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


That is a brilliant strategy. Love it!
 

I think you are probably right, I don’t think going to extremes to achieve very low fbg can be helpful in the long run.
Wow! 8 stone though!
 
I thought that "Talk like a pirate day" must have been last week. We went down to Whitby with the grandkids on Saturday and there were quite few fellas walking around the port area dressed as pirates.
 
Got a 5.7 this morning - first one I have seen in a fortnight. Libre ran out and I used finger sticks - now wondering if the Libre sensor was not quite right as my numbers have been generally higher the whole fortnight - I thought it was return to work stress!! Either way I am happy to see it. Other checks through the day have also been back where they should be. Taking a break from obsessing/Libre as the past two weeks have been quite unnecessary..
 
5.6 today, way too early to be up. I’ve been awake a couple of hours but it doesn’t look like I’ll get back to sleep now.
@1970clea I don’t find the Libre very accurate, current one is reading about 1mmol higher, previous one was about 2mmol lower! I like it for watching trends though and spotting spikes I might have missed by finger pricking at set times.
 
Let's say I was 5.5 as per 2015 or 5.4 as in 2016 or 4.7 in 2018. Would I eat or exercise any differently? Nope. So fbg probably in the same range. Like many here I am boxed in by what I will force myself to eat and the state of my aged body. IF from 6 pm to 11 am, salmon salad on Friday (mackerel 5 days, ersatz Sunday roast) aim for 1k steps an hr for 12-14 hrs and any resistance ex I can manage. Drink mucho Assam. Rinse and repeat. I'll fit a new Swipey Monday but routine unlikely to change.
 
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CP sounds much more enjoyable..way to go!
 
Had a reading of 7.7 at 5am re tested at 8am and it was 6.5 so I'm taking that ....the 5am the first reading was only 8 hrs after my last meal and I did indulge in a packet of jelly babies after it ...mmm methinks I am making a few excuses here lol
 
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