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Hello @eddie1968 I've never been a fan of them. I'd rather fry chips myself. I've not been eating potatoes and chips at all which was why I thought the celeriac ones would make a change.
I like my air fryer, a teaspoon of oil and the chips are dry and fluffy. I don't eat a lot of chips but they are still in my diet.
 
Lol...over-testing is a pain. I am currently having to test 4 times daily as I am titrating my insulin up. My wee pinkie finger looks like a teabag and wish I could test less. I remember when I first went on insulin years ago and the anxiety of hypos made me test constantly through fear of fainting in a hypo. Now I can get lazy with testing.
 
Weighed myself yesterday, 85.5kg, down from 87kg. Eating more healthily and no flab now.
 
@mo53 I find any frozen chips out of a bag are worse for my BGs than pure potatoes peeled and chipped and done in my Actifry. No grease and better BGs.
@eddie1968 I reheated mash potato today and added cheese. It was lovely and after 2 hours my bg was 6.6.
Have you heard of that reheating theory? I cannot remember who posted it but I thought I'd give it a go for lunch.
Apparently only rice is dangerous to reheat but chips/homemade or frozen should work - for me. Give it a try with a small handful?
 
I love making cheesy potatoes, I grate a lot of cheese into the mash and top it of with a layer of mixed cheeses and stick it under the grill for a few minutes. Thanks for tonight's supper suggestion lol.
 
@ickihun - like the idea of re-heated mash, I read about that reheating on this forum, but cannot remember = who? Or when it was? @mo53 - don't own a fryer, never cook chips, prefer them from Filey/Whitby/Scarborough with Fish & Mushy Peas. Let us know about the Celeriac Chips how they taste? I buy jars of sauerkraut, have you tried that? I know which Garden Centre you mean, we keep saying we will go ' one day'? @eddie1968 - Hi and hope you are feeling much better today?
 
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@liam1955 not feeling any improvement. I hope to get results and treatment from the hospital soon. The time off is a god send and having no pressure during the day is relaxing me more but I am still tired all the time.
 
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@eddie1968 - That is good news and then your treatments can then begin, and you can start on the road to recovery and have a better quality of life. Do keep us updated?
 
Cheers @liam1955 today has been better psychologically for me so that's an improvement. Physically I am still not up for much but I am optimistic it will resolve soon and I can resume a normal life. As a man I fall into the "hate seeing doctors, hate being in hospital" category and it can work against you. I have realised I need to recover and be positive.
 
@13lizanne how are you feeling now ? Hypos can be cruel. I've had a few low readings in the 1 and 2 mmol/l range and they can take days to overcome. Usually you have a headache and feel yukky on recovery. Fingers crossed I haven't had one for a while.
 
Hi @eddie1968 I don't know if it was a hypo or just a really low reading. The lowest reading I've had previously was 3.7 and that was after an hour's walk. I feel o.k thanks
 
Hi @eddie1968 I don't know if it was a hypo or just a really low reading. The lowest reading I've had previously was 3.7 and that was after an hour's walk. I feel o.k thanks
Good news, My lowest was 0.8 mmol/l done by a Paramedic. I have self tested and my lowest was 1.5 mmol/l and was very sweaty and shaky and knew something was obviously wrong.
 
And I start to go "bizarre" around 3.8! My one and only FEAR is that I never want to have one when out alone - that is a scary thought. I know we all differ with warnings. So Eddie do you not get any early warnings symptoms?
 
Was going to watch Netflix but too tired. I'm off to bed. Night night folks
 
Morning. Restless night, got 6 hours kip but considering I slept a lot yesterday I thought I wouldn't sleep. FBG of 5.6 mmol/l this morning. Going to have breakfast and inject insulin.
 
Good news, My lowest was 0.8 mmol/l done by a Paramedic. I have self tested and my lowest was 1.5 mmol/l and was very sweaty and shaky and knew something was obviously wrong.
Eek! I've never gone that low, when I was first diagnosed I used to get false hypos at about 4.5. Mind you, I haven't had an fbg below 4 yet so I don't know what effect it will have when it does go down that low
 
I had a Risotto for dinner last night and it was homemade with vegetables - when I went to bed at 1.30am my blood sugar was only 6.5. So the reading this morning must have had a liver dump!! Also weighed myself this morning and not lost any more or put on weight = so got something right.
 
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Well done @liam1955 . I'm experimenting making celeriac chips at present. I've not had celeriac before. I will let know how they turn out
 
Thank You @mo53 . I have got Leeks (grown on our Allotment) going to part steam them, place in oven dish - make a onion,celery,mushroom and cheese sauce to pour over and sprinkle grated cheese on and bake - that's my dinner today. Yes, do let me know about the Celeriac Chips.
 
Yum! I like the sound of that
 
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