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Group 7-day waking average?

Thank you on behalf of “the wife” (terrible expression) for the birthday wishes. I gave her, a couple of weeks ago, an Apple Watch as her birthday present and she’s already as addicted as I am to closing the activity rings every day.

She’s been wonderful in accompanying me on my lifestyle changes after my heart attack and T2 diagnosis. We both love chocolate and have had very little, other than the dark variety, over the last eight months. She asked me this morning for a bar of Cadbury’s fruit & nut for a birthday treat. I’m very partial to Swiss chocolate so I bought a couple of bars of beautiful, creamy, caramelly, nutty Swiss chocolate - one each.

The purpose of the story? I’ve pricked my finger having eaten one measly row of this food of the gods ... 6.9 (from 5.5)! Ouch! I’ll go easy on the chips tonight.
 
Lanny said:
low carb corn meal that you slice & pan fry that’s kind of like hash browns
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I've cut some into chip shapes before and cooked them like oven chips, they go crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. If i've bought the polenta unmade up, i've used stock to boil it through and used it instead of mashed potatoes. Nice for a change but i don't think its low carb, not for me anyway so i only have it occasionally.
 
SB2015 said:
Loving the amazing colours as the trees turn.
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The colours are lovely. I was driving home from work the other day, the sky was a really dark grey before rain but the sun was out behind me. It made the colours of the trees really stand out, beautiful. I wish i could paint
 
Bloden said:
Yes, ‘the Mrs’ is much classier. 😛
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Marginally better and certainly better than “missus”. How about the cringeworthy “significant other”?
 
Lanny said:
I like The Other Half or even The Better Half! :D😛😎😉
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That does okay.

I was going to say that I’d been doing the messages this morning but reckoned few people would know what meant.
 
freesia said:
Nice for a change but i don't think its low carb, not for me anyway so i only have it occasionally.
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the ready made I looked at on Tesco was 16g carbs per 100g so a little higher than new/baby/jersey royal potatoes but the normal bagged seems to be 70+g carbs 😱 xx
 
Bloden said:
🙂
Which comedian used to say ‘er indoors? Personally, I rather like ‘life partner’.:D😉
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Yup, Arthur Daley. I’m happy with husband, wife or partner, but I’m old fashioned.
 
I’m surprised that two hours after prawns, filet steak, whiskey sauce, mushrooms, tobacco onions & chips, then lemon tart with pistachio ice cream all washed down with champagne I’ve pricked my finger and got 6.2. Seems unbelievable.
 
HenryBennett said:
I’m surprised that two hours after prawns, filet steak, whiskey sauce, mushrooms, tobacco onions & chips, then lemon tart with pistachio ice cream all washed down with champagne I’ve pricked my finger and got 6.2. Seems unbelievable.
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Are you trying to make us jealous? I’m drooling at the thought of that pudding! Seriously though, I hope you enjoyed the meal. There's plenty of fat and protein there to stop the carb getting into the system too quickly. You may well get away with it, (though if it digests slowly all night,you may find your waking figure is best brushed under the carpet! It’s worth it for an infrequent treat, though)
 
Robin said:
Seriously though, I hope you enjoyed the meal.
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Yes, thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks. I wonder what my waking BG will be. Fortunately, for a number of reasons, my wife has only one birthday a year :D :D:D
 
freesia said:
Good morning all. A high 9.5 for me :(. Two good things today...
Its Friday!!!....and
Its half term, yay...its been a long one.

@Bexlee , happy half term to you.
@HenryBennett , your food sounds amazing. Hope your wife enjoys her birthday.

Have a lovely day everyone
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Very late checking in! Thanks @freesia you too. Been long but sort of quick in arriving too!
 
SueEK said:
8,2 for me today after a dreadful night, pain in my knee kept waking me up, even the weight of the duvet was too much. Better now that I have got up and taken some pain killers.
@HenryBennett Happy Birthday to Mrs B.
@Bexlee and @freesia enjoy your well deserved break
Enjoy your day everyone x
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Thanks @SueEK. It’s been fairly long and hard but on the whole I’ve enjoyed been back.
 
I’m pleasantly surprised by a 5.6 this morning. I’ve not looked at the forecast or out the window yet. Have a great weekend.
 
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