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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

is it any wonder I'm feeling blue?
Ha!
Like mother like daughter.
Wonderful.
 
I was clearly wrong today and taught a lesson.
I should not have made that comment.
I went to Sainsbury's at the latest time and got back to the car park by 1055.

The woman talking was a professional, but expressed an opinion that broke the British Law that did not respect her right and freedom to free speech.
Privately she was a les bien but Stonewall chose to make an example of her.

This woman lost her job, lost her coworkers and professional colleagues all over a legal system that did not recognise her personal freedom.
 
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7.1 this trauma Tuesday.
Weather report.

The wind has subsided to a gust.
It has been raining very hard since I left my pit. I might need sou'wester and waders to get the shop.Amazon are still not selling Arks.
I feel really cold today even tho, the temperature is up, haven't spent anytime out of lowered heating, I've got layers on, Tuesday socks and warm jacket Mrs L is warm! Go figure?

I haven't tidied garden, a few bits when I moved recycling bin for tomorrow but it is not to my standards. With Jocelyn on its way later, it does make you wonder if it is all worth it, to keep doing it?
I know it's a benefit to me, and I do like my garden, but sometimes it is so annoying the weather does this!
And I know that it could be much worse, as has been shown on the news, but it is again, repetitive tasks on top of all the other chores and load on me!

Cuppa time, Mrs L has informed me.

Best wishes to you all as always!
Stay safe, stay warm. If only!!
 
This morning's results:




I took my normal insulin that I would take with any amount of carbohydrate, about 15 minutes before eating. Peaking at plus 2.8 but dropping again quite quickly, it seems to work for me. Only problem is pasta is not very filling and I've been hungry for more carbs all morning. I do think that having carbs just feeds the craving. I suppose it means that I could have a small amount of pre-cooked and chilled carbs alongside a larger amount of protein. This is not to say that eating carbs won't make the weight pile on again.

Today I am going to have 3 meals (another minus point) because I don't feel as though I've eaten anything yet. So I'm off to get some cold meat or fish to make a quick snack.

EDIT: Libre started yelling at me that BG was dropping too low (3.9) so I just had a couple of dates to stop the drop. Now will get some ham or something.
 
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The way you are going about things seems entirely sensible and rigorous. You hypothesised that cooked and cooled resistant carbs would possibly be doable and tested that out. The result seems to bear out your hypothesis. I know the mantra is we count carbs not calories but there must be a recognition of the possibility that low carb can be low satiation if it is just too low calorie. If you feel hungry it could just as likely be your body telling you it really needs more food as the carb craving. There is a danger that orthodoxy/group think won't allow alternative explanations - says the Christian
 
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It feels like boasting, but I found the lost driving license in about five minutes. MrSlim has spent hours searching...over several weeks, actually it was in an extremely logical place, in his briefcase, along with birth and marriage certificates etc, in an envelope marked DVLA Swansea. Par avion. Such a good thing it never got posted.
Weeks of unnecessary stress over it finally over. Am now about to go and post both our licences to finish the exchange process.
 
I find that those really safe places afre usually logical, if you can only remember the logical thought that put them there! Well done you for working it out. Any idea where I might have put my birth certificate and marriage certificate? I have many of them for the last few generations of my family, I have my late husband's, but I can't find mine. Just hope nobody needs to see it in the near future.
 
Well - Christianity has suffered from rigid orthodoxy throughout its history, as have most other religions. Trouble is, it's all a matter of faith, not evidence. There are also liberal thinkers in all faiths - not that their faith is weaker, just their minds a bit freer. Same with diabetes and, probably, many other health issues.
 
Keeping an open mind could well see you in the ducking stool or at least bring people with pitchforks and burning torches to your door. You dangerous heretics and free thinkers are a scourge.
 
Thank you Ian
 
Brilliant outcome @SlimLizzy
Nothing wrong with sounding your own trumpet in this case...it has been weeks of worry for you...

 
Thank you @ianpspurs. Job completed and despite a couple of messages with photos of old buildings attached, nothing further. Enjoy that steak despite the hype - endeavour to persevere.
 
Well that experiment went well and worth repeating. Dear subject A, what would happen if you ate some protein first, immediately before the pasta, perhaps with a bit of olive oil and parmesan mixed in - would it a) make you feel less hungry and b) would the protein cause slower absorption and a lower spike?
 
Marvellous - break out the trumpets and, of course mention it all week. Hope that the licences exchange process goes smoothly from now on although we are talking French beauracracy.
 
It's your brain telling porkies because of the effect of the abnormal response to carbs.
It has been used to higher levels so when the brain believes that it would like more glucose, the message is you're hungry.
Same with insulin when you have insulin resistance, first phase then second phase needed because first response doesn't do what it's supposed to..
Big saying in counselling and with anxiety. .......Don't believe what your brain is worrying about.

Im not into alternatives, I follow my science.
Your brain lies!
So who........... do you believe?
 
A duplicate marriage certificate is exactly that. An exact copy. However a duplicate or replacement driving licence has a different issue number therefore not an exact copy and if required would derail the replacement process meaning MrSlim would have to restart the tedious process all over again. I can understand why he was stressed about it. What i cannot fathom is why he didnt find it. There were perhaps twenty pieces of paper in the briefcase...
 
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