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

Morning All. Had a rare desperate need for something salty last night and went in search of crisps and way too many were consumed. Hence 8.6 this morning and I deserved it. I am trying to fix in my brain that when I see crisps packets they show a big flashing light ‘HIGH CARB ALERT’. @ianpspurs so good to see you here and I hope all your tests and scans give great results and you can get back to gym work. Happy Wed escay.
 
PenguinMum said:
Morning All. Had a rare desperate need for something salty last night and went in search of crisps and way too many were consumed. Hence 8.6 this morning and I deserved it. I am trying to fix in my brain that when I see crisps packets they show a big flashing light ‘HIGH CARB ALERT’. @ianpspurs so good to see you here and I hope all your tests and scans give great results and you can get back to gym work. Happy Wed escay.
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Thanks and I also hope God so blesses me but if not He knows best even if I don't see it at the time. Don't be so hard on yourself. Your A1c's are fine. Oops, forgot 5.2 today - It'll have to do. I'mma having almond milk in my tea before 10.00 am just to be a rebel.
 
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plantae said:
Do you know why they were at 12.3 at bedtime?
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At supper around 6pm I had a small helping of rice pasta , with fresh tomatoes, Lancashire cheese and red onions garnished with some fresh basil leaves. The sauce was a pesto with heavy cream. So I'm guessing it was the basil leaves that did it lol. My sugars rose like a mountain and stayed high until around 11ish and then they started their slow descent, bottoming out at around 3pm to 5 mmol/L. My baseline is usually 6 mmol/L.
 
Melgar said:
At supper around 6pm I had a small helping of rice pasta , with fresh tomatoes, Lancashire cheese and red onions garnished with some fresh basil leaves. The sauce was a pesto with heavy cream. So I'm guessing it was the basil leaves that did it lol. My sugars rose like a mountain and stayed high until around 11ish and then they started their slow descent, bottoming out at around 3pm to 5 mmol/L. My baseline is usually 6 mmol/L.
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Well that's not too bad as long as you enjoyed it :) It sounds delicious!
 
Melgar said:
Thanks I of course paid the price lol. I was hoping the high fat content in the cream would tame it but alas
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Surely we can sometimes spike without there being a price to pay. Yeah, the spike might not be "good" and usually fat flattens things out (for me anyway). But, hey, if it was a nice meal then it's probably not a big deal. You went back down to normal. Maybe you've lost a day off of your life -- I doubt it -- but surely we have to enjoy and indulge ourselves sometimes as well. Treats are good, and that sounds like a great and healthy treat. Blood went high? Ok it went high, but not crazy. The price, as I see it, that you paid was a healthy meal but your sugars went high. Sounds like a good price to me
 
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6.2 this morning and yet another bad nights sleep - cannot figure out why only thing I have changed is that I have been having full fat milk in tea as they were out of the Arla one at Asda. Its probably a mix of that and stress. Not had anything to eat yet its been 15 hrs since I last had something, don't feel remotely hungry but that cant be a bad thing surely?
 
PenguinMum said:
Morning All. Had a rare desperate need for something salty last night and went in search of crisps and way too many were consumed. Hence 8.6 this morning and I deserved it. I am trying to fix in my brain that when I see crisps packets they show a big flashing light ‘HIGH CARB ALERT’. @ianpspurs so good to see you here and I hope all your tests and scans give great results and you can get back to gym work. Happy Wed escay.
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Would salted peanuts have fixed the craving ?
 
Amazing FBG @ 4.9 today. Granddaughter staying with us so I've upped my yoga sessions and gym work to impress that teenagers as well as pensioners require daily exercise. Also, she is vegetarian and diet conscious so cooking very healthy food. A few changes to my exercise and diet to accomodate seems to show tangible benefit.
 
plantae said:
Surely we can sometimes spike without there being a price to pay. Yeah, the spike might not be "good" and usually fat flattens things out (for me anyway). But, hey, if it was a nice meal then it's probably not a big deal. You went back down to normal. Maybe you've lost a day off of your life -- I doubt it -- but surely we have to enjoy and indulge ourselves sometimes as well. Treats are good, and that sounds like a great and healthy treat. Blood went high? Ok it went high, but not crazy. The price, as I see it, that you paid was a healthy meal but your sugars went high. Sounds like a good price to me
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Thank you and it really was a tasty meal. And you are absolutely right, sometimes a high carb meal just tastes good and to hell with it lol. I really enjoyed it. Yes, fats usually tame the beast for me too. Maybe the fats did work and my sugars would have gone up way higher. I can touch 15, if I'm reckless. My sugars kind of rose and erupted like a great big mound. You may have read in my previous posts, but I'm gluten and lactose intolerant. I get really sick if I consume gluten, and lactose just makes me cough, or if I'm really bad and eat an iced cream then I get IBS. When all is said and done it's the hidden glutens in foods you buy that's the kicker. So I cook from scratch. My fbg this morning was in the 7's so my body pulled out the stops and drove that sugar down !
 
plantae said:
2 point something and then in hospital 24. I might have over comperacted
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I hope you are okay and your sugars have rebounded to a healthier level ()
plantae said:
Well I'm in hospital now with my levels in the 3s (they were in the twos before I got here) so maybe ignore everything I say lol. But I still think snacks are good (edit: and also good food. I'll beat this)
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Big hugs. I'm sorry to hear you are in hospital. Are you aware when your sugars drop?
 
PenguinMum said:
Had a rare desperate need for something salty last night and went in search of crisps and way too many were consumed
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I find pork scratchings, or even better, pork puffs or crunchies which are lighter and don't break the teeth, work well to satisfy that craving, and no way can I eat a whole pack in one go and they are very low carb
 
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