Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

[Sable_Jan]

arrrrhhhh....pink lint for today lol

 

[eddie1968]

btw. Pink lint = skint lol. Going out in 15 mins so hopefully PC world and Argos accept my card lol

 

[adrian207]

Ah, Alfred you mean

That's the dude.....................Alfred burning the cakes.
Legend has it , that it was during this period King Alfred was given shelter by a peasant woman on the Somerset Levels and Moors. Unaware of his identity she left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.

 

[Sable_Jan]

That's the dude.....................Alfred burning the cakes.
Legend has it , that it was during this period King Alfred was given shelter by a peasant woman on the Somerset Levels and Moors. Unaware of his identity she left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.

Royal icing

 

[Bluetit1802]

Wow it was really hard to see all the fasting readings this morning with the amount of chatter going on...

7.1 for me this morning... 5.8 before bed

Yes, I found it hard going too!

That liver of yours is still misbehaving.

 

[Monday12]

8.9 this morning, four weeks after my initial diagnosis.

Probably more to the point is my HBA1C test result which I got from my GP this morning. It came down to 58, from the 70 result that confirmed the diagnosis last month.

There's a lot more to do, but I'm quite proud of that. I'm 8 pounds lighter as well, and that covers the Christmas period!

 

[s_k_s]

8.9 this morning, four weeks after my initial diagnosis.

Probably more to the point is my HBA1C test result which I got from my GP this morning. It came down to 58, from the 70 result that confirmed the diagnosis last month.

There's a lot more to do, but I'm quite proud of that. I'm 8 pounds lighter as well, and that covers the Christmas period!

That's a great start. Well done.

 

[Sable_Jan]

8.9 this morning, four weeks after my initial diagnosis.

Probably more to the point is my HBA1C test result which I got from my GP this morning. It came down to 58, from the 70 result that confirmed the diagnosis last month.

There's a lot more to do, but I'm quite proud of that. I'm 8 pounds lighter as well, and that covers the Christmas period!

Great going

 

[Kezzer4321]

Yes, I found it hard going too!

That liver of yours is still misbehaving.

Yes but having done some reading about it online I think I have to just learn to live with it for the time being.. Maybe when I have lost some more weight I will see a change...

 

[Bluetit1802]

Well done @Monday12. That is an excellent drop. You must be delighted with it.

 

[Monday12]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

M12

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

5.1

 

[Rose28]

I've got tons of posts to catch up on! Hope everyone's well and over the cold/flu virus that's been going round.

Happy New Year to all you wonderful people

6.8 last night
7.1 at fasting this morning.

 

[Rose28]

APPLE CAKE
6ozs unsalted butter or marg
4ozs soft light muscovado sugar
2 eggs beaten
7.5 ozs soya flour
3 level tsps baking powder
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
3 med cox apples (grated wth skin on)
Cinnamon to taste
Cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs, stir in dry ingredients. You may need to add soya milk to get soft dropping consistency. Gas 5/ 180 deg C in large loaf tin 45 mins to an hour.
2 half inch slices took me up from 5.5 to 6.5 after 2 hrs (6.4) at hone hour

Jan, I like to cook and bake and like to experiment with ingredients. So I've never baked a cake using soya flour before, I'v got some in the cupboard and will definitely try out this recipe. Does replacing soya flour with self raising flour change the texture of this cake, like is it heavier?

 

[Sable_Jan]

Jan, I like to cook and bake and like to experiment with ingredients. So I've never baked a cake using soya flour before, I'v got some in the cupboard and will definitely try out this recipe. Does replacing soya flour with self raising flour change the texture of this cake, like is it heavier?

Using soya flour doesn't seem to be much difference for this recipe although never made this version with normal flour. You DO need the baking powder AND the xanthan gum which acts as the wheat gluten would. Xmas style cake was dense but fragile but I didn't know abt the gum then and forgot the bp....

 

[Rose28]

Using soya flour doesn't seem to be much difference for this recipe although never made this version with normal flour. You DO need the baking powder AND the xanthan gum which acts as the wheat gluten would. Xmas style cake was dense but fragile but I didn't know abt the gum then and forgot the bp....

Back in the good 'ole days, I use to bake Dorset Apple cake ... Yum
I wonder if the addition of almond flour in Xmas style cake would add moisture and make it less fragile... Just a thought

 

[Sable_Jan]

Back in the good 'ole days, I use to bake Dorset Apple cake ... Yum
I wonder if the addition of almond flour in Xmas style cake would add moisture and make it less fragile... Just a thought

I made another with quinoa flour which was better. Added almond essence too made it seem like there were ground almonds in wth texture of flour. The gum will take the fragility of soya flour away. Not tried almond flour yet.

 

[pavlovsdog]

Buy mine on eBay - reckon majority are "prescribed" ones too... Crazy isn't it really. People getting them prescribed and not using them and others tearing their hair out to get them on script who want to help their health, not bank balance...

Absolutely, @Sable_Jan, it's mad

 

[pavlovsdog]

7.4 this morning

 

[beatdise]

Ha!ha! Hardly @beatdise - I'm never going to be twiggy trust me! One more Jean size is a reasonable aim for april, if I get two by July (a year on from starting my journey) that would,be fab! I do need to think of proportion though as I'm tall, 6. 2 1/2", so need some shape to not be a plank!

Kimbo distance traveled for you though is remarkable. It must be so much fun wanting to but the new clothes. I've gone from 44" to 40" and dropping. It is such a feeling of liberation. So you are MODEL material at 6' two n half....enjoy!