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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TimLibre" data-source="post: 2615681" data-attributes="member: 532658">Hey Ash,Get a freestyle libre if possible. Its way better than  blood checks. It helped me a lot in avoiding hypo’s and managing my diabetes.Diet-wise.This is just how I do it, but for me it works to at least avoid carbs in the morning. I dont eat breakfast, as my bg goes up in the morning even without eating. Then at 12 i eat something without carbs, so a salad or possibly eggs and bacon for example, but without bread. So I cant really have breakfast with someone  but still able to have lunch with friends or family<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Then between 14:00 and 16:00 i eat my first carbs, some bread mostly. In the evening normal dinner (or a bag of crisps, but dont follow that example <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />) Of course everyone is different and this example just works for me personally. But I think it’s useful for any diabetic to try to eat at regular times.When friends are snacking over the day and they ask if I want something I only get it if my bg is on the lower side, which you can check on your phone within a second if you hhave freestyle libre.It also helps if I do some workout, like a walk, a run or cycling before or after eating. For me it improves insulin effectiveness and flattens my bg values. It doesn’t even have to be a dedicated work out, a longer walk back from the snackbar already helps.I was diagnosed when I was 18 and I also really did not want to be different or change anything. So for many years I even sticked to only injecting 2 times insulin a day with novomix. I have to say I really could and should have managed my diabetes at that time when I look back.I reckognize that during my visits to the diabetes clinic I also thought ‘now im gonna take this serious’ and then after some weeks it was forgotten.  Even stopped visiting the clinic for sometime as everytime I would come, there would be a new (not even doctor but) diabetes nurse, which could not help a lot. And I was not gonna count carbs or something.Now its 15 years later, still fine healthwise, but also already experienced some  inconveniences which one wants to avoid. The freestyle libre with its glucose alarms has really helped me to get a bit more control.Its a good thing that you are making effort to improve management. Good luck with it!! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✌️" title="Victory hand    :v:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/270c.png" data-shortname=":v:" /></blockquote>

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