i know this might sound sick but, I actually get a buzz out of stabbing myself, purely to see the results. If I get a good reading then I'm happy but if it's a bit higher than expected, I look at what I ate previous to it and make a little note to either reduce quantity or cut it out altogether. I can normally get a 3-4 mile walk in between the first (before brek) stab and the 2 hrs later stab. Then about 3 hrs later (before the dinner) stab and again 2 hours later. Same for the tea time stabbings, so a total of 6 a day. My GP told me I didn't need to monitor myself as all the results she needed came from the 3 monthly blood samples. When I told her it was purely for my own needs and why, she said she had no problem supplying them, just come back when you're running out.