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Group 7-day waking average?

Yesterday we had a Tesco delivery. Amongst the items was supposed to be my fortnightly treat of Green & Blacks Organic Dark 85% Chocolate. However it was substituted with Godiva Belgium Dark Chocolate 72% Cocoa Bar. I was a bit concerned because it had a much higher sugar content than my usual. I decided to just try a couple of squares. OMG it's so tasty. Half the bar gone. 😱
But I needn't have worried. Today's finger prick produced 5.1 🙂
Lady Godiva's choccy will be making an appearance once a month methinks.

Dez
 
Bazzlejet said:
Good morning all - 13.8 this morning.... yay :D

Definitely in the right direction, and to top it off it's the third consecutive night i've slept right through (and havent had to get up for a wee!)

Have a great day 🙂
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That is great news! Getting good undisturbed sleep is so important. I still relish it nearly 2 years since diagnosis.... Those 4-5 nightly pit stops were a killer! I felt like the walking dead. It is a year gone October when they stopped altogether and I now sleep right through every night and it is bliss!
Onwards and downwards with those numbers! What are your daytime readings like?
 
@Gruers snap a 6.8 for me too. @Northerner glad to hear you are feeling better, hope it continues. @rebrascora hooe you are feeling brighter now xx Had such a lazy day yesterday, need to get moving a bit more today. Lashing with rain so looks like it’s cleaning and the treadmill. Am off work next week to use some of my holiday up.
Have a good day whatever you might be doing. X
 
@New-journey Congratulations on your House Special!! Is that your first? Hope it is one of many to come.

@Michael12421 Good to see a nice in range reading from you this morning... Any idea how or why it happened so that you can try to reproduce it? Hope you and Missy are both well.

@Northerner Good to see you posting here again Alan and so pleased that you look to be getting over your bout of illness.
 
@New-journey Congratulations on your House Special
@rebrascora. I have had a troubled and tiresome week, yesterday I had a food delivery from Alicante. I had not estimated correctly my freezer space and it took me 4 hours to re-arrange both freezers and squeeze everything in. It was all packed in dry ice and so precautions had to be taken whilst handling the food. I was exhausted and my reading before dinner was 2.1 - and I felt it. I just could not face dinner so I ate 4 jelly babies, 2 chocolate truffles and a buffet-size pork pie and piled into bed at 18.10. Slept for 12 hours.
 
Michael12421 said:
@New-journey Congratulations on your House Special
@rebrascora. I have had a troubled and tiresome week, yesterday I had a food delivery from Alicante. I had not estimated correctly my freezer space and it took me 4 hours to re-arrange both freezers and squeeze everything in. It was all packed in dry ice and so precautions had to be taken whilst handling the food. I was exhausted and my reading before dinner was 2.1 - and I felt it. I just could not face dinner so I ate 4 jelly babies, 2 chocolate truffles and a buffet-size pork pie and piled into bed at 18.10. Slept for 12 hours.
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Oh dear Michael! Not something to be repeated then, even to achieve a good fasting reading. The long sleep will have done you good though!
A bit ironic that you bought in some special food and then ended up eating naughty stuff because you couldn't be bothered to cook and eat properly, but I can entirely understand. I really struggled to motivate myself to cook and eat last night and didn't particularly enjoy it after I really pushed myself to do it.... and then my readings went north so probably would have been better not bothering at all. Maybe we all need to come over and join you to help empty your freezer again and have a forum party.
 
Michael12421 said:
@New-journey Congratulations on your House Special
@rebrascora. I have had a troubled and tiresome week, yesterday I had a food delivery from Alicante. I had not estimated correctly my freezer space and it took me 4 hours to re-arrange both freezers and squeeze everything in. It was all packed in dry ice and so precautions had to be taken whilst handling the food. I was exhausted and my reading before dinner was 2.1 - and I felt it. I just could not face dinner so I ate 4 jelly babies, 2 chocolate truffles and a buffet-size pork pie and piled into bed at 18.10. Slept for 12 hours.
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Remind me what a pork pie tastes like, it's been so long since I have eaten one used to do a pack of 4 in one go 😛
 
Michael12421 said:
It was very small but very delicious. I do not miss many BrItish foods but now and then I have a hankering for such things. I used to make my own but cannot do so here as the main ingredient - pork shoulder - is simply not available.
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It’s funny how certain things just aren’t available in other countries: can’t get bacon in Hong Kong; in fact, I had a hard time explaining to someone in HK what bacon is & the closest I could come up with was fatty, salted ham! 🙄:D
 
Anitram said:
My wife got a box of Hotel Chocolat 70% dark chocolate reindeer in this year's Xmas hamper from her employer. She didn't want them, nor did our boys, but when I checked the nutrition info it said 3.4g carb per reindeer. I think I can safely polish them off over a few days..!
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Their batons all seem to be under 10g batons per 3 batons as well, Bruce bought me some stuff a couple of years ago for my Christmas but I only ate a few bits of it as it was when my eating disorder was at its worst point, I like the mini buche and ginger puddles but they aren't currently available online and we don't have a store near unfortunately xx
 
A 4.7 for me at 07:36 this morning. Been busy cleaning the house from top to bottom today. Feeling very virtuous!
 
Hi everyone, i have had a bad couple of days, this morning i woke late and tested at 9.1. Did my usual of feeding the birds in my dressing gown. Then came back in to watch in horror as a huge rat climbed into the tray partof the bird feeder and scoffed it. First time i have seen a rat do that but husband was beside himself. It was almost as bad as when a bat flew into the house. Anyway apparently rats don't like cayenne pepper but the birds don't mind it. So will try tomorrow morning.
 
Inamuddle said:
I’m Hi everyone, i have had a bad couple of days, this morning i woke late and tested at 9.1. Did my usual of feeding the birds in my dressing gown. Then came back in to watch in horror as a huge rat climbed into the tray partof the bird feeder and scoffed it. First time i have seen a rat do that but husband was beside himself. It was almost as bad as when a bat flew into the house. Anyway apparently rats don't like cayenne pepper but the birds don't mind it. So will try tomorrow morning.
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OMG! That would be my absolute nightmare I have a really bad phobia of the R word, I can’t even write it! When I read your post I almost screamed out loud. Isn’t there a poison that won’t affect other wildlife you could get? PS maybe not a good idea having birds in your dressing gown if there’s vermin about! 😛
 
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