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

Good morning everyone
Finally did BG at 6.45 am 6.0
@ziggy_w I tried having some of the dark chocolate this is Green&Blacks 12 miniature bars 15g each and 6.7grams of carbs per bar it seems to have stopped the craving so will keep trying this, but I will look out for Lindt chocolate 85% and above dark chocolate and give that a try has well. ThankYou
Hope your feeling a little better than you have recently,take care and keep warm, it's absolutely freezing here high winds and trying to snow! K
 
geefull said:
good morning all :)

4.6 today

brrr! back to winter again :( winter woolly drawers on today I think! Stay warm and safe everyone:)
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@geefull sorry to Mather you but would you send me the recipe for the cup cake you mentioned, stay warm look after yourself! K
 
geefull said:
brrr! back to winter again :( winter woolly drawers on today I think! Stay warm and safe everyone:)
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@geefull your fbgs always look good (green eyed monster good if I'm truthful) Amazing weather change @ almost 17.00 hrs yesterday patio doors flung open, this morning falsetto brass monkey choirs! Stay warm and keep on setting me a challenge with your fbgs
 
5.9 this snowy morning. Looks beautiful but trying to steel myself to take the dog out.

@ianpspurs I’m impressed by your determination, your numbers are still good.
I’m so glad to have left phrases like ‘going forward’ behind in my past life, they were always said with such earnestness, made me cringe.
 
SueJB said:
Me and madam BG woke to a snow flurry. The weather isn't being consistent but the madam is - a stinky 6.4
Onwards and downwards, swimming against the tide
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Love the keep going attitude - continue doing the right things and it will work. Anyhow, this is only fbg the overall picture may be much better and madam may be exonerated
 
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@Granny_grump_ oops sorry K, meant to post this last night :sorry:

Mug cake recipe base

1.5tbsp coconut flour
1.5 tbsp mix of other dry ingredients (I use 1 tbsp ground flax, 0.5 tbsp ground almonds)
0.5 tsp of baking powder
pinch of salt

1 large egg
1.5 tbsp full fat yoghurt (or milk/almond milk or similar)
0.5 tsp vanilla extract.

sweetener of choice to taste (I use the equivalent of about 3-4 tsp of sugar for this quantity but I don't like things too sweet)

stir dry ingredients in a bowl to make sure no lumps.
Beat wet ingredients together and then beat in sweetener.
Stir in dry ingredients, mix thoroughly – add more liquid if needed.

Mix will look quit sloppy to start with (think thick pancake batter) but will thicken quite quickly because of the coconut flour (think porridge).
put into moulds and put in microwave on full power for between 1min 30 secs and 1 min 45 secs. They are done when they start to come away from the side and look very slightly damp in the middle. Takes much longer to type than to do – I can have them on the rack cooling in about 5-6 mins.

This quantity makes 3 small cakes for me (about 2.5in square), I have used silicon cupcake moulds but now use a silicon mould which makes square cakes. If using silicon moulds remove to a rack quite quickly or they will get a bit damp on the outside. Handle carefully until cooled. Keep in a box in the fridge.

Very customisable -
Chocolate – replace some of the ground almonds with good cocoa power
Mocha – use cocoa as above but add a bit of strong coffee to replace part of the milk
lemon or orange – add grated zest plus a bit of flavouring.
Caramel - I use a flavouring for this, add it in addition to the vanilla.
(I got my flavourings from Home Bargains – not low carb but then you’re not using very much to each cake.)

Savoury – leave out the vanilla and sweetener, add in a touch more salt plus some herbs or some grated cheese.

You could add some melted butter or coconut oil if you want a richer cake

Can be zapped in the microwave for a few seconds and served hot with some full fat greek yoghurt as a pudding. Or split and buttered (my own preferred ;)) or with some cream cheese (flavoured and used as a topping), with melted chocolate in the mix or drizzled over the top if you’re feeling fancy – you get the idea.

Most recent version I made (chocolate made with yoghurt and cocoa powder) were about 2.6-2.7 g of carb each I think according to my spreadsheet.

Evidence for the prosecution - last remaining one of the batch
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HarrisonK said:
This morning I am 6.6, my lowest to date.

Now I need to tackle the constipation that LCHF seems to bring :inpain:;)
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Do you drink enough , on very low carb food many need to drink more , the carbs one used to eat holds more fluid in ones body , try to drink 1 liter more in a day and see of that helps .
 
ianpspurs said:
Love the keep going attitude - continue doing the right things and it will work. Anyhow, this is only fbg the overall picture my be much better and madam may be exonerated
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I suppose I should be more pragmatic and not shoot madam the messenger.
 
Good morning all.

@Granny_grump_ Good to hear that the chocolate seems to do the trick. How is your leg coming along? Also, thank you for your kind words. I thought I might be getting off easy with this cold, but unfortunately it kept getting worse. This morning, I seem to feel better though. Good thing that being sick doesn't seem to be affecting my blood sugar levels -- maybe due to having an early dinner around 6 p.m. or one or two glasses of red wine before going to bed, so that I can sleep. Unfortunately, Vick's Nyquil is out now that I am diabetic.

@Glenmac -- Glad to hear that your leg is healing well and you are bit more mobile now. Take care.

Blood sugars were 4.7 this morning.
 
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