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Group 7-day waking average?

A 6.0 for me at 07:29. We are off to look at a new school today so no school run on yet another dull and dreary West Berks morning
 
C&E Guy said:
4.8 for me. 3.9 yesterday.

I've started a course of strong antibiotics and my appetite is rubbish. Even felt a bit sick 5 minutes ago.

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Nice to see you on here but sorry you’re not feeling so good. I’m just getting over a hospital stay for a bowel obstruction and thought I would never want to eat ever again. But of course I did, I’m probably teaching you how to suck eggs here, but little and often might be your best recourse. Take care.
 
ColinUK said:
I did them as spicy oven chips to go with steak the other day. Tossed in olive oil seasoned with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, garlic powder and a pinch of turmeric. Roasted for 35 mins and turned halfway. Not crunchy like chips so needs tweaking but delicious nevertheless.
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That sounds delicious. I’m going to try those. I think, like sweet potatoes, you’ll never achieve the crunchiness of chips with swede. Decent alternative though.
 
Best of luck for today @SueEK.
@Kaylz my best wishes to you. Hope to see you back on here soon.

Dez
 
Morning all,
A 6.1 for me today,.
Have a lovely day at Hever Castle with grandson yesterday.
We went to see Santa in his grotto it was very well done and well worth it!
It was a surprise adventure fof him, he had no idea...
Priceless look on his face when we arrived and he loved castles!
His only comment was 'where's the king?' :D

Blessings Snowwy
 
08:56 BS 8.4 Slightly better than yesterday! 🙂 My head cold is now beginning to clear up a bit: less blocky; just starting to sniff & hope that it doesn’t get too wet?🙄

Spent all day in bed yesterday watching Netflix: Spinning Out about a 21 year old ladies singles figure skater changing to a pairs skater & trying for the 2022 Winter Olympics; both she & her mother are bipolar & it’s a struggle for them to get along as their episodes tend to trigger each other’s when off their meds! It’s as much about mental health as figure skating & quite interesting! I don’t have any experience of bipolar but, do have of schizophrenia in my family & there are similarities in the problems of maintaining taking medication: making patients, for want of a better word, feel better & more normal so, can start to slide in taking it as regularly; things can go awry very fast at that point!

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
 
I’ve been stuck on 5.4 for a few days now.
 
I was just going to say the same @Michael12421 I am sure we would both be extremely happy with that!

Pleased to report a lovely 5.0 this morning for me and no bedside Hypo Heros required during the night to get there. Went to bed on 10.8 to achieve i,t with a little bowl of lamb bolognaise in my tummy to provide some slow release glucose. Slept much better and feel refreshed despite my "party" last night. It was good to know some of you were joining me in spirit... hic!
Thanks to everyone for their support and well wishes. Today will be a better day.

@SueEK Pleased the guy you spoke to on the phone was helpful and hope today goes smoothly. So pleased you have your other half to drive you. I can't imagine what it must be like to drive in London when you are not familiar with it. Not surprising you are really anxious. That would put my BP and BG through the roof!

@ColinUK I love that I am not the only naughty one on the forum! 😉 I am also loving the cultural insight. Please keep them coming. Hope your culinary experiments turn out well and you enjoy the fruits of your labours.
I must try swede chips next.... it is much cheaper to buy than celeriac and your recipe sounds almost identical.

@eggyg I agree that roast swede is a wonder and can't understand how I didn't learn about this sooner.... Only picked it up a month or so ago from @Drummer. Always had it mashed with or without carrot or just boiled until now. I like it mashed but roast is a whole new experience, certainly in chicken fat and juices. Not tried it with any other meat yet.
Hope your experiment with meat and veg goes smoothly through your system tonight!

@Lanny Pleased you feel a bit better and hopefully your head cold is on it's way out. I did plenty of exercise yesterday and definitely feel "clearer" today.
 
Can't get swedes. turnips or parsnips here - they are classed as pig food only - makes me sad. I do have 4 parsnips in the freezer for Christmas day courtesy of my sister and the postal authorities. They don't roast as well as fresh ones but they are better than none at all.
 
@Kaylz :( Support is two-way, you have been great for us.
Hope to see you in the New Year!
 
I have to watch the amount of swede I eat I think as there's been a spike in BG the morning after.... however I'm planning on making a dauphinoise type dish with them this weekend as a tester for Christmas. I think it'll be fine as the swede won't turn to mush even when baked with garlicky cream I think. And if it does and I end up with garlicky swede baked mush that will be delicious!

I'm also going to try swede fondant - which as I've never made fondant potatoes might be interesting. I'm not sure if I should expect the centre to ooze molten chocolate though! 🙂
 
eggyg said:
Nice to see you on here but sorry you’re not feeling so good. I’m just getting over a hospital stay for a bowel obstruction and thought I would never want to eat ever again. But of course I did, I’m probably teaching you how to suck eggs here, but little and often might be your best recourse. Take care.
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Feeling better now. Managed a cuppa and a couple of biscuits at 10:15.

Not nice to hear of your hospital stay. It was a bowel obstruction and operation on it that led to my mother-in-law's death at New Year. Mind you, she was 94!

Glad you're feeling better.

(I'm up to 74 now with just 3 weeks to go this year).
 
Michael12421 said:
Can't get swedes. turnips or parsnips here - they are classed as pig food only - makes me sad. I do have 4 parsnips in the freezer for Christmas day courtesy of my sister and the postal authorities. They don't roast as well as fresh ones but they are better than none at all.
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There was one Alcampo supermarket - about an hour’s drive away in Gijón - where we could get parsnips for Xmas lunch. An Irish friend used to go over there and clean them out of root veg, then give them to all her British n Irish friends as Xmas presents. Best gift ever! :D
 
Michael12421 said:
I think that I would have to draw the line at swede and chocolate. Now latkes with swede might be an interesting proposition.
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I'm going to prep the swede for the latkes today. I might even dig out some brisket and make salt beef to go with them.
Would you like me to send you some Michael?
 
ColinUK said:
I'm going to prep the swede for the latkes today. I might even dig out some brisket and make salt beef to go with them.
Would you like me to send you some Michael?
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Yes please but I don't think that they would survive the journey. My Jewish neighbour made the most incredible salt brisket which I loved, but never swede latkes, just (?) potato ones, that's why I asked about them.
 
I had to search the term "latkes" as I hadn't heard it before. They sound a bit like hash browns but I love the idea of using alternative vegetables and cheese in them... cheese almost always makes things better.
 
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