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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Sounds like that is going to be just the tonic enjoy. Hopefully things will calm down now with Christmas and birthdays behind you. Your reading is still great @shelley262
 
What a bargain!!! I might even be tempted at that price
 
Hope you are ok
 
I have actually reduced my activity as I am bio-hacking. I am found so far my max for fasting should be just 2 days as I loose muscle mass after this, so this is locked in for me, I am honing the mix of sleep, additional protein (via meat / fish), cardio and resistance training, and loving this n of 1 testing.
 
 
Finding out what works as an individual is a long term project I'm finding. I'm a skinny so and so and I find a 24 hour fast challenging at this stage of the project.
 
No numbers as I am determined to have a break and focus on 1 pillar at a time which seems @Mbaker like and highly sensible. Slept until 9.40 today so that has been a year long target hit. @Goonergal great price for gym membership and I assume you walk. The fees are one thing but the faff of driving to and from is too much. I have bought all the equipment I would use - exercise bike, rowing machine, weight machine, free weights, dumbells, kettleballs, bags - so I can go when I want e.g. Christmas day. (Key piece of equipment is big tv and sky q - hours of American Civil War docs, great NFL games and similar) Maybe an idea for you @OrsonKartt once all work is done but splitting logs beats the lot.
Long post but I do agree with the deconstruct and analyse approach - that is January's aim.
 
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5.6 after a late start. I’ve been reading a book for days and suddenly got into it last night so had to stay up til I’d finished it, after 2am.
@shelley262 ‘forest bathing’ even sounds relaxing. Don’t think about the mud.
@Goonergal that is a fantastic price fot a gym - even here in the sticks it’s £34 and only open 6-10.
 
Good morning all,
4.6 for me.

I did my weekly weigh in as well. I lost another 2.4 lbs (1.09 kg) this past week.

With this loss, I'm finally under 200 lbs at 197.8 lbs (89.72) for the first time in over 32 years

My total loss so far is 75.79 lbs (34.38 kg) or 5 stone 5.79 My BMI has gone from 48.0 to 34.0
 
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Hello all -- a bit late posting today. Late night, slept in and then lazed around. So, quite a successful day so far I would say.

@Goonergal -- a really good deal on the gym membership. I am with @ianpspurs on this, though, I enjoy the ease of a workout at home. Have bought a refurbished professional elliptical trainer several years ago, which is giving me a good workout most days.

@Freema, @OrsonKartt and @Charis1213 -- I am a bit envious of living close to the beach -- I grew up close to the ocean, but now it's quite a long drive from where I live. @Charis1213 -- Great job on the progress with your blood sugars.

@shelley262 -- Sounds like a very busy and stressful week. Hope you can take some time out to relax.

Blood sugars this morning were 5.1.

Have a great Sunday, all.
 
Good morning, everyone! It's the Sixth Day of Christmas and we have rain here again and a high of 6.2 on the BG meter. I have a fine flock of geese to give away to the first six lucky callers -- all of them a-laying.

And a shout-out to @Chronicle_Cat -- Congratulations! Well done!
 
@shelley262 "forest bathing" is a lovely expression. I had never heard of it before but I think I know what it is like ... that is a perfect way of describing the day I spent in the woods last time I was in England. Just me and the trees, and occasionally other people, some with dogs. A wonderful day.

I have happily spent time tromping around in horse pastures too, one misty Christmas Eve I was out checking on a friend's horse, all layered up from wellies to hat with ear flaps. I love tromping around in the mud among horses all snug with their round bales and turnout blankets.

It is a five-hour drive from here to the "nearest" beach and very pricey to stay once you get there. But the ocean is worth it, and I love road trips.
 
I have always until recently lived by the sea it's what I miss the most now being in the midlands when I lived in Plymouth had the Sea or Dartmoor to choose from every day of the week could walk on a beach in the morning and treck Dartmoor in the afternoon or evening or visa versa.
 
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