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4.2 this morning. Which is lower than I'd like. Had a similar diet / level of exercise today today, so am dropping the Humulin by a couple of units tonight tonight.

I've discovered the secret of eating baked beans. POUR OUT THE SAUCE! Seriously, there's just crazy amounts of sugar in that stuff. Half a tin of baked beans sans sauce does almost nothing to my numbers.

It's still basically nothing more than an over-priced scam, any way you look at it. The potassium may be marginally helpful if you've just exercised, but other than that? A moderately unpleasant tasting liquid, usually sweetened to make it taste less terrible, I don't see the point. Of more...

So today the nurse from my doctor's surgery called with my second post-diagnosis hb1ac results. It was 38, slightly up from the first one 4 months ago (37) but both obviously way down from my diagnosis numbers. The implication now seems to be that since things are relatively under control, I...

I practically live on coffee. Cafetiere at work (with semi-skimmed milk), pour-over at home (with skimmed), and lattes everywhere in between (sometimes full fat, sometimes skinny) and I've never noticed any variation of milk type affecting my bg. If milk is really hitting your numbers, have you...

I've been taking 10 units of Humulin I each evening since diagnosis back in October. For the first few months my morning numbers were generally 5s, with the occasional high 4s and low 6s. Now, for the past month or so, my morning numbers are pretty consistently mid 4s, even though my carb intake...

Interesting. I've been taking my shot approx 30 mins before my evening meals. So usually 6 for 6:30pm, so that it would have a chance to kick in while I was digesting my main meal. I actually do a lot of walking during a week. More so in summer, rather less now in winter and since diagnosis. But...

Yep, tested when I got home. 20 minutes after the incident. I suppose it's possible that my numbers could have jumped that high during the walk home but it sounds odd. Hmmm.

Christmas Eve - I upped my insulin from 10 to 12 units, because I wanted to have some desert (small portion of cheesecake and a few bites of carrot cake) and to test the strategy for Christmas Day (when I planned to eat both stuffing & dessert). Worth noting that (a) the actual dinner itself was...

^^No, I got that. I was just thinking out loud. Cauliflower pizza base? You intrigue me...

Well that's the idea of keeping the percentage low. 25% in a smallish portion means not a lot of carbs. Truth is, I need something to soak up the stir fry. The only other plausible alternative I've seen are wholemeal wraps. Anyway, brown is better than white, GI wise, right? Re: Chicken or...

So... brown rice spikes. Quinoa spikes. Half brown rice and half quinoa spikes. So what can I have with sitr fries? Well after much reluctance on my part, tonight I finally took the plunge and made "cauliflower rice". When it came out of my smoothie maker (sorry, no fancy food processors for...

The article I read said they're hoping to get the accuracy down to within 15%, but I don't believe they're there yet. I've only being doing this for about a month, but have done a lot of testing on my fancy Contour Next meter, but have got some widely ranging results. One morning I had a...

I'm only a month out from diagnosis, so probably no one is interested in my uninformed opinion, but I'm sort of thinking that Christmas for me will be a day off from my diet. It's just one day, after all, and Christmas without stuffing and baked potatoes just isn't Christmas to me. So I'll up my...

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