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

MissMuffett said:
FBG 6.5 at 7:40
Do you post your typical day of eating @LivingLightly? I want to get into the 4s or low 5s at least.
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Goodness! Thanks for the compliment @MissMuffett

Yes, I post daily here.

Type 2s: What have you eaten today?

Evening all Yesterday: B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter, avocado and three crevettes, all seasoned with black pepper. Water to swallow tablet. Espresso. L: Mushroom and spinach frittata made with eggs, Cheddar cheese, onion, double cream and thyme. Vegetable tray bake using broccoli...
www.diabetes.co.uk

and there's a lovely community here:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/th...y-low-carb-forum.75781/page-3111#post-2694708

I tend to rotate the same tried and tested, diabetic-friendly meals quite a bit. Although my pool of recipes changes through the year as and when new ingredients come into season, there is quite a lot of repetition.
 

Not at all bad considering! I’m always tempted by desserts but usually manage to restrict to ice cream
. I wish I could find one which had less sugar, I’ve turned into a label nerd in the supermarket.
 
This morning I am mostly 5.8 FBG, yesterday’s was 6.1, so similar zone .

Just been for a swim which will have sent blood sugar through the roof, but it means I can have a stonking great brunch before my travels and I’ll be nicely nourished for the rest of the day.

Stay well and enjoy the day.
 
Was far higher this morning at 6.8

going to try again a late snack in a few days as I’m sure there’s some response going on in the night, where if I eat something i don’t get a higher reading in the mornings.

Not scientific because I did take my first reading after a bit of morning exercise, not first thing as sat up, so that could have skewed it a bit too.
 
Ladynijo said:
olate Pots. Often found in the "free from" sections as they are dairy free (I believe but double check if that's important to you) I also believe they're vegetarian but again, check.
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Look out for the Coconut Collaboration little Chocolate pots. You get 4 very small pots, each is 8g carb but taste very good, even better if you can put a teaspoon or 2 of cream on top. Be careful though their other products are higher carb.
4 used to be about £2 but they've recently gone up to to £2.89 in Sainsburys
Ladynijo said:
Not at all bad considering! I’m always tempted by desserts but usually manage to restrict to ice cream
. I wish I could find one which had less sugar, I’ve turned into a label nerd in the supermarket.
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Sorry editing gone all wrong but think you'll get the gist
 
Morning @PenguinMum and @flonvic.

One approach is to have your last meal of the day no later than, say, 6.00 pm or 7.00 pm and avoid snacking afterwards.
Have you thought about joining @MissMuffett's challenge to stop eating after 7.00 pm? It's worked wonders for some of us.

‘Stop Eating After 7pm’ Challenge

Who will join me? I intend to do this for the rest of January- 10 days and hopefully I’ll have broken the habit by then and carry on. I‘m not hungry, I suspect I’m bored and it’s becoming a habit. So I thought if there were a few of us that struggle with this it would be good to record our...
www.diabetes.co.uk
 
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