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Patricia21 said:
I had home made veg soup and a brown bread bun and i tested 14,6 two hours later,but I had steak and veg including new potatoes for evening meal and tested 6.2 two hours later,dosent make much sence .
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What were you before those meals? That makes a big difference, and many people seem to find breakfasts a challenge, when it comes to their blood scores.

To get the best from testing, you really need a starting point (your score just before eating), then your after food scores. Then you can both see the number, but understand the extent of the rise. If you were 12.5 before lunch, then lunch might have been, in itself fine, and the finger then points to what happened at breakfast.
 
I had two wheetabix with semmi skimmed milk for breakfast but my fasting blood was 8,Im new to testing,bought the moniter two days ago,not been feeling to good no energy and swetting when I try to do anything
 
Patricia21 said:
I had two wheetabix with semmi skimmed milk for breakfast but my fasting blood was 8,Im new to testing,bought the moniter two days ago,not been feeling to good no energy and swetting when I try to do anything
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I believe full fat milk is best for us.
 

This is proving trickier to manage than I realized it would be. I managed to keep my carbs to around 30g today, my lowest yet.

Dinner was sirloin steak, served with a stir fry (hemp oil) of mushroom, courgette, leek and red pepper. I followed this with blueberries and yogurt. I tested one hour after and it was up to 7.9 and then after 3 hours it jumped up to 12.8 for no apparent reason. I was watching the TV during that time, no exercise this time.

Feeling down tonight.

Regards,

Carol
 
Well done on getting your first 6 reading. I have noticed that whenever I eat strawberries (3 of them) before going to bed my reading is below 6 this morning it was 5-2 just wanted to share that because this as been a consistent reading since I ate strawberries at night = might be worth a try for you ! x
 
Patricia21 said:
I had home made veg soup and a brown bread bun and i tested 14,6 two hours later,but I had steak and veg including new potatoes for evening meal and tested 6.2 two hours later,dosent make much sence .
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did the veg soup have any starchy veg that needs to count, it's hard the first time but once it's done you can just remake it. You could weigh each veg and calculate the carb. then divide the total by how many serves it is for carbs and of course the roll would be another 30g of carb.
as for your tea, if it was leafy veg, only the new potato needs to be counted
I found this free programme indispensable http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
 

Something to do if you get an unexpected reading is to give your hand a wash (I'm not suggesting you're dirty though!! ) and try testing again - apparently sometimes you can have something "carby" on your finger(s) that can affect the test, and give you an unexpected result. And try not to get uptight about higher readings, just be happy with your current lower trend - stress can upset the applecart too as I've discovered...

Robbity
 

Did you re-test that 12.8 reading? Always worth a second attempt if you get an unexpected level, but wash your hands between tests.

Sorry, just noticed this was said above by @Robbity
 
I usually wash my hands before testing, so am pretty sure I did. I didn't retest at that time though. I will keep that in mind if it happens again, thanks.

Regards,

Carol
 
Patricia21 said:
I had home made veg soup and a brown bread bun and i tested 14,6 two hours later,but I had steak and veg including new potatoes for evening meal and tested 6.2 two hours later,dosent make much sence .
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hi, i would say it's the bread, try the soup leave the bread and test that will give you the answer, i was having porridge with almond milk did a check 1hr after i was 10 at 2hrs i was 8.9 normally now i'm about 7.6 2hrs after so guess what i stopped eating, when i have lost more weight will try it again
Jill
 
cazza54 said:
I usually wash my hands before testing, so am pretty sure I did. I didn't retest at that time though. I will keep that in mind if it happens again, thanks.

Regards,

Carol
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hi, I've been trying small amounts of exercise enough to burn some energy not enough for my liver to dump more, i've been testing before a meal then 1 and 2 hrs after i've not gone above 7.8
Jill
 
Today I am investigating whether 3 10 minute sessions on the exercise bike will be better than one 30 minute walk. So far so good.

Regards,

Carol
 
cazza54 said:
Today I am investigating whether 3 10 minute sessions on the exercise bike will be better than one 30 minute walk. So far so good.

Regards,

Carol
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I think that may be true Carol. Short bursts of medium impact is better than prolonged activity, I think. There was something on tv about HIT. High Intensity something ? the real experts should be along to clarify, but I may have got it wrong. xx
 
cazza54 said:
Today I am investigating whether 3 10 minute sessions on the exercise bike will be better than one 30 minute walk. So far so good.

Regards,

Carol
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i read it in a book "escape the diet trap' Dr John Biffa, he promotes low carb and 12mins if exercise he explains it better than me he has a website
Jill
 
Jill the tt said:
i read it in a book "escape the diet trap' Dr John Biffa, he promotes low carb and 12mins if exercise he explains it better than me he has a website
Jill
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I have that book, think I'll re read it, thanks for the info. xx
 
lunarlinda said:
I have that book, think I'll re read it, thanks for the info. xx
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you won't regrete it, my DN loaned it to me then i bought it , i felt i needed to be able to go back to it, he gives the science also.
Jill
 
Thanks for the book tip, Jill. I have found it in the ibook store and downloaded it onto my iPad.

Regards,

Carol
 
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