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

Heating up nicely here ready for a slightly bonkers weekend. Julie's birthday tomorrow and we are commanded to appear at No 1 son's to be fed. On Sunday I am ordered to take Easter eggs to Southampton for 2 granddaughters and pay for a hotel into the bargain. May try either or both of Nandos and Five Guys as both in West Quay just so I am "in the loop" with the cool kids. Bg was 5.1 (no VAR needed) - not high or dangerous but still not on a par with other times of eating and exercising the way I have recently.
 
It shouldn't be funny of course but it sadly is
 
OrsonKartt said:
It shouldn't be funny of course but it sadly is
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Oh, oh here goes. The DESMOND course sounds abysmal and HCPs should offer the best advice they can. For some/most posters on here LC has offered a better route than that offered by the eat well plate and conventional follow up path. We are largely a self selecting group who believe in LC and have had some success in using it for control. We, or certainly I, don't know how many have tried LC properly/strictly and found it doesn't work - there must be some. I am not claiming the status quo advice and support is right or that LC should not be advised as first line approach to all newly diagnosed T2. I am highly sceptical of its effectiveness for everyone, certainly for me personally it is not great IMHO, and we just don't know enough about the long term effectiveness and potential side effects. I can see why HCPs might be hesitant in offering full- throated approval. Now flame away.
 

Horrific how such poor advise, in the face of...and despite the evidence to the contrary, of how unhealthy it is.. is still not just permitted but propogated, by those who are meant to help......heartbreaking.

I truly don't mean all are bad, but sufficient to make the tales we hear on here, way too common .

So grateful to have got on here and dodged the SUGAR bullets sprayed so liberally across so many seeking good advice .

@Debandez ..you have my admiration for doing so much, especially when as @PenguinMum rightly says, it's like scaling the Eiger.
 
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Was so sad to read your post. You would have thought that everyone would have jumped at the chance to improve their health.
 
Woke up at 3.45am today - which is very unusual for me. Did a test and it was 4.6. At 6.30am when I woke up again it was 5.8. I suppose it is the Dawn Phenomenon - but good to know it stays in the 4s overnight. Yesterday I had another 4.2 two hours after my lunch which was lower than the pre-meal 4.8.
 
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jjraak said:
I truly don't mean all are bad, but sufficient to make the tales we hear on here, way too common .
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jjaark I've spoken to many who have attended the course...none of them came away feeling they had been well advised or had a clue how best to manage their diabetes...one attendee asked which would be the best meter for him to buy...in the most patronising terms one of the duo conducting the course said 'look dear if you needed a meter your GP would have given you one' so that's the kind of attitude we encounter...another was told it might be better to go in insulin then you could increase your carbs...it was scandalous.
 
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No flaming intended @ianpspurs
It's a position you state clearly and has some merit.

Just that for those clearly struggling with the current advise shouldn't there be a plan B.

For me it's working or seems to be.
So I ..as I guess many others on here do, count myself lucky.

And the long term effects...?? Who can say.

But I do know the long term effects of taking the prescribed EATWELL advise.

We surely need right now, to be offering other choices, clearly explained to prevent others who may be helped, falling into the spiral of a progressive illness, that just maybe doesn't HAVE to happen. ?
 
jjraak said:
And the long term effects...?? Who can say.

But I do know the long term effects of taking the prescribed EATWELL advise.
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It is working for me and many others...some prefer keto or other alternatives...whichever path we choose is very much an individual choice.
 
Couldn't resist testing this morning and last night before sleep.

Went to gym with a blood glucose of 5mmol at 6pm. Came home at 8pm, had a hot bath. Got in to bed at 11.30pm, BG was at 4.5mmol.

Had 500ml of water, went to bed.

Woke up at 9am, BG at 4.4mmol.

More Salmon on the menu at 12.30pm. Loads of Salmon flying around due to Easter.

No breakfast (fasting) well only liquids allowed. So I had a cup of tea and used Tesco double cream. Looking forward to my Salmon at 12.30pm

Also to add I am fasting until Monday for about 20-24 hours (including sleep) - i mean a daily fast up and until Monday
 
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At dawn the moon was setting. A full, round, red moon. I opened the window, to the sound of birdsong and traffic. Behind me, the KittenCat stopped meowing for breakfast, and watched the moon set with me. As always, she had food in her dish; just wanted breakfast.

She's having more chicken now. I'm having sausages and a McDonald's baked apple pie, because they were out of strawberry cream.

FBG 5.6 this Maundy Thursday morning.
 

Hear, hear!
 
Krystyna23040 said:
Was so sad to read your post. You would have thought that everyone would have jumped at the chance to improve their health.
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It's like the TV commercials I see all the time for antacids and diet pills.

"Eat what you want and STILL lose weight!" "Pop our antacid pill and eat all the spicy food you want!"
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with spicy food per se, but for a lot of people it does cause bad heartburn. It's just the idea that you can gorge on foods that harm your unique body, but just pop a pill and carry on.
 
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