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Is four the floor?

wiflib

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I treated myself to a new meter as I’ve not tested for a long time but along with my recent carni and OMAD change, I thought I’d be curious and find out what my control is like.

I’m very happy to see that at almost 11 years post diagnosis and a low carb diet, I’m still chucking out 3’s and 4’s and I know a lot of you guys do too.

My fasting this morning was 4.7 and two hours post bratwurst and a few slices of salami I got a lovely...

 
Very well done! Good to hear of someone keeping non diabetic numbers after over a decade.
My lowest ever reading was 4.2, I hope to see a 3 point something one day
 
Seems like the Carni life is working out for you! Great stuff indeed!
 
Woop woop nice one indeed..!
 
Rachox said:
Very well done! Good to hear of someone keeping non diabetic numbers after over a decade.
My lowest ever reading was 4.2, I hope to see a 3 point something one day
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Thank you, it took my dad 30 years to die after slowly rotting away following the NHS advice and he was diagnosed ten years older than I was at my diagnosis. I swore I’d never go through these the same thing.
 
wiflib said:
Thank you, it took my dad 30 years to die after slowly rotting away following the NHS advice and he was diagnosed ten years older than I was at my diagnosis. I swore I’d never go through these the same thing.
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I wanted to give a hug and a ‘winner’ really but settled on the winner, so here’s the (((hug))) for your poor Dad.
A lot of my incentive is seeing poorly controlled Type 2s come into hospital with bits missing or bits not working properly
 

It’s even more awful when we know that a change in diet alone would make such a difference. I have friends and family with all sorts of ailments and complaints I KNOW would improve or even disappear if they just dumped the carbs.
 
Welcome to my world, @wiflib . I see 3s very regularly, at all times of the day.

If it's a 3 ist's a 3, and so what. When it's a 2, I usually want to eat, and some times I want to eat NOW, but that's usually in hand.
 
DCUKMod said:
Welcome to my world, @wiflib . I see 3s very regularly, at all times of the day.

If it's a 3 ist's a 3, and so what. When it's a 2, I usually want to eat, and some times I want to eat NOW, but that's usually in hand.
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I’ve never caught a 2 but I’m pretty sure I’ve had a few because I get carb longings and cravings and start on my eating bread and crisps justification dialogue.
It’s a food hoover moment!
 
wiflib said:
I’ve never caught a 2 but I’m pretty sure I’ve had a few because I get carb longings and cravings and start on my eating bread and crisps justification dialogue.
It’s a food hoover moment!
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I don't hoover carbs then. If lunch/dinnerer/food isn't imminent, I just have some tea or decaf coffee with milk, and I'm fine until my meal is ready.
 
I have 2 means to produce fbg's of 3.8 on demand. One is to eat Keto and before bed and heavy deadlift 10 reps and barbell squat 15 reps.

The other which has got me 2.4's is to fast for more than 24 hours and do some cardio and weights.

On normal days fbg is around 4.3.
 
Good lord a 2 is US 36, which would TERRIFY me personally! Good for y'all though!
 
zauberflote said:
Good lord a 2 is US 36, which would TERRIFY me personally! Good for y'all though!
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You have to remember that people in our circles* who are running these sorts of diet-only numbers are likely in dietary ketosis. When the body is really good at running on ketones, its actual sugar requirements go down.

*insulin resistant history
 
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Hi @ wiflib,

Wow, I am so awed. Eleven years post diagnosis and numbers like this. Definitely shows that it can be done if you put your mind to it -- and really inspiring.

As to the threes -- yes, I do see them sometimes. Just had a look at my spreadsheet with blood sugars recorded over the last two years and 1.26 percent of the readings are in the threes. Lowest has been a 3.2, but have never seen anything in the twos.
 
DCUKMod said:
I don't hoover carbs then. If lunch/dinnerer/food isn't imminent, I just have some tea or decaf coffee with milk, and I'm fine until my meal is ready.
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Me either, because I don’t eat them I can resist those lovely carbs although I was licking the flavour bit off a crisp recently.
 
Really inspirational - thank you for this uplifting post, you have made my day!
 
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