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<blockquote data-quote="JulianneG" data-source="post: 2097447" data-attributes="member: 510879"><p>Copilost you go right ahead and ask, I don't mind at all because all information shared is information gained. I've learned so much just in the last couple of days, particularly that my lovely porridge with chopped banana and sultanas was a complete disaster carb-wise, even if I drop the banana it's still 61g per serving. I'm going to up the porridge content and learn to live without the dried fruit - or think of something else to put in it. Still a lot of work to be done on lowering the carbs, even though I've completely cut out the ****. I'm making a spreadsheet of all the things I either eat or cook with so that I can carb count my own recipes. What's the ideal daily carb intake? I don't know what my total calories are because I've never counted them and when I google about daily carbs it seems to depend on your calorie intake, so I'm none the wiser. </p><p></p><p>The other thing I've learned is just how fast you can lower your BG with exercise. I had a high pre-breakfast reading of 8.3 (will have to investigate why this is last to come down and thank you for the warning btw) which came down to 7.5 2 hours after breakfast and just before I did a spin class. I checked after the class and it was down to 4.9. I was hungry and could feel my BG was lower, but I didn't feel I was going to hypo. HSSS I think you're right about the false hypo and that I'm going to have to re-educate myself on the signals my body is giving me because it all got screwed up with the high sugar.</p><p></p><p>I'm so glad I got the meter, I can't for the life of me figure out why a doctor wouldn't want you to have one, how do you control it and make adjustments otherwise? Madness. I think my lancet technique is a bit hit and miss, I don't always get enough for a reading, even though I've got the depth set to 5 now. To squeeze or not to squeeze? That's my biggest question today.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the brilliant help so far, I really appreciate it. I'm going to follow the cholesterol links and look into keto more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JulianneG, post: 2097447, member: 510879"] Copilost you go right ahead and ask, I don't mind at all because all information shared is information gained. I've learned so much just in the last couple of days, particularly that my lovely porridge with chopped banana and sultanas was a complete disaster carb-wise, even if I drop the banana it's still 61g per serving. I'm going to up the porridge content and learn to live without the dried fruit - or think of something else to put in it. Still a lot of work to be done on lowering the carbs, even though I've completely cut out the ****. I'm making a spreadsheet of all the things I either eat or cook with so that I can carb count my own recipes. What's the ideal daily carb intake? I don't know what my total calories are because I've never counted them and when I google about daily carbs it seems to depend on your calorie intake, so I'm none the wiser. The other thing I've learned is just how fast you can lower your BG with exercise. I had a high pre-breakfast reading of 8.3 (will have to investigate why this is last to come down and thank you for the warning btw) which came down to 7.5 2 hours after breakfast and just before I did a spin class. I checked after the class and it was down to 4.9. I was hungry and could feel my BG was lower, but I didn't feel I was going to hypo. HSSS I think you're right about the false hypo and that I'm going to have to re-educate myself on the signals my body is giving me because it all got screwed up with the high sugar. I'm so glad I got the meter, I can't for the life of me figure out why a doctor wouldn't want you to have one, how do you control it and make adjustments otherwise? Madness. I think my lancet technique is a bit hit and miss, I don't always get enough for a reading, even though I've got the depth set to 5 now. To squeeze or not to squeeze? That's my biggest question today. Thank you for the brilliant help so far, I really appreciate it. I'm going to follow the cholesterol links and look into keto more. [/QUOTE]
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