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<blockquote data-quote="bluecurlylegend" data-source="post: 1987307" data-attributes="member: 409386"><p>So could I use my meter as a fuel gauge ? If my blood glucose is above, say, 6 mmol/l, I just don't eat at all until it's below 6mmol/l ?</p><p>I seem to have got myself in a bit of a pickle. I've been as near to Keto as I can for the last year and a half and have had some very encouraging results.... an impressive weight loss, skin complaints disappearing, colitis calming down.... BUT the best I can do with my blood glucose readings is maybe stabilise them. Not lower them . </p><p>So in a fit of madness I decided if I can't improve my readings, how easy is it for me to make them worse ? </p><p>Very easy, actually. I jumped right off the horse and sat and ate half a box of chocolates, the equivalent of 120grams of sugar. I tested at 6.2 before I ate a couple of home made burgers for dinner and 7.8 two and a half hours later. Two hours after wolfing the chocolates I was at 9.2 and an hour later had risen to 11.1.</p><p></p><p>Suitably chastened I slunk off to bed but guilt stopped me sleeping well and I was up at 5.20 am and tested at 8.2. So it's been nothing but black coffee and black tea and water since. At 10.00am I tested at 8.5 and over the course of the day watched my numbers come down to 6.3, more or less 24 hours after my blow-out.</p><p>This morning at 9.00am I tested at 6.8 and at 12.30pm I was reading 7.0.</p><p></p><p>So that's nearly 42 hours with water, some salt, black coffee and tea. Should I just fast until my readings are more respectable ?</p><p></p><p>I use an app on my phone which give me a three month average of After Sleep at 6.3, Before Dinner at 6.3, After Dinner at 6.5, Fasting at 5.9 and an overall average of 6.3 …. all reading from a Code Free meter.</p><p>My last HBA1c, nearly a year ago, was 5.6% 37mmol/l</p><p></p><p>Any comments ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluecurlylegend, post: 1987307, member: 409386"] So could I use my meter as a fuel gauge ? If my blood glucose is above, say, 6 mmol/l, I just don't eat at all until it's below 6mmol/l ? I seem to have got myself in a bit of a pickle. I've been as near to Keto as I can for the last year and a half and have had some very encouraging results.... an impressive weight loss, skin complaints disappearing, colitis calming down.... BUT the best I can do with my blood glucose readings is maybe stabilise them. Not lower them . So in a fit of madness I decided if I can't improve my readings, how easy is it for me to make them worse ? Very easy, actually. I jumped right off the horse and sat and ate half a box of chocolates, the equivalent of 120grams of sugar. I tested at 6.2 before I ate a couple of home made burgers for dinner and 7.8 two and a half hours later. Two hours after wolfing the chocolates I was at 9.2 and an hour later had risen to 11.1. Suitably chastened I slunk off to bed but guilt stopped me sleeping well and I was up at 5.20 am and tested at 8.2. So it's been nothing but black coffee and black tea and water since. At 10.00am I tested at 8.5 and over the course of the day watched my numbers come down to 6.3, more or less 24 hours after my blow-out. This morning at 9.00am I tested at 6.8 and at 12.30pm I was reading 7.0. So that's nearly 42 hours with water, some salt, black coffee and tea. Should I just fast until my readings are more respectable ? I use an app on my phone which give me a three month average of After Sleep at 6.3, Before Dinner at 6.3, After Dinner at 6.5, Fasting at 5.9 and an overall average of 6.3 …. all reading from a Code Free meter. My last HBA1c, nearly a year ago, was 5.6% 37mmol/l Any comments ? [/QUOTE]
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