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  1. OrsonKartt

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

    Six twenty am ….More rain and getting light here Libre says four point eight The walk to the loo brings it to five point two The bug on this system still refuses to allow me to use numerals Have a good day all
  2. OrsonKartt

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

    This app seems to be working again 5.3 at first light 6.3[emoji646] am
  3. OrsonKartt

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

    Here many people have water tanks which rely on rain to supply their houses. They are now full as it’s been tipping it down for several days. This morning the rains stopped Libre : five point one on waking , currently five point eight Over the last few days it’s mainly been an egg diet ...
  4. OrsonKartt

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

    On waking four point eight Five point four once moving around Readings taken on libre
  5. OrsonKartt

    FASTING

    My first twenty four hour fast was when I was cleaning out a sewer. It was very physical and messy work so I skipped lunch. I’m a skinny so and so but found that by mid afternoon I had forgotten about food I’ve now incorporated twenty four hour fasting when glucose levels are higher than I’d...
  6. OrsonKartt

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

    …My daughter keeps chickens so yesterday’s meals for me were primarily egg based - with an addition of cheese , cream and pickled hot peppers very tasty. My glucose levels all day stayed around six and this morning are five point six. Thank you chickens !
  7. OrsonKartt

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

    Being with my daughter I wanted to treat her and said we’d go to her favourite restaurant on me. So for the first time in more than ten years I ate Chinese Of course I didn’t have rice , noodles or dumplings I chose beef cauliflower and some eggplant My highest recorded glucose levels over...
  8. OrsonKartt

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

    Five point six on my libre After getting dressed. It was a little lower while laying here pondering on the day
  9. OrsonKartt

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

    Morning all. More blue sky - I’m adapting to the time zone here . Mind you I went to bed at ten, woke up at one and had to read the whole of the internet. Got to sleep at four I’ve just had to use the loo at just gone eight , with blood glucose at six point five, got back into bed and...
  10. OrsonKartt

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

    Morning all Blue sky and twenty degrees centigrade Five point three on libre The wine with supper helped Have a good day all
  11. OrsonKartt

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

    Good morning Grey here with another cyclone warning last night. It passed this area with nothing more than heavy rain and no taxi back from the restaurant Libre reading this morning currently 5.2 Have a good day all
  12. OrsonKartt

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

    Good morning Maybe I didn’t let my new libre rest enough before I started using it ? One minute it says five point nine, the next six point nine, currently saying six point four In all events have a happy Easter Sunday, if you possible can
  13. OrsonKartt

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

    Morning all Now been two weeks since using the libre. It’s pretty much taught me that all outsourced meals ie restaurants and a lot of supermarket prepared meats , eg bacon somehow load everything with hidden sugar / carbs. It’s taught me that it takes my body several days to restore normal...
  14. OrsonKartt

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

    I didn’t realise how much of an internet junky I was till it wasn’t there
  15. OrsonKartt

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

    Morning all The light is coming up here Been a couple of days without posting due to no internet My daughter took me to the most beautiful spot in north New Zealand. Stunning scenery and directly on the beach Then came along tropical cyclone Tam. Despite the occasional downed tree we...
  16. OrsonKartt

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

    I’ve been lying in bed for the last hour watching the sun rise Currently libre is saying six point five There’s a coffee with my name on somewhere soon
  17. OrsonKartt

    Recently diagnosed husband - looking for advice

    Sorry to hear you received the same piffle as I did ten years ago. I had hoped it might change I think a lot of the issues now is that once we were told that 5 a day was the way to health and for lots of us it’s not Personally I do best with no fruit or veg which sounds strange but it’s true...
  18. OrsonKartt

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

    Sometimes a lie in can be magical?
  19. OrsonKartt

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

    It’s good to hear positive results ! Thanks for sharing
  20. OrsonKartt

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

    In my normal life ( I’m on holiday at the moment) I find I respond poorly to cream and soft cheeses . Do you find your diet more specific as time goes by on this “ low carb journey” ?