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

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kimbo1962 said:
Wasn't ever keen on the sliced packet bread but obviously loved fresh crusty bakers bread!!
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I'm with you Kimbo the only thing I really , really miss is freshly baked bread. I am lucky though can manage 1 slice of Burgen with no effect on BG, but 2 slices sends me to 7.5 after 2 hrs.

Thanks to goodness I can have a regular slice of toast in the mornings.
 
6.1 with batch 44 . Thought that's ok so didn't retest.
Pre breakfast thought I'd test again 5.3 on 44 - thought that seemed a bit out so checked against 56 batch and 26 batch - 5.5 and 5.7 which seemed more reasonable for that time of day. Retested with 44 6.3 so not only inaccurate but inconsistent. I'm going to knock .5 off any daft readings and accept ones in my range. I rarely vary much the days. Be interesting to see what others get.
 
poshtotty said:
@brettsza I read your post last week but didn't have time to stop and reply. I've a lot of catching up to do here so I don't know your latest but I just want to say don't become disheartened by the weight loss or lack of it.

Despite following all the advice here and tweaking my fat/carb/protein ratios my weight loss is still very slow, stagnant even. I personally think there is too much focus on weight loss and LCHF if its not careful will just be considered as a solution to weight loss while its other benefits are ignored. Weight loss, as we all know can be temporary and the quicker it comes off the quicker it can go back on.

I had a revelation recently when I had my monthly body measurements taken and compared with the previous month. Despite Christmas and New Year falling halfway through, I had lost a total of 30cm fat, including 4 inches of fat from around my waist. My PT said in all her career she had never known anyone lose 4" from their waist over Christmas!

My understanding is that for diabetics it is the losing fat that it more important than losing weight. Weight is often only excess water anyway but we should be aiming to lose fat more than weight.

Do you take your body measurements? You might be as surprised as I was to discover that while the weight may not be shifting, other amazing things are going in which we don't see but which are far more beneficial to diabetics than numbers on a weighing scale.

Take heart!
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Hi @poshtotty
My weight on diagnosis was 71 72 and I was wearing 30 jeans and that was loose but I lost a lot of weight during my diabetes diagnosis and before. I was always about 75 76 with 32 inch waist but now I am 80 and size 33 inch waist so while I have gained weight I have gained inches too but looking at me no one can say I would be 80 kilos. I do feel I have more muscle weight now than what I had previously but I could be wrong.
 
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So batch 44 is taking a p@@@
But I went low carb and reduced my carbs to about 10g surving on water most of the times
On Sunday morning woke up to 7.5
Had breakfast 2 egg ommlette with some vegetables in it at 1PM and was still 6 at about 5pm
This p***** me off to no extent
Made a chicken bacon and sausage casserole with little flour but enough for 2 days so not a lot of flour per serving
Had a bowl of that at 5 and kept my strips in the room so as to keep a little warm.
Had cheese ham and avacado for dinner at 10
Test at 11 was 4.9
Was it too cold for the strips?
I have a temperature and humidity meter
Left that in the bathroom where my strips are and kept the strips in bedroom
Bathroom temp was 6 degrees which I thought could be a contributing factor too
Tested fasting 5.2
But it could be coz I hardly had any carbs yesterday all day
I will have normal carbs in the evening and see before and after readings too
May be it is the cold places we leave our strips.
Lot of may be's but try keeping it in warmer place.
 
I am conducting a comparison experiment from today for 7 days. Batch 44 versus Accu Chek Mobile. One test on each meter at each of my normal testing times, no re-testing.

Results so far after testing at 5 different times. Codefree average 6.7. Accu Chek average 6.2.
 
The cold does seem to affect them. I've been popping my testing kit under my pillow at bedtime just to take chill off it as no room in my house is very warm at the minute.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I am conducting a comparison experiment from today for 7 days. Batch 44 versus Accu Chek Mobile. One test on each meter at each of my normal testing times, no re-testing.

Results so far after testing at 5 different times. Codefree average 6.7. Accu Chek average 6.2.
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I think that's about right. I am finding them on average about .5 out.
 
Susikav said:
So happy your viral thingy is on its way out... Why do you need binoculars for domestic? I have a vivid picture of you being so long-sighted you cannot see the dust without them... :) I don't think I've been 3.7 since last summer... :( 6.2 this morning - my husband left me to sleep till 7.30 so felt headachy and hot... is that the liver dump do you think? I had chicken soup last night with swede and a little carrot being the only carbs...
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Ah. The domestics and binoculars are so closely related, but I do use the binos here every single day. There's always so much to see on the water.
 
brettsza said:
ok
So batch 44 is taking a p@@@
But I went low carb and reduced my carbs to about 10g surving on water most of the times
On Sunday morning woke up to 7.5
Had breakfast 2 egg ommlette with some vegetables in it at 1PM and was still 6 at about 5pm
This p***** me off to no extent
Made a chicken bacon and sausage casserole with little flour but enough for 2 days so not a lot of flour per serving
Had a bowl of that at 5 and kept my strips in the room so as to keep a little warm.
Had cheese ham and avacado for dinner at 10
Test at 11 was 4.9
Was it too cold for the strips?
I have a temperature and humidity meter
Left that in the bathroom where my strips are and kept the strips in bedroom
Bathroom temp was 6 degrees which I thought could be a contributing factor too
Tested fasting 5.2
But it could be coz I hardly had any carbs yesterday all day
I will have normal carbs in the evening and see before and after readings too
May be it is the cold places we leave our strips.
Lot of may be's but try keeping it in warmer place.
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Much as I'd love to buy your temperature theory, where I am it's a pretty constant 27-28c, day and night, so hardly in the chilly bracket.
 
brettsza said:
ok
So batch 44 is taking a p@@@
But I went low carb and reduced my carbs to about 10g surving on water most of the times
On Sunday morning woke up to 7.5
Had breakfast 2 egg ommlette with some vegetables in it at 1PM and was still 6 at about 5pm
This p***** me off to no extent
Made a chicken bacon and sausage casserole with little flour but enough for 2 days so not a lot of flour per serving
Had a bowl of that at 5 and kept my strips in the room so as to keep a little warm.
Had cheese ham and avacado for dinner at 10
Test at 11 was 4.9
Was it too cold for the strips?
I have a temperature and humidity meter
Left that in the bathroom where my strips are and kept the strips in bedroom
Bathroom temp was 6 degrees which I thought could be a contributing factor too
Tested fasting 5.2
But it could be coz I hardly had any carbs yesterday all day
I will have normal carbs in the evening and see before and after readings too
May be it is the cold places we leave our strips.
Lot of may be's but try keeping it in warmer place.
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Sounds like you're almost starving yourself to get the numbers down at the moment? That'll be counter-productive in the end, I would think. Personally, I find I have a carb range, and I perform less well if I go too low, just as I did going to high, so keep an eye on that.

On another note, you do need to keep an eye on your girth measurements, as it's fat stored around there that causes us issues (as per Professor Taylor's work).
 
4.2 this morning. That surprised me as that's the lowest since 19/1. Not sure I can really explain it.
 
Thanks for prayers and well wishes.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I'm another that can manage half a slice of fried white bread with a fry up meal. It does nothing to my levels at all, either at 1hr or 2hrs. The fat in the meal seems to allow this.
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:) Cool, I'm going to try it too... if it spikes me I'll run on my treadmill for a bit... :) Now I need to go out and buy white bread... :eek::D
 
AndBreathe said:
Ah. The domestics and binoculars are so closely related, but I do use the binos here every single day. There's always so much to see on the water.
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Paradise... :)
 
AndBreathe said:
Much as I'd love to buy your temperature theory, where I am it's a pretty constant 27-28c, day and night, so hardly in the chilly bracket.
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Maybe more to do with eating carbs? :) and the dreaded 44's of course...
 
s_k_s said:
4.2 this morning. That surprised me as that's the lowest since 19/1. Not sure I can really explain it.
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I had a 4.4 one morning that surprised me too! Just one of those things - make a note, and move on, as ColdEthyl says...
 
Like @Bluetit1802, I appear to have had a day or so when batch 44 seemed to play the game, giving me scores I could relate to, but this morning, it’s off on a wander again, at an average of 4.8, which I have logged. After our Paella last night (when I had test results aligned to previous occasions), I would have expected to have been in the 3.8-3.9 range this morning, so it’s well off. But, now I’m here and any consideration of jet lag has gone (virus is still working it’s way out of my system, but I’ll spare you the detail!), I’m now getting to a stage where the variables are reducing. Times like this really do illustrate the power of decent record keeping. I know my date ranges when I have been here before, and my food and blood diaries are comprehensive, so I will make sense of this at some point. Of course that could be around August/September when I’m currently planning on a trip back to UK!

Today we have a dull, breezy and overcast day, but that makes it quite pleasant for doing manual chores, so those are on the agenda for today.
 
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Susikav said:
Maybe more to do with eating carbs? :) and the dreaded 44's of course...
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I'm eating fewer carbs now than I was when in the UK. When I arrived, with this issue tinkering along, I agreed with Mr B, I'd go right back to basics. I've always been able to handle modest portions of rice, and other carbs, so I can categorically state it isn't that.
 
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