Good morning everyone from a, so far, very dark but not visibly dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of out for dinner with some of our offspring and their offspring heralded a 5.3 this am. Must have been that all so lightly applied tempura on the whitebait. Never mind.
The purpose of the dinner was to catch up with grandchildren really. Oldest, 15, is going to Iceland with the school on a geography trip - she is already packed and raring to go. Her brother, 10 who plays football for the county, is off to Barcelona for a football tournament. Never had these opportunities when I was at school (there was a scout camp once to the Isle of Man) so very pleased that they get to do these things.
Like others on this thread and elsewhere in the multiverse, I am constantly surprised at fasting readings and the ups and downs of the life of blood. With the libre I sometimes get a lovely flat 8 hour line with a constant reading of about 4 or maybe 4.5 or for no discernible reason at all 6. Other periods, it’s like a roller coaster - the night before last, during sleep, it went from 5 down to about 2 then up to 6, down again to about 2; two more bends and twists and then “wake up, here comes Mr Liver”.
Although I do low carb - I do find that too much protein, especially later in the day, can mess things up. So, as I only really eat twice a day, I have most of my protein at around lunch time and the rest for dinner. I wonder, as I write this, if I should eat more often but smaller portions - snacking so to speak - but then what would it be? Beef broth is always good. Crackers - I do need to make a fresh batch of crackers today.
Have a wonderful day if you can, have a read of how the inventor of blood sugar tests had to wait 13 years for compensation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50156965