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

LivingLightly said:
Welcome back to this FBG thread @OrsonKartt. It's good to see you here again.

Logging my results here, it must be said, helps to keep me incentivised, especially when readings drift upwards due factors beyond my control like infection.

Once again, welcome.
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Many thanks for the welcome!!

I guess posting the fasting glucose readings in public is a kind of incentive- just being in the company of others in the same boat

This morning I’ve taken 3 readings. My first around 7 am was 6.4 , 2nd at 7:30 5.9 then out for coffee and currently 6.3

Kind of ok but considering that I’ve had zero carbs for several days not that great. - I’m considering biting the bullet and getting a c-peptide test done . (I’m one of the skinny types )
 
mojo37 said:
I agree with what you have said apart from in my case exercise in the form of walking brings my numbers down greatly . I too find the information gleaned from the sensor gives me a lot of help .
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If I go hell for leather with cardio, my bg levels increase more however today I tested after a 40 minute not to intense spin session with weights and my level was 5.3. I have decided to take it easy for a bit whilst working out as I like the 5s and 4s ;)
 
LivingLightly said:
Perfectly understandable @ChrisT2. I particularly enjoy blackcurrants or wild blackberries with yoghurt; cultivated blackberries not so much.

I like to round off my lunch every once in a while with these berries. From trial and error, I suspect I'm less insulin resistant at mid-day than at breakfast first thing.
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I am deffinately less insulin resistant after 6pm
 
Lainie71 said:
And what was in the spag bol? Tin tomatoes play havoc with my bg so we have it will just a bit of tomato puree. Seem to be okay with that. I also have corgetti with it. The berries would leave me screaming like a banshee up a hill lol
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Agreed @Lainie71. I too cook with courgetti (spiralised courgettes) instead of pasta and have to go easy on the canned tomatoes, sun-dried toms and passata. Those measures enable us to enjoy all our favourite Italian recipes.
 
ChrisT2 said:
5.5 on Libre this morning. Last libre for a few days as waiting for my new ones to arrive so back to finger pricker results which are always significantly higher.
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Morning all. I’m at 6.4 this morning. - I’m suspecting the pot of clotted cream I had yesterday didn’t help. Very low carb of course but 2500 calories in one small delicious pot.
 
Lainie71 said:
And what was in the spag bol? Tin tomatoes play havoc with my bg so we have it will just a bit of tomato puree. Seem to be okay with that. I also have corgetti with it. The berries would leave me screaming like a banshee up a hill lol
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Berries were frozen Summer Berries from supermarket. As for spag bol it was venison meatballs with onions and tomato puree, reckon it is the spaghetti that does the damage. Shame really as I don't like pasta much anyway but spaghetti is OK once in a while but maybe not so much now. Did try soy bean spaghetti a few weeks back but taste and texture not good (like eating shredded dish cloth) so spaghetti firmly on the bad list.:arghh:
 
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