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<blockquote data-quote="BarbaraG" data-source="post: 2692644" data-attributes="member: 47277"><p>Yesterday was my mother’s birthday, so my sister and I took her out for lunch. A pub, with carbs everywhere! But I had a mixed grill, swapped the chips for salad, gave my onion rings to my mother and ignored the peas. It was delicious, and barely caused a blip in my BG. Evening meal was a big-ass salad, which I constructed myself, with a baked cheese thing which was pretty low carb, followed by berries and cream.</p><p></p><p>And now I’m fasting again, because today is when I’m travelling home. It’s a 2- hour drive, so I leave late morning and arrive early afternoon, having lunch at neither end, which is simple and inconveniences no-one.</p><p></p><p>I’m now 7 days post when I should have had a Trulicity dose, my 7-day average BG has gone up by 0.4 points to 7.1. When the equivalent happened in February, it was a full point in the first week. I am taking this as a hopeful sign. I will check with the pharmacy again when I get home, but won’t be too bothered if they say they can’t get it. I reckon my average BG will only continue to rise for another week or so before turning the corner and heading down again.</p><p></p><p>I’m going to have the conversation with my husband this evening about intensifying my fasting. I’m thinking of two 24-hours (skip lunch) on Monday and Friday and a 38-42 hour (zero food) on Wednesdays. All it will mean is that he’ll have to get his own lunch a couple of extra days (as I’m usually out on Wednesdays anyway) and sort his own evening meal on a Wednesday. That’s just a minor adjustment when we do the shopping, to make sure he’s got something in he can slam in the microwave.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the week, it will be my lovely - well, mostly tolerable - meals made from real food. Low carb for me, extra carbs for him, because he is yet to be converted to the benefits of LCHF.</p><p></p><p>[USER=587131]@TheSecretCarbAddict[/USER] - how good that your GP practice has that support group! Very enlightened - and I suspect, sadly not common. My eldest sister, who was diagnosed T2D 18 months ago was recommended IF by her GP. Yet to try it, though. My second sister - the one who is here - was recently diagnosed with fatty liver. She’s waiting for follow up with the GP, but based on her own investigations has started eating something called Green Mediterranean. Also interested in fasting, but so far that seems to be mainly no snacking and not having milk in drinks between meals. All these variations - but as long as we all find something which improves our own health and that we can do, it’s all good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarbaraG, post: 2692644, member: 47277"] Yesterday was my mother’s birthday, so my sister and I took her out for lunch. A pub, with carbs everywhere! But I had a mixed grill, swapped the chips for salad, gave my onion rings to my mother and ignored the peas. It was delicious, and barely caused a blip in my BG. Evening meal was a big-ass salad, which I constructed myself, with a baked cheese thing which was pretty low carb, followed by berries and cream. And now I’m fasting again, because today is when I’m travelling home. It’s a 2- hour drive, so I leave late morning and arrive early afternoon, having lunch at neither end, which is simple and inconveniences no-one. I’m now 7 days post when I should have had a Trulicity dose, my 7-day average BG has gone up by 0.4 points to 7.1. When the equivalent happened in February, it was a full point in the first week. I am taking this as a hopeful sign. I will check with the pharmacy again when I get home, but won’t be too bothered if they say they can’t get it. I reckon my average BG will only continue to rise for another week or so before turning the corner and heading down again. I’m going to have the conversation with my husband this evening about intensifying my fasting. I’m thinking of two 24-hours (skip lunch) on Monday and Friday and a 38-42 hour (zero food) on Wednesdays. All it will mean is that he’ll have to get his own lunch a couple of extra days (as I’m usually out on Wednesdays anyway) and sort his own evening meal on a Wednesday. That’s just a minor adjustment when we do the shopping, to make sure he’s got something in he can slam in the microwave. The rest of the week, it will be my lovely - well, mostly tolerable - meals made from real food. Low carb for me, extra carbs for him, because he is yet to be converted to the benefits of LCHF. [USER=587131]@TheSecretCarbAddict[/USER] - how good that your GP practice has that support group! Very enlightened - and I suspect, sadly not common. My eldest sister, who was diagnosed T2D 18 months ago was recommended IF by her GP. Yet to try it, though. My second sister - the one who is here - was recently diagnosed with fatty liver. She’s waiting for follow up with the GP, but based on her own investigations has started eating something called Green Mediterranean. Also interested in fasting, but so far that seems to be mainly no snacking and not having milk in drinks between meals. All these variations - but as long as we all find something which improves our own health and that we can do, it’s all good. [/QUOTE]
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