I love Olina s low carb seeded crackers and find them cheapest at Waitrose. Annoyed this week though as they were on offer, even cheaper than usual, so of course they were sold out!
I use Copy me that site for recipes. You just get the actual recipe .Hi all, back to gloom here after yesterday’s beautiful weather, a small glimpse of summer! Hope all doing well,good luck @Antje77 Yesterday’s food
B Yog,blueberries,flaked coconut
L Cheese and ham salad
D Fish pie with celeriac mash,green beans and courgettes
Could someone remind me of the recipe app thingy that chops just the recipe out of a webpage. I lost it when my ipad died.
The nurse just called. She thinks that it is dangerous for me to be down to pre-diabetic levels. I just don't get that. If I can stabilise at around 5 to 6 mmol, I can't see how that is as dangerous as accepting higher levels and the risk of causing other damage in the long run. That's quite apart from the damage I believe higher amounts of insulin are causing in terms of weight gain and general malaise. I'll try 50u of Tresiba tomorrow and see how that goes.I thought, with the improvement I had made ( hardly any bolus needed for the last week), it was worth trying. She, and the GP she spoke to, were concerned that being so old, I might drop into a hypo before I realised it (rubbish; I would know). They think a constant level in the 5's with the occasional drop into the 3's is dangerous for someone of my age. The nurse will be phoning this afternoon to see how I got on over the weekend and I'll be telling her I'm putting the basal up again. Maybe compromise on 50 and see how that goes. It's the usual one-size-fits-all attitude. Because I'm almost 79, medics assume I am frail (and probably half daft as well) but I am far from it - at least as far as the frail goes. I wouldn't be working on ships, or with animals, any more but that's arthritis, not frailty.
Anyway, from tomorrow morning, it's back up at least to 50 for the Tresiba.
I'll be thinking of you at 3.30 today and hope the interview goes well. Hold your nerve. You know you're strong and up to the tasks on offer.
Ah that’s it,thank youI use Copy me that site for recipes. You just get the actual recipe .
Gave you a hug @Annb because it sounds very difficult to deal with getting insulin right. Great that @Antje77 is on this thread too, with her insulin experience and sensible advice, to help guide you as the nurse doesn't seem to be listening to what you'd like to achieve.The nurse just called. She thinks that it is dangerous for me to be down to pre-diabetic levels. I just don't get that. If I can stabilise at around 5 to 6 mmol, I can't see how that is as dangerous as accepting higher levels and the risk of causing other damage in the long run. That's quite apart from the damage I believe higher amounts of insulin are causing in terms of weight gain and general malaise. I'll try 50u of Tresiba tomorrow and see how that goes.
Before breakfast BG was 7.7 (down from 9.4 first thing) so I took 8u of Humalog and had 2 wraps with cheese and 3 very thin slices of tomato - 4 grams of carb in the wraps, tomato? No idea but can't be much. BG rose to 8.2 but has come back down to 7.1 now. I want it to go lower and reach the 5s. It may do that by this evening, it does tend to fall away in the afternoon. The nurse wants me to increase the Humalog, if anything. I don't.
Nearly half past three, Antje. Thinking of you.
Not everything, exactly, but the important bits did!Hope everything went well @ANTJE!
I added an editNot everything, exactly, but the important bits did!
We cross posted, update above.
Now I'm waiting for a mechanic to show up and try to fix the car to the point I can drive to my own mechanic, someone should show up any moment now.
Well done on things moving in right direction for suitable work @Antje77 and very inventive way to get there on time despite your car wanting to stay at home.Thanks for all your good wishes!
I had a very good talk at the job agency, and she definitely saw something in me.
She tried to lure me into an office job as a planner but I told her no, I'd rather play outside for now.
She hopes she has something for me within the week, so we wait and see again, I'm optimistic!
Lots of stress before leaving: I had tested if my car would start an hour before I had to leave, all fine. Fine again when I wanted to leave, but it didn't really want to leave its parking spot, so I figured my right back wheel was stuck in a hole or behind some rubbish or such. But when it relented and moved from parking spot to road, my right back wheel made horrible noises so I decided to back up into my nextdoor neighbours' parking spot.
Car wouldn't move, and I was now completely blocking the road with my car square across, plus needing to get to my appointment.
It didn't take long for a couple of cars to arrive and find themselves stuck, so we had a look at my car together. With some more pushing the pedal, it moved, but very reluctantly, turned out my right wheel is completely stuck! At least I was able to park it at my neighbours, almost but not completely blocking their way through with their cars.
I decided that getting to my appointment in time was more important than my nextdoor neighbours, or the one in my garden, and I walked to Tales trailer with all body parts crossed that his car keys were on the table and not with him at work...
They were, so I more or less stole his car, drove half an hour to the appointment, and only after seeing I still had a few minutes to spare I texted him to let him know I took his car without asking, and texted the nextdoor neighbours to apologise for having to manoeuvre around my car now parked on their property in a rather inconvenient place.
I am so very lucky with my neighbours!
Gosh - winner on both your weight loss and your plant bargains. I would definitely have spent too much especially if they were bargains!Hello all, I had to go out today to run some errands, and got tempted by Home Bargains garden centre! Came home with nicotiana, snapdragons, lobelia and a lovely lace hydrangea, half the price of garden centres.
Two days of very low carb resulted in a 3lb weight loss but that's probably water weight. I'm trying to lose half a stone this month but as with all things weight related, I'm not obsessing, as that triggers my binge eating issues.
Breakfast 1.30pm
4 ryvita, butter, chicken liver pate and a sliced tomato - about 35g carbs
Tea will be some chicken thighs crisped up in the air fryer.
Hope everything went well @ANTJE!
@sueh21 I want the sun back! I think it will rain tomorrow thoughThe met office said it was the warmest May on record - well not in my garden it wasn't!
@shelley262 great stuff in the garden, how lovely to have a party there - hope the weather will be favourable! I now have a glut of plants to put in, they go in containers as slugs and snails and the lawnmower are too dangerous to put things in the ground. If they go in pots it takes a while for the slugs and snails to realise they are there, and by then the plants are established and not as tasty. More labour intensive for watering though!
Edit: @Antje77 crikey as if it wasn't stressful enough going to the appointment! Winner to you for working around it, even if it did involve grand theft auto!
You have such potential! Don’t waste your talents!Thanks for all your good wishes!
I had a very good talk at the job agency, and she definitely saw something in me.
She tried to lure me into an office job as a planner but I told her no, I'd rather play outside for now.
She hopes she has something for me within the week, so we wait and see again, I'm optimistic!
Lots of stress before leaving: I had tested if my car would start an hour before I had to leave, all fine. Fine again when I wanted to leave, but it didn't really want to leave its parking spot, so I figured my right back wheel was stuck in a hole or behind some rubbish or such. But when it relented and moved from parking spot to road, my right back wheel made horrible noises so I decided to back up into my nextdoor neighbours' parking spot.
Car wouldn't move, and I was now completely blocking the road with my car square across, plus needing to get to my appointment.
It didn't take long for a couple of cars to arrive and find themselves stuck, so we had a look at my car together. With some more pushing the pedal, it moved, but very reluctantly, turned out my right wheel is completely stuck! At least I was able to park it at my neighbours, almost but not completely blocking their way through with their cars.
I decided that getting to my appointment in time was more important than my nextdoor neighbours, or the one in my garden, and I walked to Tales trailer with all body parts crossed that his car keys were on the table and not with him at work...
They were, so I more or less stole his car, drove half an hour to the appointment, and only after seeing I still had a few minutes to spare I texted him to let him know I took his car without asking, and texted the nextdoor neighbours to apologise for having to manoeuvre around my car now parked on their property in a rather inconvenient place.
I am so very lucky with my neighbours!
Will do better, I promise!@Antje77. Thread!!
The car issues may actually have worked in favour for me. Because it was the last thing that happened before I drove to the appointment, it was the first thing I talked about by way of casual small talk in the hallway on our way to the interview.You have such potential! Don’t waste your talents!
You will enjoy working, and I hope you are offered outdoor work that you will enjoy.
Well done, on your determination to get to your appointment, and your problem solving skills that got you there.
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