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Got my monitor

Hmmm I'm going to have tea, with milk before bed, should I test before bed or not?
Failing that it'll be first thing in the morning, then 2 hrs after brekkie...
 
My readings are all over the shop at the moment 12.9 this morning 8.4 this afternoon 5.9 pre meal this evening and 14.2 now I feel like a medical mystery right now lol
 
Chips say no more.
If your eating starch & carbs you have to expect readings like that. Making a tight mess of your average.
Was the fish battered aswell?
 
My average is 8.5 for the last 7 days but I'm newly diagnosed type1 so lots to learn I will be better guided under the care of the hospital
 
Healthy bread may be low sugar but the carbs will be high.
Maybe try ryvita instead of bread or Burgen soya & linseed maybe.
 
Got my monitor today, had appointment with the "diabetic" nurse :D last week the reading at GPs was 23.5, one week later on LCHF it was 10.1!!!! Reading after tea was 7.7, (2 hours later that is) I'll see what it is in the morning.
Nurse was great..asked "are you eating carbs?" Be careful about burning ketones...I replied..."the same ketosis as the Cambridge Diet?" (My ex-whiff was a keen fad diet freak) to which the nurse smiled and asked if I had any other questions :D
 
Tm6t7 said:
Got my monitor today, had appointment with the "diabetic" nurse :D last week the reading at GPs was 23.5, one week later on LCHF it was 10.1!!!! Reading after tea was 7.7, (2 hours later that is) I'll see what it is in the morning.
Nurse was great..asked "are you eating carbs?" Be careful about burning ketones...I replied..."the same ketosis as the Cambridge Diet?" (My ex-whiff was a keen fad diet freak) to which the nurse smiled and asked if I had any other questions :D
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That's great going, just shows how wrong the Nhs advice is really.
 
My readings are all over the place and I feel awful - I feel like chucking the towel in and downing a tube of Smarties.
My bedtime reading last night was 8.1.
My fasting reading this morning was 8.5, which went down to 8.2 2 hrs after brekkie.
Lunchtime readings got missed - although I did have my soup, work was busy.
My before tea time reading was 6.7 then at 10pm it was 9.5.
I've felt, fuzzy, hot and tired - and a bit confuddled all day, not to mention hungry, yet I haven't lost an ounce in weight.
I'm going back to see my doc on Monday, feeling meh....:dead:
 
MissPooh said:
My readings are all over the place and I feel awful - I feel like chucking the towel in and downing a tube of Smarties.
My bedtime reading last night was 8.1.
My fasting reading this morning was 8.5, which went down to 8.2 2 hrs after brekkie.
Lunchtime readings got missed - although I did have my soup, work was busy.
My before tea time reading was 6.7 then at 10pm it was 9.5.
I've felt, fuzzy, hot and tired - and a bit confuddled all day, not to mention hungry, yet I haven't lost an ounce in weight.
I'm going back to see my doc on Monday, feeling meh....:dead:
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The readings aren't too bad allowing for meter accuracy but I wonder if you've got a touch of carb flu if you've changed to fairly low-carb suddenly? If you stick to your guns you should feel better in a few days.
 
Basically some people can get a feeling of tiredness in the first 7 days of lowering carbs... (quote from someone on here ... thanks to that person). Search the forum for "carb flu" (in inverted commas). I suppose that's withdrawals. I spent so long faffing about coming down off carbs I wasn't affected.
 
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