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<blockquote data-quote="miahara" data-source="post: 1658300" data-attributes="member: 256148"><p>If you really want to get control you need to know what's happening with your BG, otherwise it's like driving blindfolded.</p><p>What you eat is the primary influence on your BG so testing before and after meals, at least at first will give you a very good indication of the foods to avoid and the foods that are 'safe'. Recording results in the form of a graph of averages also helps provide useful positive feedback and encouragement to stick to an appropriate diet.</p><p>Once you've been testing for a few months I don't think that you really need to test after every meal. Though others may disagree. I now just do a test every second day and rotate the test between before and after breakfast, lunch and dinner and before bed. I record and graph my results (though my meter does provide averages too) and my results help provide an incentive to keep off high carb foods and I've now got a very good idea about specific foods and quantities of foods to avoid.</p><p>I should perhaps add that over the festive season I have sinned a bit and seeing the high BG readings has been a bit of a slap on the hand and reminder to keep to the straight and narrow! Though have to admit that the half of an individual sized Chrismas pud was worth it!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miahara, post: 1658300, member: 256148"] If you really want to get control you need to know what's happening with your BG, otherwise it's like driving blindfolded. What you eat is the primary influence on your BG so testing before and after meals, at least at first will give you a very good indication of the foods to avoid and the foods that are 'safe'. Recording results in the form of a graph of averages also helps provide useful positive feedback and encouragement to stick to an appropriate diet. Once you've been testing for a few months I don't think that you really need to test after every meal. Though others may disagree. I now just do a test every second day and rotate the test between before and after breakfast, lunch and dinner and before bed. I record and graph my results (though my meter does provide averages too) and my results help provide an incentive to keep off high carb foods and I've now got a very good idea about specific foods and quantities of foods to avoid. I should perhaps add that over the festive season I have sinned a bit and seeing the high BG readings has been a bit of a slap on the hand and reminder to keep to the straight and narrow! Though have to admit that the half of an individual sized Chrismas pud was worth it!! [/QUOTE]
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