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Group 7-day waking average?

Happy St Patrick’s day
 
Good morning folks . It was rather blustery yesterday in my part of east Kent, nothing like we had been warned about though which I am pleased about.

Woke up to 6.6 my overnight graph is much improved, still a work in progress though. it shows a very gentle rise from around 0100 and a sudden but brief V around 0400 I probably turned over onto the sensor :D.

Got a busy morning doing a bit of research into mobility scooters , I am looking for one that can cope with the hill from Herne Bay up to my village.
 
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Morning all. 6.8 for me. Terrible night sleep last night. Couldn’t settle and kept waking throughout the night. Might go back to bed!
 
Morning all, 8.5 here!😱 I was 5.6 at bedtime, and 5.0 when I woke at 3am and it took ages to get back to sleep again. Obviously my body started revving up for the day at that point!
 
Morning all, 6.2 and sunshine although all around is cloud. Bit black over MikeyB's way.

Just reviewed data for March to date. Almost everything in range 4.5-9 with odd excursions which I can pin down to specifics.... Cappuccinos and oat biscuits now off the menu but a biscuit with my evening cup of tea is on - stopped the low 4's the following day. Think I might be cracking this carb lark.
 
Good morning. Sunny ,dry and not too breezy. At least it will give my new blossom on cherry tree a chance to finish opening up.

Early to bed and woke at 1130 with 5.5, then at 0900 to a 6.7. Much better, and mouth still a bit sore, but should manage on all fronts to have a walk.
Have a good day all
 
Morning all, a 9.2 for me today.
 
Good morning 5.7 @ 7, 0900 dropped to 2.8, who knows.🙄 Well we have a lot of grey sky mixed with blue temperature outside is 16C in the shade.🙂 Off to watch the Liverpool match at local club but being Paddy`s day will wear green instead of red.😎

Enjoy St. Patricks day but most of all celebrate life.🙂
 
Morning lovelies, 5.9 for me and currently cruising at 9.3 because I’ve run out of yoghurt so shake. MrMadeline has been away and is home late tomorrow, so today will be spent doing the dull stuff like laundry .
 
Good morning gang🙂

Bit breezy, but it’s actually bright and sunny here, with a few dark clouds zipping around. A liver driven 8.2 for me🙄

Not for the first time, I was talking rubbish about the footie yesterday. My edition of the Grauniad had printed the wrong week’s fixtures, so the only thing I have to do today is get down to Spar for some toilet roll. As it’s St Patrick’s Day, I may grab some cabbage to make Colcannon. 🙂

It was St Patrick that started the trend for tying Christian holy days to old pagan celebrations. He was for fixing the date of Easter, around the Spring Equinox, but the authorities in the church disagreed, so Easter wobbles about. :confused:

Talking about wobbling, I’m having a bad few days with the mobilty but that may just be a passing hindrance, just a temporary visitation. It’s happened before, usually around DWP assessments😎

Found out yesterday my PIP has gone up a couple of quid each week, so that should boost the sybaritic life I lead🙂

Have a good St Patrick’s Day. If you’re going to celebrate with Guinness, make sure it’s Dublin brewed. The stuff that’s brewed in London isn’t up to snuff. It’s the water. In Dublin it falls out of the sky, in London it’s hard and at least third hand. It makes a big difference. And no, it’s not good for you whichever you choose. The good news is that there are fewer calories in a pint of Guinness than a pint of Stella.:D

Enjoy your day🙂
 
I got an updated PIP letter, no end date now, just ‘ongoing basis’ which is fine by me as I’m unlikely to miraculously recover. Planning on spending the extra couple of pounds on a book, when I’ve saved enough weeks for a paperback, that is :confused:
 
6.8 this morning. Happy St Patrick's Day all. 🙂

I'm experimenting with SlimFast as I was no doubt in double figures anyway. I will be wanting to gnaw my own arm off by 3...
 
Lanny said:
Oh, dear! @merrymunky :( Hope you have a nice lie in & if you can’t sleep, at least rest your eyes!🙄
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I had a long lie in then had breakfast. Rose to 10.6!!! Suffice it to say I am not pleased and have spent the afternoon walking. I needed to go to collect a parcel for the hubby so I have decided to just keep walking. 7000 steps so far and going to walk the reverse route home rather than the shortcut. Hopefully the step count will be great and my blood sugars abbot lower for tea time. I was scared to eat at lunchtime so had carrot sticks and a little limonof mature cheddar.
 
merrymunky said:
I had a long lie in then had breakfast. Rose to 10.6!!! Suffice it to say I am not pleased and have spent the afternoon walking. I needed to go to collect a parcel for the hubby so I have decided to just keep walking. 7000 steps so far and going to walk the reverse route home rather than the shortcut. Hopefully the step count will be great and my blood sugars abbot lower for tea time. I was scared to eat at lunchtime so had carrot sticks and a little limonof mature cheddar.
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It sounds like Dawn Phenomenon where the liver pumps out blood sugars to enable us to get up in the mornings to catch breakfast; throwback to the our evoluionary Stone Age Man days. If you eat something that liver dump will stop. If you don't the liver will continue dumping sugar into your blood until you do eat. The trick is to eat just enough to stop blood sugars from rising but, not too much! You'll have to experiment to find what works for YOU! I found that half an oatcake & half dose of insulin works for me. Some find eating some protein works better like some cheese or a slice of sandwich meat if you're not on blood sugar lowering meds or insulin: Metformin does not lower blood sugars if that's all you're on for your diabetes. Hope that helps!
 
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