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Group 7-day waking average?

I’m type 2 on insulin so, while my doses are much bigger because of resistance that type 1’s don’t have, I can have a bit of that luxury too with extra insulinBUT, can’t go too crazy too often! And to be fair @Kaylz has only JUST started to let it go a wee bit by having the odd sweet treat like that recently after being SO strict when newly diagnosed!
 
@Lanny get those fingers working faster my lovely! :D xx
 
Kaylz said:
They better be there! There's no mention of them being missing in the email, its not due to be delivered to Bruce's until between 9-10, got in touch with his mum this afternoon as I'm also in need of my bedtime digestives from Tesco and my Moser Roth 85% from Aldi! 😱 (Both are in the other town and his mum is the only one that ever goes through lol) xx
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Any chance they could have just been missed off the email? I hope Bruce's mum can get your biccies and chocolate soon!!
 
freesia said:
Any chance they could have just been missed off the email? I hope Bruce's mum can get your biccies and chocolate soon!!
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No the email notifies me they will be missing from the delivery, I've 1 full pack of digestives and 4 packs of chocolate that will be started soon but safer to get them so I know they are there when I need them xx
 
freesia said:
Good morning all on this cool cloudy morning. Its 5.0 for me this morning. Having breakfast then going to do a supermarket shop. Have got mask and sanitiser ready to go.
@Kaylz, hope you have some treats for you on that morrisons order.
@SueEK , hope your appraisal goes well
@eggyg , enjoy your walk, i hope it isn't forecast rain there like it is here.
Have a good day everyone
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The weather has been great up here. In fact I got sunburned! You would think I’d know better at my age! 😳
 
ColinUK said:
6.8 this morning. And two hours post breakfast 7.1 so that’s ok but maybe the high (for me) waking figure is stress/sleep related.

Weight has also ticked up a tad - it’s nothing alarming but it is something I need to watch so I’m going back on the 600 cal day regime for a few days to get it back moving in the right direction.

Long term I’m reading lots of low carb and keto resources and trying to figure out how to ketofy my staple meals without resorting to bacon and pork rinds!

As much as I’m keen on baking I’ve also made a conscious decision to not explore the world of low carb/keto baking just yet. I will one day but just not yet.

Had an update on the court case yesterday. They’ve asked for an extension of a month on the deadline to respond to our action so nothing more will happen now until mid-September. And I heard about the job yesterday... it’s mine 🙂

I know that’s great but it also taps into a whole heap of physiological stuff because it’s going back to a job I left three years ago after a little stop gap job lasted six years. My inner critic screams that in a failure for having to take what it sees as a retrograde step. And yet my logical voice says that thousands of people have lost their jobs recently, including me, so drop the pride and take the job.

The boss (who is also a friend) has already said that when there’s the role in the management team he wants me working with him again. He’s also said he’s going to tap up his contacts elsewhere and see where he can find me a role which utilises my talents more than this one does. So that’s all positive.

Training days end of next week and then first shifts the following week.
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Congratulations Colin. You’ll be great.
 
freesia said:
Good luck with your grades
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Thanks! Just hope the kids get what the professionals (us the teachers!) said. I know we as a school didn’t over inflate we spent 12 hours seriously 12 hours debating the grades in our own subject using mocks, work ethic, personal circumstances etc. Agonising it was. And if it was the same for all subjects (which it pretty much was) that was a long time spent debating !
 
Kaylz said:
@freesia I'm gutted, Morrisons have let me know my Milky Way cake bars are missing from my order, they haven't even subbed them! 😱 xx
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What? No substitute - that’s bad!
 
Bexlee said:
What? No substitute - that’s bad!
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I know! They could've used their noggins and put in another packet of caramel cake bars in their place seen as they were in my order anyway! xx
 
Kaylz said:
I know! They could've used their noggins and put in another packet of caramel cake bars in their place seen as they were in my order anyway! xx
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@Kaylz, has Bruce had the delivery? Are the caramel cakes definitely with the order?x
 
eggyg said:
The weather has been great up here. In fact I got sunburned! You would think I’d know better at my age! 😳
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happens to us all
 
My wife and I took my two great nieces out tonight to a decent ”burger joint” to celebrate the older one’s exam results.

My first chips for six months, though just half a portion and I didn’t eat the top half of the bun. Three scoops of ice cream😱

I did the regulation finger pricks:-
4.7 before leaving home
5.7 two hours after

I’ll take that. I wonder what I’ll register tomorrow morning?
 
HenryBennett said:
“Need” or “want”? 😛
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Well, the chocolate may fall more under "want", but I would put the digestives under "need", as I think @Kaylz uses them at bedtime to ensure her bg is not low enough to risk a hypo during the night.
It's a juggling act for T1s and T2s on insulin like me, and food that T2s not on insulin or meds like gliclazide are advised to stay away from such as sweets and biscuits may be essential to treat a potentially dangerous hypo, or as with the digestive, to avoid dropping too low overnight.
 
5.4 at 06:00.
 
Morning All, well it's 5.7 again for me today .
 
6.0 this morning. Not quite sure what’s going on to give me the current slight little bump in morning readings but if I check again in an hour or so I’ve no doubt it’ll be comfortably in the fives. Maybe I should just get up later
 
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