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

MissMuffett said:
7.0 at 7:30 It’s what can I expect if I keep eating bad things. :rolleyes: I can’t get rid of these cravings and my will power is at zero :arghh:

Have a fab Friday everyone x
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One approach is to have your last meal of the day no later than 18.00 and avoid snacking afterwards.

If you get the munchies during the evening, a spoonful of Marmite in a mug of hot water may help. I found brushing my teeth with a favourite toothpaste (instead of waiting until bedtime) made sweet nibbles seem less appealing.
 
LivingLightly said:
One approach is to have your last meal of the day no later than 18.00 and avoid snacking afterwards.

If you get the munchies during the evening, a spoonful of Marmite in a mug of hot water may help. I found brushing my teeth with a favourite toothpaste (instead of waiting until bedtime) made sweet nibbles seem less appealing.
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Thank you for your suggestions :)

Marmite! You either love it or hate it!:D It’s in the afternoons I struggle and if I have to nip to the shop I find things jumping into my basket! If I stay off the sweet stuff for 2-3 days I get out of the habit. That’s why I love supermarket deliveries as I buy what I should and don’t have the temptation.
 
FBG of 6.1 this morning. Such a tease, this diabetes thing.

A sense of achievement today as I jumped on the scales and found I'd hit my target weight, set in February on diagnosis. I knew I needed to lose some, so all good from that point of view. Just need to figure out a maintenance diet now which also keeps the FBG down.
 
dotty-p said:
Morning 5.4 today.
@MissMuffett @LivingLightly I have found that I mainly get cravings after drinking alcohol after my meal and that eating a square or two of 100% absolute black chocolate slowely kills any cravings - but this is usually after I have tried to find the crisps or raided the salted nuts!
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I find substitution is the best trick for me - if I get the munchies, I've a range of substitute snacks at home which take the edge off and stop me having worse. I bake little cookies with almond/coconut flour to snack on at coffee/tea time (plenty recipes online), or have a handful of nuts, or pork scratchings, a chunk of cheese or a plain yoghurt, all of which are low carb and barely register on my BG levels, but they do take the edge off the appetite. I try and keep temptation out of the fridge and food cupboard, so I've got rid of all the sweetened biscuits, cakes etc, although a square of 85% dark chocolate after a meal is my treat of the day. And if all else fails, sugar free chewing gum is another quick fix.

My struggle at the moment is with eating out - what to order that isn't going to send BG up into the stratosphere for hours. Sometimes its difficult to tell from a description what's in a dish, and there is just so much added sugar and carbs in a lot of dishes, plus a lack of awareness from restaurant staff about the problem.
 
Wow all these tips are great and it's nice to know I'm not on my own, with cravings at stupid o clock in the early hours, or very late night munchies needs or wants.
I'm a swine for early hour strong but creamy coffees, and I often can't resist a spoon of honey or sugar .....
I stare with guilt at the sweetener tub when this happens , drink a satisfying coffee and then feel awful cos I know that sugar is not necessary...... and my Blood Glucose will rise.....grrrr it drives me mad though and I feel no better drinking my coffee with sweetex or similar, as I feel I'm missing out then.
Just can't win at this game.....
 
MissMuffett said:
Thank you for your suggestions :)

Marmite! You either love it or hate it!:D It’s in the afternoons I struggle and if I have to nip to the shop I find things jumping into my basket! If I stay off the sweet stuff for 2-3 days I get out of the habit. That’s why I love supermarket deliveries as I buy what I should and don’t have the temptation.
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Perhaps supermarket deliveries are the answer then.

Btw, have you tried Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% cocoa chocolate bars, with no added sugar, no gluten, soya free and made without dairy ingredients? Perfect if you follow a keto or low-carb lifestyle, also have food intolerances, I imagine.

It's made in Sussex and available from Sainsbury's and Waitrose. Perhaps it's an acquired taste, but quickly grew on me. It's rich and intense, so a little after lunch goes a long way.
 
Ashybang said:
Wow all these tips are great and it's nice to know I'm not on my own, with cravings at stupid o clock in the early hours, or very late night munchies needs or wants.
I'm a swine for early hour strong but creamy coffees, and I often can't resist a spoon of honey or sugar .....
I stare with guilt at the sweetener tub when this happens , drink a satisfying coffee and then feel awful cos I know that sugar is not necessary...... and my Blood Glucose will rise.....grrrr it drives me mad though and I feel no better drinking my coffee with sweetex or similar, as I feel I'm missing out then.
Just can't win at this game.....
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I’m the same with creamy coffee. I make it in a large mug, top it up with almond milk and then a generous dollop of double cream. Yummy and it doesn’t raise my BG. If I want a sweet coffee I put erythritol in it which doesn’t raise my BG either. Might be worth a try? I don’t keep sugar or honey in the house anymore and I don’t like it now anyway.
 
MissMuffett said:
If I want a sweet coffee I put erythritol in it which doesn’t raise my BG either. Might be worth a try? I don’t keep sugar or honey in the house anymore and I don’t like it now anyway.
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Oh , you can tell I'm new to this. I've not heard of erythrotol until you mentioned it.
must be worth a test run.....Thanks for the tip. Up until now, the best artificial sweetener that suits me, is one I get from Lidl.
It's the next big step I suppose is discarding the honey & sugar completely.....
 
Ashybang said:
Oh , you can tell I'm new to this. I've not heard of erythrotol until you mentioned it.
must be worth a test run.....Thanks for the tip. Up until now, the best artificial sweetener that suits me, is one I get from Lidl.
It's the next big step I suppose is discarding the honey & sugar completely.....
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I get mine from Amazon, it seems a lot of money but I use 2 tsp per mug per day (I try and only have one mug of sweet coffee as a treat) so it lasts over a month
 
Ashybang said:
Very disappointing 11.2 this morning.
I can't get to grips just yet, at how sensitive and volatile my Blood sugar readings are.
I'll keep chipping away though and hope readings are lower, after I stop taking steroids in another week.
Wishing everyone good health and let's put some happiness in there too.
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Hugs to you, I'm having an "interesting" time of it too. We'll get there
 
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