panic of gathering up everything through the scanner with everyone pushing and shoving. Had to buy replacement at airport but v expensive and not even Apple brand doh! Best wishes at the hospital today. Thursday defo a thang!
 
LivingLightly said:
Given time and a consistent LCHF lifestyle @ChrisT2, your FBG readings should gradually fall so the rise will begin from a lower starting point and becomes less noticeable.

Meanwhile, IME, you can stop a spike on rising with a modest snack; a teaspoon of sunflower hearts or pumpkin seeds or four to five almonds or hazelnuts should do the trick without affecting your appetite at breakfast.
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Yes it was a very strange day as readings high all day irrespective of food. Thankfully back in the 6s (6.7 this morning.) I have found though that it is just the way our bodies work to see BS rise in the morning until a peak around midday. I will take your advice and try to lower the starting point so the peak is not so high either. Just a shame though with these unexplained anomalies clouding the picture.
 
7.2 this morning bit of a stress full day yesterday :bored:

Just done my work out and took bg it was 5.4 so happy with that. If I could just have that as a fasting I would be ecstatic :cool:
 
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Disappointing 7.7 this morning on the plus side diabetic review went quite well she was pleased that I had managed to lose 12 pds in weight and more or less halved my FBG in 5 weeks . Didn't push statins on me though did suggest adding Dapaglifozin into my meds . I asked for another HbAc1 and she agreed it was good idea so got one booked for nxt month and a follow up. The negative side ( always one lol ) was she thought my carb intake was way too low and recommended 130 carbs a day and of course low fat no butter and very little cheese . I let it go and will carry on my own course . That said I m out for meal and drinks tonight ...letting my hair ...so FBG will be high tomorrow .
 
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