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Group 7-day waking average?

MeeTooTeeTwo said:
Morning all. I'm late reporting in. But I wanted to get outside quick for my exercise before the heavens opened again. 😱
So I'm pleased to say that my waking reading was 5.2. :D
Stay safe and well everybody (and dry if you can).

Dez
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Congrats on the HS Dez
 
6.6 for me today and 6.7 yesterday so maybe I am getting my wish of more consistency. Had a fabulous flatfish overnight too last nigh,t which very rarely happens for me.

@Michael12421 So pleased you got a better reading this morning. I was getting worried with those 2s. @Bloden makes a great point.... slow release carbs on an evening sounds like it may well be the solution or at least something to experiment with. Lots of beans and lentils and wholemeal pasta etc.

@MeeTooTeeTwo Congrats again Dez. Good to see you are back on form after a bit of a dry spell!

@Amigo Hope today's reading is the herald of better times.

@HenryBennett Hope you didn't wade through all those posts before jumping in!
Some people find their BG starts to rise with the sun, as in a proper "Dawn Phenomenon" and others find it doesn't kick in until they get out of bed and get going and some lucky people don't experience DP at all! Most of us like to get (and post) the best reading we can so we tend to test on waking because it is likely to go upwards from there. I need to inject insulin to counteract DP as soon as I wake up so it is always that waking reading that I post here, before I inject.

@eggyg and @stephknits Hope you both have enjoyable trips away.
 
@Michael12421 So pleased you got a better reading this morning. I was getting worried with those 2s. @Bloden makes a great point.... slow release carbs on an evening sounds like it may well be the solution or at least something to experiment with. Lots of beans and lentils and wholemeal pasta etc.

Thank you. I eat beans, bread, rice, potatoes, pasta every day, but not all at the same time! Don't eat wholemeal pasta as it tastes like the box it came in.
 
Tippling down and blustery with it here in Sale, so no doubt OT soggy too. 🙂

19.1 @7.43am on left hand / 8.6 @ 7.44am right hand. Can never get any blood out and when I do it's squeezed and a pinprick, so I don't get a correct reading I don't think. :(
 
@Michael12421 Really surprised you say that about the wholemeal pasta. I have eaten it for years and always enjoyed it, but then I always have lots of tasty sauce with it. Bread and potatoes and rice tend to break down pretty quickly but the egg and fibre in wholemeal pasta tends to slow it down.... Pizza might work well for you with extra cheese on it to slow it down and I believe Basmati rice is slower to digest than ordinary rice or maybe develop a habit of having a small bowl of porridge before bed.
 
I mostly eat Basmati rice as I do adore curries. I don't eat brown rice. If I do risotto or paella then I use Arborio, Pizza is a once or twice a year thing but I do eat an awful lot of cheese but mostly in sauces or sprinkled over pasta. I eat every kind of cheese under the sun in one form or another. Porridge before bed? I am in bed 2 hours or less after dinner - no room for porridge.
 
Basmati is definitely the best for me. I made the basic error of using sticky rice the other week, and also forgot to rinse it; sent my BG soaring. Bad stuff, sticky rice. V bad stuff.
 
Tumble said:
A very rubbish 11.0. I also had chinese last night and didn't really know how to count the carbs in it so just guessed. But it's my highest reading in weeks so trying not to be too hard on myself.
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Chinese does the same to me, I save it for the odd occasion these days. Im in the process of seeing which carbs are bad for me by doing before and 2hr after blood tests. I've not tried rice or noodles yet.

Best of luck, and I hope you dont have to give up the Chinese habit.
 
I hope so too. It's all trial end error I suppose. The more you try the more you will get better at bolussing (is that a word?) and be able to enjoy the deliciousness of Chinese food. I presume that you purchased the food ready made which makes it more difficult to count the carbs. Good luck.
 
Ian Brown said:
Chinese does the same to me, I save it for the odd occasion these days. Im in the process of seeing which carbs are bad for me by doing before and 2hr after blood tests. I've not tried rice or noodles yet.

Best of luck, and I hope you dont have to give up the Chinese habit.
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Ummm - Tumble's post was in 2011, and she was last seen here in 2012 .........
 
Morning all,
A 6.0 for me today, an interesting day on the forum yesterday and some 'new' faces!
Looks dry enough for a run in a couple of hours, been learning the finer points of Zoom as I may have to do some hosting at the church sometime...
Also trying to decide whether to return to my art classes in September, you do have to be 'in the zone' to get the best out of them...

Have a blessed day,
Snowwy
 
And a 5.7 this morning from me. Even after treating myself to pitta last night - albeit with tuna mixed with a cream cheese, sour cream and chive concoction.

Eustachian tube still blocked but I’m confident it’ll clear without medical intervention.
 
5.3 this morning for me. 🙂

It's not raining. 😱
Stay safe and well.

Dez
 
7.9 today, no idea where that came from - monkey nuts? I wouldn’t have thought so!!
Rang the citizens advice yesterday as plasterer didn’t give our deposit back in time allowed. They have referred to Trading Standards, told to contact the app where I got his name from, rang Companies House who confirmed no such company and contacted Action Fraud. It appears I won’t get my money back but he will pay for it in the long run, I could do without this but want to stop him from doing this to other people.
Off to work shortly. Have a good day all.
Better numbers @Michael12421 .
Welcome to our new members on here x
 
Morning all. A naughty, curry, rice and naan induced 7.3. Oops! Ah well I’m on holiday, I’ve cancelled my diabetes for a few days. Don’t try this at home children, it’s not big and it’s not clever! 😉 It’s bright here in Sunk Island, very windy though, that could be the curry! Going off to see the puffins today, touch wood they’re still there. Will wrap up even though forecast is sunny and 19 degrees, winds of 40mph are expected!😱 Have a good day.
 
Morning All, looks like I'm late on this morning But i bring to the group a 5.2 reading
 

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