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<blockquote data-quote="MrsA2" data-source="post: 2624305" data-attributes="member: 521715"><p>[USER=575820]@Roy Batty[/USER]</p><p>BG, and the first thing in the morning tests in particular, are the most fickle things. You might drive yourself truly Batty ( <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) if you try to understand every single result.</p><p>Bg is affected by over 42 factors, including:</p><p>Sleep, both quantity and quality</p><p>Illness</p><p>Medications</p><p>Exercise, duration and intensity (or lack of)</p><p>And more which I can't even remember.</p><p>Our bodies are not machines and don't work on exactly regular schedules.</p><p></p><p> You could eat the same things, Sleep, at the same times and monitor at the same times and get very different results each time</p><p></p><p>I've been doing this about 3 years now and as long as my fbg starts with a 5 or a 6 I'm happy. I'm ecstatic with a 4 but have no idea where they come from and if I see a 7 I try to moderate my food that day. That's as accurate as I've learned to be.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, to spot rough patterns and to learn which foods to definitely avoid, bg testing is very useful. There's nothing more motivating to keep away from the bread when it sends me to 15 or more!</p><p></p><p>I just say all this to hopefully put a bit of perspective and try to allay too much anxiety on trying to measure and understand the most fickle of biological processes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsA2, post: 2624305, member: 521715"] [USER=575820]@Roy Batty[/USER] BG, and the first thing in the morning tests in particular, are the most fickle things. You might drive yourself truly Batty ( :) ) if you try to understand every single result. Bg is affected by over 42 factors, including: Sleep, both quantity and quality Illness Medications Exercise, duration and intensity (or lack of) And more which I can't even remember. Our bodies are not machines and don't work on exactly regular schedules. You could eat the same things, Sleep, at the same times and monitor at the same times and get very different results each time I've been doing this about 3 years now and as long as my fbg starts with a 5 or a 6 I'm happy. I'm ecstatic with a 4 but have no idea where they come from and if I see a 7 I try to moderate my food that day. That's as accurate as I've learned to be. Having said that, to spot rough patterns and to learn which foods to definitely avoid, bg testing is very useful. There's nothing more motivating to keep away from the bread when it sends me to 15 or more! I just say all this to hopefully put a bit of perspective and try to allay too much anxiety on trying to measure and understand the most fickle of biological processes [/QUOTE]
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