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5.1 this morning. Have a good day everyone. Still in quarantine until midnight Friday.
If the mantra is eat to your meter then that recipe is worth a few repeats to see what happens. Lord knows its hard enough to make Elsie vaguely lovable for many.5.6 this morning, which surprised me because I cooked a cottage pie for my daughter and myself being as it's turned chilly out. I used normal flour to thicken as I didn't have anything else, and of course there was tomato puree in there, so I'm not sure if it is okay to use? I made the mash with steamed cauliflower, adding lots of butter and cream cheese to that. It tasted so good that I had more than I thought wise, and certainly expected to see a higher number this morning!!!
It's SO put a smile on my face this morning ianspursIf the mantras is eat to your meter then that recipe is worth a few repeats to see what happens. Lord knows its hard enough to make Elsie lovable for many.
Great to see you on the mend. Hope you are not feeling too washed out.5.1 this morning. Have a good day everyone. Still in quarantine until midnight Friday.
Good. Fbgs come and go but Elsie is for life so some enjoyment is vital. Cauli mash with cream cheese, not for me but you go girl.It's SO put a smile on my face this morning ianspurs![]()
Right . . . I've just had my HBA1C results and they now put ME into NORMAL, not PRE-DIABETIC, but NORMAL. Why do I mention this, because at the same time I've almost eradicated my Carb intake, swapping it out for the LCHF diet ( which I'm not too keen on) and, being dead scared of raising my Chlorestorel levels!! But guess what?: My Chlorestorel levels are normal and whilst I've been on this LCHF diet (did I say I'm not keen on it?) they have gone DOWN!
So here's the Skinny:
HBA1C - DOWN > NORMAL
Cholesterol - DOWN > NORMAL
OCCAM'S Razor? I must be a Polar Bear.
You were doing so well up to that point. Yummy? Dear Lord, it is food (Elsie's at that); just about functional, vaguely agreeable or downright disgusting covers it all - apart from the Swoon Sisters recipes and salmon saladIt's yummy!![]()
its fine DJC3 thankyou xIs that low for you Karen? I guess by the smiley face you are ok.
I wholeheartedly agree. WELL DONE ESTRAGON!That’s fabulous! Very well done. I know it’s been a struggle at times but you stuck with it and got the results you absolutely deserve.
hope you are well5.1 this morning. Have a good day everyone. Still in quarantine until midnight Friday.
Washed out. I've been sleeping day and night.Great to see you on the mend. Hope you are not feeling too washed out.
I agree, about the sleeping in, but as I am lazy and retired, getting up early is not part of my regular routineood morning all,
Fasting levels were 6.1 today -- seems as if sleeping in seems to lead to slightly higher levels for me.
Just saw a remarkable sequence about polar bears and diabetes today. The speaker said that scientists are interested in studying polar bears to find ways of dealing with diabetes -- as the bears seem to have unusually stable blood sugar levels. Scientists were surprised at this, since polar bears eat meat and lots of fat.(They actually continued saying if humans ate as much fat as polar bears, we wouldn't survive.
-- they also never seem to have to have heard about the "classic" ketogenic diet for epilepsy where sufferers have about derive 80% of their calories from fat and live to tell about it.)
Right . . . I've just had my HBA1C results and they now put ME into NORMAL, not PRE-DIABETIC, but NORMAL. Why do I mention this, because at the same time I've almost eradicated my Carb intake, swapping it out for the LCHF diet ( which I'm not too keen on) and, being dead scared of raising my Chlorestorel levels!! But guess what?: My Chlorestorel levels are normal and whilst I've been on this LCHF diet (did I say I'm not keen on it?) they have gone DOWN!
So here's the Skinny:
HBA1C - DOWN > NORMAL
Cholesterol - DOWN > NORMAL
OCCAM'S Razor? I must be a Polar Bear.