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

gennepher said:

Fbg 6.9

Raining again...
Badger looked in my door glass several times last night...
I must be part of his night routine...

Wildlife nighttime video
Badgers & Fox & Cats
And those little darting eyes belonged to mousey. Don't worry...he survived the night...
That badger was in over a hundred 2 min clips for this night's edit.
Out of sight of camera, he was digging up, and upending my plant pots...vegetable garden this year ? Forget it...
1 min 18 secs

Creative is ink drawing on a postcard...
And white pen to finish off...

Have your best day.

Time for a cuppa.

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JohnEGreen said:

5.1 on this rainy morning.

Just found a bit of local history a link between this area and the tomb of Tutankhamun it seems lord Carnarvon who had a Manor House near here and owned one ore two of the coal mines here used the profits from them to fund Howard Carter’s expedition to Egypt.

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dunelm said:

Oh dear, perhaps a hanging vegetable garden might be a future thing. Lovely creative and that bit of white, smashing.

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dunelm said:

Good morning everyone on a damp start the International Bin Day here in the dark and dangerous north. Packing day today. We are off tomorrow for a bit of west coast estuary walking - is that a thing? Might dig out the Nordic Poles - they are the product of early Viking exploration and integration. Youngest brother arrived at our parents house yesterday and is busily batch cooking with mum. He does all the meat dishes, we will do the vegetable dishes when we go in April and the market is bursting with produce. Art bit - mixed media - Indian Ink and watercolour. Hope you all have a pleasant day. I have finished my koffy and best get on with some exercises.


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dunelm said:

I think this may have been what my gran called bacon rolly polly. I think that her’s may have had onion in as well as the bacon. Supermarket bacon is so wafer thin and watery for this I suspect. We get lovely thick slices from our butcher (not him personally!).

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ianpspurs said:

No red meat, fibre, nuts, seeds, easy on veggies makes that very difficult for me. Some kind of dish with a couple dollops of these (I've used and tested them a few times before) and lots of fluid? Eggs and cheese don’t do much for me but I’ll try a cheese omelette since needs must. Enjoy Thursday, I'mma smile and drink berry tea

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ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a showery, blustery Breckland/Fenland/Land of the Free, home of the Brave mishmash. No fbg because there's enough going on just now and prep for Sunday is seriously disrupting my eating habits. @Annb I hope bandage day goes well. @Krystyna23040 well done on getting that admin done and good that the week seems relaxing. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art and enjoy the walking. My Nordic walking poles keep giving me accusatory glances. @gennepher hug for the devastation wrought by that badger family but if anyone can find a solution Genn can. Thank you for sharing the creative. Have an appropriate song. Local weather guru on BBC says it is highly likely this may be the wettest winter on record for the UK. Only one grandchild is here today but my mission is to find a way to minimise carbs and exceed yesterday's 1300 cals. No red meat, fibre, nuts, seeds, easy on veggies makes that very difficult for me. Some kind of dish with a couple dollops of these (I've used and tested them a few times before) and lots of fluid? Eggs and cheese don’t do much for me but I’ll try a cheese omelette since needs must. Enjoy Thursday, I'mma smile and drink berry tea.

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ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a showery, blustery Breckland/Fenland/Land of the Free, home of the Brave mishmash. No fbg because there's enough going on just now and prep for Sunday is seriously disrupting my eating habits. @Annb I hope bandage day goes well. @Krystyna23040 well done on getting that admin done and good that the week seems relaxing. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art and enjoy the walking. My Nordic walking poles keep giving me accusatory glances. @gennepher hug for the devastation wrought by that badger family but if anyone can find a solution Genn can. Thank you for sharing the creative. Have an appropriate song. Local weather guru on BBC says it is highly likely this may be the wettest winter on record for the UK. Only one grandchild is here today but my mission is to find a way to minimise carbs and exceed yesterday's 1300 cals. No red meat, fibre, nuts, seeds, easy on veggies makes that very difficult for me. Some kind of dish with a couple dollops of these (I've used and tested them a few times before) and lots of fluid? Eggs and cheese don’t do much for me but I’ll try a cheese omelette since needs must. Enjoy Thursday, I'mma smile and drink berry tea.

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Krystyna23040 said:

No nuts or seeds would be a total nightmare diet for me. I absolutely understand why this would make a low carb diet very unappealing.

I also find that eggs don't do much for me but I do love mascarpone cheese or a little chunk of extra mature cheddar.

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gennepher said:

I love this mixed media Art Bit @dunelm

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ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a showery, blustery Breckland/Fenland/Land of the Free, home of the Brave mishmash. No fbg because there's enough going on just now and prep for Sunday is seriously disrupting my eating habits. @Annb I hope bandage day goes well. @Krystyna23040 well done on getting that admin done and good that the week seems relaxing. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art and enjoy the walking. My Nordic walking poles keep giving me accusatory glances. @gennepher hug for the devastation wrought by that badger family but if anyone can find a solution Genn can. Thank you for sharing the creative. Have an appropriate song. Local weather guru on BBC says it is highly likely this may be the wettest winter on record for the UK. Only one grandchild is here today but my mission is to find a way to minimise carbs and exceed yesterday's 1300 cals. No red meat, fibre, nuts, seeds, easy on veggies makes that very difficult for me. Some kind of dish with a couple dollops of these (I've used and tested them a few times before) and lots of fluid? Eggs and cheese don’t do much for me but I’ll try a cheese omelette since needs must. Enjoy Thursday, I'mma smile and drink berry tea.

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ianpspurs said:

There are two other problems with this. The foods I'm fine with which could provide calories are high in vit B12 which seems to cause diarrhea in excess especially if drinking too much water (the water here does that on its own) - another suggested preparation. That's before taking the witches potion designed to evacuate the area, Secondly, foods I would eat such as tuna, white fish, turkey and chicken have in the past caused gout attacks if eaten without huge salads, high fibre bread or keto pasta etc for bulking. Usually when illness has dehydrated me which diarrhea will accomplish a treat..That's all without some known side effects of the chemo/immunotherapy. Perfect ****torm - almost literally. TMI? Sorry. A "normal" diet with white bread, chips and plain cake would be easy. @gennepher I'm not sure berry tea is meant to be enjoyed more a lifestyle accessory.

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ianpspurs said:

There are two other problems with this. The foods I'm fine with which could provide calories are high in vit B12 which seems to cause diarrhea in excess especially if drinking too much water (the water here does that on its own) - another suggested preparation. That's before taking the witches potion designed to evacuate the are

ianpspurs said:

There are two other problems with this. The foods I'm fine with which could provide calories are high in vit B12 which seems to cause diarrhea in excess especially if drinking too much water (the water here does that on its own) - another suggested preparation. That's before taking the witches potion designed to evacuate the area, Secondly, foods I would eat such as tuna, white fish, turkey and chicken have in the past caused gout attacks if eaten without huge salads, high fibre bread or keto pasta etc for bulking. Usually when illness has dehydrated me which diarrhea will accomplish a treat..That's all without some known side effects of the chemo/immunotherapy. Perfect ****torm - almost literally. TMI? Sorry. A "normal" diet with white bread, chips and plain cake would be easy. @gennepher I'm not sure berry tea is meant to be enjoyed more a lifestyle accessory.

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a, Secondly, foods I would eat such as tuna, white fish, turkey and chicken have in the past caused gout attacks if eaten without huge salads, high fibre bread or keto pasta etc for bulking. Usually when illness has dehydrated me which diarrhea will accomplish a treat..That's all without some known side effects of the chemo/immunotherapy. Perfect ****torm - almost literally. TMI? Sorry. A "normal" diet with white bread, chips and plain cake would be easy. @gennepher I'm not sure berry tea is meant to be enjoyed more a lifestyle accessory.

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gennepher said:

No berry tea for me thanks Ian, but I like berries themselves...frozen blackberries and strawberries today with double cream..

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