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Group 7-day waking average?

rebrascora said:
6.1 for me this morning after a 2 Hypo Hero carb boost at 3am when I dropped to 3.6 but that was because I shot myself 5 units of Levemir last night (an increase of 3 units) because I spent all day yesterday feeding in 2 unit corrections of Fiasp to try to prevent me going into double figures. Had another dog incident with the chickens yesterday so I got really stressed and my levels shot up. Getting really sick of people coming into the countryside and just thinking it is OK to let their dogs roam.
We had a bit of a major Police incident here last night. A local derelict factory which is in a very rural location had been identified as a suitable location for a rave. The Police got wind of it and staked it out all afternoon and evening and the helicopter was up overhead for more than an hour at 10pm. Don't know how many arrests were made but there was definitely a result. Dread to think how much the Police operation cost. No idea how most of the attendees got there considering how remote it is (surely parents didn't drop them off) but there were disgruntled kids being herded down the road by police towards the village last night according to a guy who lives in a cottage just below the factory. I would imagine it may have made the news but without a TV I have no way of knowing.... maybe just local news. The factory is just half a mile from my house, so the helicopter was pretty loud overhead.

We had a smattering of snow between 9pm and 10 pm and a lovely full moon so it was surprisingly light during the night and a crisp, clean, bright start to the day.

As regards haircuts, I have long hair so just cut it myself. I give my fringe a regular trim every 6 weeks or so and the length gets 3 or 4 inches cut off about twice a year. I have decided I want to dip dye the bottom 3-4 inches a radical colour.... either bright blue or purple or turquoise I think. I have ordered the bleach but still have to decide on the colour. If it all goes horribly wrong, I will just cut off the colour and be back to where I started, so no great risk. I wear it plaited or in a pony tail most of the time or clipped up if I am going out... chance would be a fine thing!!.... so the cut doesn't matter too much.
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All three colours!!
 
ColinUK said:
Birthday tea on Zoom yesterday with egg butter (from diet doctor - but basically just hard boiled eggs mashed into butter and seasoned), one of the two seeded loaves I made yesterday, smoked salmon, Brie and the deliciousness of that chocolate cake which came thanks to Gnom-gnom

Bought myself a copy of Keto Kitchen which is seriously impressive. The writer used to work for Heston (Blumenthal not Services) and really knows her stuff. Each recipe looks genuinely appealing and it’s not a low carb/keto book half full of science but is a traditional cookbook which just happens to be low carb/keto.

The bread below is from Keto Kitchen and is her seeded loaf. It’s basically just almond meal, seeds and egg whites and it’s delicious.

Oh and BG this morning was a rather content 5.9

Rounded off my birthday yesterday by popping loads of individually wrapped slices of cake into the freezer and watching The Dig on Netflix. It’s good 🙂
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Looks like a lovely tea!
 
rebrascora said:
I have quite a ruddy complexion so I wasn't too keen on the idea of reds/pinks although I think Dianne Buswell looks great with her bright red locks. Purples, greens and golden colours look good on me clothes wise. I once bleached my hair and hated it golden blond though.... even more so when I come across the odd bit of photographic evidence of that error of judgement!!
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How about purple then, will fade to lilac?
 
@freesia Yes both those colours are on my wish list.
 
AB8E7CBC-CEEF-4F06-9C79-FE608E351BC2.jpegBetter week this week than the week before.
 
Good morning all

Bedtime reading 5.1
Waking reading 5.2

@ColinUK what app is that?
 
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Morning all,
5.9 this morning.

Blessings Snowwy
 
@MAC2020 congrats on the HS.
7.2 for me today, can’t stop, off to work. Have a good day all x
 
4.1 Having day off treadmill today as I tend to go too crazy too soon and that's when my Achilles tendon goes, took a year to heal last time 4yrs ago.
 
5.7 for me today. Managed to do a 5 mile walk last night so reduced evening Levemir by 2 units (down to 3) and went to bed on 10.2 but with a little bit of Fiasp still active on my cream of tomato soup dinner. Pretty happy with how I managed that! Within 5 mins it was up to 6.8 though so FOTF is clearly still an issue

I have been ravenously hungry the last 2-3 days and BG levels have been persistently high despite multiple corrections each day. I am guessing it is down to hormones as I have been trying to wean myself off HRT. Symptoms are returning so think I am going to give up and stick with it for now... it certainly seems to make my diabetes easier to manage as well as much better and more comfortable sleep... which then makes life in general so much easier.

@Northerner... how frustrating is that!
Out of curiosity Alan do you always scan through the night and if so has it become an unconscious habit. I am very aware with the Libre that it can be too easy to wake up and scan and that I almost get into a routine of it without even realising it, when I never would wake up properly and put the light on and do a finger prick. Often I look at my reader in the morning and can't even remember scanning to get the readings. I do wonder how disruptive this is to sleep and it is tempting to put the reader somewhere out of reach to break the habit but then it isn't handy if you really do need it...
 
Oh yes! Well done @MAC2020 on achieving the "optimum fasting reading" AKA a 5.2 "House Special"
 
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