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Group 7-day waking average?

Flower said:
Good morning I’ve only gone and got a 5.2 ,a rare but happy experience 🙂

A beautiful morning, have a good Saturday🙂
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Congrats on the HS! :D
xx
 
Morning all on this beautiful sunny day, which also happens to be Mr Eggy’s 59th birthday. He now joins me in being in his 60th year. Two summers ago I must admit to thinking he wouldn’t make it but here he is to tell the tale. A day of celebration will ensue. Family coming over this afternoon for the big reveal, he got part of his present for Fathers Day, which was a hotel reservation for 17th August in Bury! Haven’t a clue what this next part is. Then out for a romantic dinner for two this evening. Oh and by the way I was 6.9 this morning! Have a super Saturday. :D
 
Mine was 5.4 before breakfast. 5.9 two hours after. 🙂 Mind you, I only had half an avocado and a benecol yogurt drink.
 
Good Morning all - we are in for a hot steamy weekend I think. Must get out before it gets too hot....

6.3 mmol on rising this morning 🙂


Wow @Hazel

Wow @Kaylz and wow all the other 4s and 5s today 🙂
 
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eggyg said:
Morning all on this beautiful sunny day, which also happens to be Mr Eggy’s 59th birthday. He now joins me in being in his 60th year. Two summers ago I must admit to thinking he wouldn’t make it but here he is to tell the tale. A day of celebration will ensue. Family coming over this afternoon for the big reveal, he got part of his present for Fathers Day, which was a hotel reservation for 17th August in Bury! Haven’t a clue what this next part is. Then out for a romantic dinner for two this evening. Oh and by the way I was 6.9 this morning! Have a super Saturday. :D
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Happy Birthday to Mr Eggy, have a great day and evening - enjoy the meal - let us know what you ate :D 😛
 
Good morning all, haven’t tested this morning, saving on strips and think bg should be fine.
@khskel probably best not to book that Caribbean cruise just yet .
@eggyg congrats to Mr Eggy, sounds like a great day planned and how great that he is so much better. Have a lovely day.
Enjoy your weekend all, I shall be at car boot tomorrow, it will def be on this week, my 5 year grandson has just arrived whilst daddy goes to the gym so better stop on the iPad, no rest for the wicked!!!
 
eggyg said:
Morning all on this beautiful sunny day, which also happens to be Mr Eggy’s 59th birthday. He now joins me in being in his 60th year. Two summers ago I must admit to thinking he wouldn’t make it but here he is to tell the tale. A day of celebration will ensue. Family coming over this afternoon for the big reveal, he got part of his present for Fathers Day, which was a hotel reservation for 17th August in Bury! Haven’t a clue what this next part is. Then out for a romantic dinner for two this evening. Oh and by the way I was 6.9 this morning! Have a super Saturday. :D
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Happy birthday to Mr Eggy! 🙂
 
Flower said:
Good morning I’ve only gone and got a 5.2 ,a rare but happy experience 🙂

A beautiful morning, have a good Saturday🙂
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Wonderful, well done 🙂
 
Jodee said:
Wow @Kaylz
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Trust me, nothing glorious about being insulin dependant and waking in the 4's lol, scares the hell outta me and makes me feel urggh lol
xx
 
Good morning all🙂

Well, in my exciting new diabetes adventure, it’s happened again. Nice steady in range BGs all day yesterday. Nice straight 6ish trace till 3am, then a spike up to 15, that’s 6 hours since I’d eaten anything. That kept steady until I woke, drenched in sweat. Wonder where that glucose dump comes from? I think I need an urgent discussion with someone more knowledgeable.:confused:

And I need a system that gives me high BG alarms. I don’t mind spikes, they come with the game, but I prefer to put them right when they happen rather than sleep 6 hours with them.

Oh well, never mind. In the great scheme of things, it’s a blip.

We’re now cat free. Peaceful. Unlike Boris Johnson’s gaff, where what sounds like a SWAT team turned up for a noisy domestic. Apparently no crime was committed. Bit embarrassing, mind. Not to worry, number 10 is soundproofed.:D

Right, I’ve got to get showered, and go out in the sunshine to get some local milk from the local shop, then get settled down for a lazy day watching cricket, and tee myself up for an exciting night. 40 years ago, that would have meant something very different:D

Have a good day, folks, make sure you boost your Vit D in the sunshine.🙂
 
khskel said:
Morning all and a 4.2 for me but a more reasonable 5.1/5.3 after cat feeding.

Today's dilemma is what do I do with the £2.70 I won on the lottery.

Have a good day everyone.
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Well I nearly tied with you again today. I have gone from too high yesterday to too low at 4.3 this morning. Oddly I was worried that my 4 units of NovoRapid last night were too much for my dinner of prawn and avocado salad starter followed by bacon, cabbage, broccoli and 3 very small pieces of sweet potato and then raspberries and |Greek yoghurt for afters, so when I woke up at 4am with heart pounding and having a hot sweat, I had to get up and test just in case I was hypo but it was 8.6, so probably just a menopausal hot sweat but then quite shocked that it was only 4.3 when I eventually started my day.

@eggyg.... hope you and Mr Eggy have a lovely day together with your family.

@Ditto Cheese is OK (moderation is important though) and shouldn't really affect your BG although from reading quite a few labels yesterday, all cheeses are not created equal when it comes to carbs.... most are less than 1g per 100g. I can't remember which one it was of the many I looked at yesterday but I was shocked to see it was 29g carbs per 100 g cheese, so check the label before you buy!

I too was/am an "all or nothing" person and it is really taking some effort to rein it in and I do still fail, so don't feel like I am being critical. For me it helps to keep physically busy rather than sitting at the computer or watching the telly.
Maybe it would help to shadow one of us for a few days and eat the same meals as we do... I know we all react differently to food as regards our diabetes so it may not be ideal but it is obvious from reading your posts that you are struggling and eating things that are particularly not good. If I am going to binge, I try to have low carb foods that I enjoy and can hit rather than higher carb stuff. I eat well as you can see from the above detailed dinner, so it is not about starving yourself or feeling deprived but just about eating the right things and finding ways to make them tastier and more tempting..... Like the cabbage.... I cook it in the microwave and then tip it into the pan with the bacon fat, or mix in a dollop of butter or cream cheese. If you have a huge plate of cabbage and broccoli and a couple of rashes of bacon and a couple of small potatoes, it is still very filling, especially if you have a prawn and avocado salad to start. You do need to organise yourself and make the time and effort to cook and eat..... I am the most disorganised person I know, but I do really try to do this because if my health deteriorates then I can't do anything else, so it is important to look after my health first. Sometimes, like last night, it was after 10pm by the time I got in and the main course cooked, but I had some water melon in the fridge and ate a small slice of that whilst I was prepping and cooking.
Hope this post doesn't come across as preachy.... I'm just really concerned for you and wish I could help in a more practical way. I do admire your honesty as regards your food transgressions. I am so embarrassed when I fail that I don't even record the full details in my private food diary, but pre diagnosis I have been known to eat a whole box of Cadbury's Cream Eggs in one go, or a whole tin of condensed milk with a spoon in one sitting. I know I cannot afford to do that now, but I will very occasionally open a jar of olives and eat the lot or a large packet of brazil nuts without even realising what I am doing, or keep going back to the fridge for another chunk of cheese. These things are not great for me either but at least they will not significantly affect my BG. Celery sticks with onion and chive sour cream or salsa dip is a better option for those binge days if you can keep some in the fridge for when the urge hits.... again celery on it's own is hard work in my opinion, but a low carb dip can really make it enjoyable. I also cut large closed cup mushrooms into small wedges and cucumber sticks and use them in the same way... try to avoid carrot as it is higher in carbs.
Anyway, I hope I have given you a few ideas for alternative binge foods for when you lose control. I discovered and bought some Nature Valley Peanut and chocolate Protein Bars in B&M store the other day and some Fibre One Choc Brownie bars which are both only about 10g of carbs per bar and then lost control and ate several (I hadn't had cake or biscuits or anything like that for a long time and once I started I couldn't stop) and my BG was in chaos for several days. I still have several in the cupboard (on the top shelf) and I'm trying to have one every few days, so that I don't end up going silly again.
Anyway, I hope you are able to put yesterday behind you and have a better one today.
 
Kaylz said:
Trust me, nothing glorious about being insulin dependant and waking in the 4's lol, scares the hell outta me and makes me feel urggh lol
xx
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Here's to you rising with rising BG then Kaylz 🙂
 
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