Baked Beans

[clive555555]

Hello wirrallass Good idea with the toaster, (Don't eat butter or marg). Always eat them cold out of the tin. Had Beetroot and Cous Cous for Tea, this chat about beans is making me Hungry still. Cheers all the best clive555555

 

[Mark Parrott]

Pastry shoots my BG into orbit! You could try steak suet pudding. Suet is low carb, though the flour isn't, but may be a bit better. I can eat a dumpling with no problems.

 

[Radders]

Oh pleeeze dont teeeeze! Steak pie ~ sherry trifle to die for 🙄~ haven't had the pleasùre of putting either of them near my lips since Gawd knows when!!! .

I make a low carb trifle. I love trifle!
Berries set in sugar free jelly with dry sherry, sweetener in the custard and soya milk - there's not that much in custard powder really. Topped with fresh cream. Not something you want to eat too often if overweight but still accessible as a treat!

 

[Wirrallass]

I make a low carb trifle. I love trifle!
Berries set in sugar free jelly with dry sherry, sweetener in the custard and soya milk - there's not that much in custard powder really. Topped with fresh cream. Not something you want to eat too often if overweight but still accessible as a treat!

That's it Radders ~ you don't need to twist my arm ~ low carb trifle it is then at the weekend ~ if I can wait that long!!😛 Thanks x

 

[Vince_UK]

Think I should Start a Baked Beans Appreciation Society?
Just tested my waking up level (Well I think I am awake).
Was 4.8.
But I wasted 4 strips in the process. I really need to learn how to drive this thing.

 

[Wirrallass]

Think I should Start a Baked Beans Appreciation Society?
Just tested my waking up level (Well I think I am awake).
Was 4.8.
But I wasted 4 strips in the process. I really need to learn how to drive this thing.

Haha!! I think you'll be gathering a few followers from the forum Vince
Ok. How are you wasting test strips ~ are you having problems drawing blood ~ do you wash your hands in warm-hot water before testing ~ are you inserting the test strip correctly into the meter? Sometimes there are duff strips in the pot ~ not your fault ~ I've had a few ~ others have too ~ so annoying.

Whereabouts are you stabbing your finger? Its best to select a site at the side of your fingernails on any of your hand digits but NOT your index fingers or thumbs ~ the nerves are very sensitive in these digits and you could damage them causing lack of sensation.

When I prepare to test my bgl I lean the meter upright against a cushion or pillow and insert the test strip just inside the test strip port of the meter. Then I press the lancing device firmly against the puncture site on my little finger & press the release button. After drawing blood I then insert the test strip fully into the meter ~ wait for the flashing blood drop on the meter indicating its ready for the test ~ then holding the meter above the blob of blood on my finger with the test strip pointing down ~ then I place the test strip on the blob and wait for either a good or bad😱 number!!!! Phew! Well that's how I do it🙂 Other folk will most probably have ways to test that suits them. We're all different.

We've all been where you are at Vince ~ wasting test strips in error at the beginning til we got the hang of testing so you're not alone🙄 You will soon become an expert I can tell you.

It's 00.25am here ~ what time is it where you are?
Take care.

 

[Wirrallass]

Think I should Start a Baked Beans Appreciation Society?
Just tested my waking up level (Well I think I am awake).
Was 4.8.
But I wasted 4 strips in the process. I really need to learn how to drive this thing.

You must be doing something right to have a waking of 4.8 ~ excellent number. Baked beans springs to mind😛

 

[Vince_UK]

Haha!! I think you'll be gathering a few followers from the forum Vince
Ok. How are you wasting test strips ~ are you having problems drawing blood ~ do you wash your hands in warm-hot water before testing ~ are you inserting the test strip correctly into the meter? Sometimes there are duff strips in the pot ~ not your fault ~ I've had a few ~ others have too ~ so annoying.

Whereabouts are you stabbing your finger? Its best to select a site at the side of your fingernails on any of your hand digits but NOT your index fingers or thumbs ~ the nerves are very sensitive in these digits and you could damage them causing lack of sensation.

When I prepare to test my bgl I lean the meter upright against a cushion or pillow and insert the test strip just inside the test strip port of the meter. Then I press the lancing device firmly against the puncture site on my little finger & press the release button. After drawing blood I then insert the test strip fully into the meter ~ wait for the flashing blood drop on the meter indicating its ready for the test ~ then holding the meter above the blob of blood on my finger with the test strip pointing down ~ then I place the test strip on the blob and wait for either a good or bad😱 number!!!! Phew! Well that's how I do it🙂 Other folk will most probably have ways to test that suits them. We're all different.

We've all been where you are at Vince ~ wasting test strips in error at the beginning til we got the hang of testing so you're not alone🙄 You will soon become an expert I can tell you.

It's 00.25am here ~ what time is it where you are?
Take care.

7.25am in Shanghai
I had problems getting meter so settled for a Roche Accu Check expensive but I needed one badly. Have ordered 2 Codefree (i think that's the name) for home in the UK.
Got two there for the price of 1 here.
Looked at the Libre but the sensor running costs, in my humble opinion, are crazy. Would cost over £100 monthly for sensors.
Use side of finger but it seems very sensitive and must place blood drop in centre of test area which is very small
I will get there like the Golden Shot just got to get the right aim lol or I could employ Dracula to do it for me.
Walked 3.7 kms lastnight another milestone.
00.25am? You should be in bed dreaming about Steak pies, Cakes and Trifles lo (sweet dreams), and of couse tirimasu.

 

[Vince_UK]

You must be doing something right to have a waking of 4.8 ~ excellent number. Baked beans springs to mind😛

I wonder if the Okra is having anything to so with it?

 

[Wirrallass]

I wonder if the Okra is having anything to so with it?

Okra is very low carb so the answer to your question is yes. I've never tried Okra ~ what does it taste like?
When I was dx in April 2016 my numbers were frequently in the mid 4's ~ kept to a very strict low carb 3 meals a day diet ~ as time passed I relaxed my diet a little but tested tested tested as I experimented with different food & liquid ~ my bgls elevated slightly between 4.6 ~ 5.4 which is in range. Recently tho they've been all over the place from low 5's ~ 7~8 However notwithstanding those numbers, my HbA1c this year dropped from 47 (6.5%) to 32 (5.1%) which is non diabetic
Golden Shot? You're going back a few years aren't you 🙄
Test site ~ I have also tested on the fleshy part of the inside of the base of my thumbs but my fav digit is my lefty little finger. I always test my waking whilst still lying down before I get out of bed. Once feet hit the floor, bgls elevate.
Righty ho, I'm off to the land of nod now to enjoy sweet dreams🙂
Take care & enjoy your day.

 

[Vince_UK]

I don't eat the Okra I cut some up and place it in a glass of water overnight in the fridge. I drink the water in the morning and discard the okra. My Daughter-in-Law who is an organic food fanatic told me about it. Okra is very cheap here in China but I don't know about back in the UK.
I have absolutely no idea how to cook it. Here they fry it like everything else.
I am always dubious when miracle cures are claimed but in this case who knows there could be some benefit.
Let's try and see.
Had a strange experince actually the first day I drank it which was last Tuesday. In the afternoon my feet and legs literally tingled for the Olympics. Was quite concerned to be honest. Did some research and seemingly this is quite common as our bodies adjust to the lower levels of BG.
It only happened once and not again since then.
My initial thoughts are that perhaps it could have been a reaction to the okra as it lowered the BG level quickly. No idea, just a theory.

 

[Vince_UK]

Took my pre-lunch readings today Got 5.2. I think that is partly bcause it is 27C here today and quite humid. Wasted 5 strip DAMN. The meter just doesn't seem to read some and the blood sample has to be dead centre. Oh well!!! More practice. To much or to little seems not to want to work either that or I have a batch of duds.

 

[Wirrallass]

I don't eat the Okra I cut some up and place it in a glass of water overnight in the fridge. I drink the water in the morning and discard the okra. My Daughter-in-Law who is an organic food fanatic told me about it. Okra is very cheap here in China but I don't know about back in the UK.
I have absolutely no idea how to cook it. Here they fry it like everything else.
I am always dubious when miracle cures are claimed but in this case who knows there could be some benefit.
Let's try and see.
Had a strange experince actually the first day I drank it which was last Tuesday. In the afternoon my feet and legs literally tingled for the Olympics. Was quite concerned to be honest. Did some research and seemingly this is quite common as our bodies adjust to the lower levels of BG.
It only happened once and not again since then.
My initial thoughts are that perhaps it could have been a reaction to the okra as it lowered the BG level quickly. No idea, just a theory.
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Thanks for sharing this with us Vince ~ Supermarket here I come!

 

[Vince_UK]

I DID IT!!! I DID !T!!! I DID IT!!!
Post meal test
FIRST TIME
WOW an achievement
Secret seems to be use my right hand to take the test from and not the left as I have been.
Little finger, prick, blood, on meter, result.
Reading 5.4
Lunch was
100 gr smoked salmon, 5 cherry tomatoes, 2 small hard boiled eggs and around 30 gm very very expensive cheddar cheese.
And a lot of Chinese faces looking in wonderment and thinking "What the devil is that laowai (foreigner) eating", as they tuck into their rice lol
Vince is welll chuffed again.

 

[Wirrallass]

Took my pre-lunch readings today Got 5.2. I think that is partly bcause it is 27C here today and quite humid. Wasted 5 strip DAMN. The meter just doesn't seem to read some and the blood sample has to be dead centre. Oh well!!! More practice. To much or to little seems not to want to work either that or I have a batch of duds.

Well done on your House Special 5.2

 

[Vince_UK]

Well done on your House Special 5.2
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Xie Xie (thank you) LOL
I have a business idea. Perhaps we could start an Okra Import business if we cannot buy it in the UK. It literally grows here like a weed.

 

[Wirrallass]

I DID IT!!! I DID !T!!! I DID IT!!!
Post meal test
FIRST TIME
WOW an achievement
Secret seems to be use my right hand to take the test from and not the left as I have been.
Little finger, prick, blood, on meter, result.
Reading 5.4
Lunch was
100 gr smoked salmon, 5 cherry tomatoes, 2 small hard boiled eggs and around 30 gm very very expensive cheddar cheese.
And a lot of Chinese faces looking in wonderment and thinking "What the devil is that laowai (foreigner) eating", as they tuck into their rice lol
Vince is well chuffed again.

At long last! Yeah! Good for you Vince ~ no more wasted test strips from now on!