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<blockquote data-quote="MikeTheFid" data-source="post: 1681936" data-attributes="member: 468265"><p>Thank you for your response.</p><p></p><p>I have been eating one evening meal a day for about 7 years now. I tend eat more often when travelling or visiting with friends and family. But that happens roughly once a quarter.</p><p></p><p>To be honest, I am having difficulty with the "what do you eat in a typical day?" question. Since my wake-up call on the 19th, I've been avoiding carbs and sticking to vegetables, meats, and legumes. </p><p></p><p>When my wife and I went to visit my son and his wife yesterday, we went out for burgers (which included the bun) and french fries. Note: I'm using north american terminology. My BG was 11.3 mmol/L an hour afterward, 8.0 by 3 hours afterward, and 6.5 by 5 hours afterward.</p><p></p><p>As for testing, I've been testing in an unstructured, random fashion, on average 6 times a day. I also keep a diary of the foods and seeing the effects of certain foods on the measurement has been eye opening.</p><p></p><p>I remember an Engineering Manager telling me early in my career, "son, if you don't measure it, you can't manage it!" As poorly as I've followed his advice with respect to monitoring my blood sugar, that lesson definitely reasserted itself in my mind.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the guideline of measuring 1st thing and before and after meals. I kind of knew that, but will be more diligent in future.</p><p></p><p>I here you regarding the possibility of going hypo, thanks. I will keep glucose tablets with me. My lowest measurement has been 5.0 in the last 10 days and my overall average has been 8.4. </p><p></p><p>I have been browsing the Diabetes UK site and will examine the sites you recommended.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeTheFid, post: 1681936, member: 468265"] Thank you for your response. I have been eating one evening meal a day for about 7 years now. I tend eat more often when travelling or visiting with friends and family. But that happens roughly once a quarter. To be honest, I am having difficulty with the "what do you eat in a typical day?" question. Since my wake-up call on the 19th, I've been avoiding carbs and sticking to vegetables, meats, and legumes. When my wife and I went to visit my son and his wife yesterday, we went out for burgers (which included the bun) and french fries. Note: I'm using north american terminology. My BG was 11.3 mmol/L an hour afterward, 8.0 by 3 hours afterward, and 6.5 by 5 hours afterward. As for testing, I've been testing in an unstructured, random fashion, on average 6 times a day. I also keep a diary of the foods and seeing the effects of certain foods on the measurement has been eye opening. I remember an Engineering Manager telling me early in my career, "son, if you don't measure it, you can't manage it!" As poorly as I've followed his advice with respect to monitoring my blood sugar, that lesson definitely reasserted itself in my mind. Thanks for the guideline of measuring 1st thing and before and after meals. I kind of knew that, but will be more diligent in future. I here you regarding the possibility of going hypo, thanks. I will keep glucose tablets with me. My lowest measurement has been 5.0 in the last 10 days and my overall average has been 8.4. I have been browsing the Diabetes UK site and will examine the sites you recommended. Cheers, Mike [/QUOTE]
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