Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all. A 5.5 for me at 05:41 this morning. I ate far to much moussaka last night but it was very good 🙂 Big first helping, then a second helping and as there was some left I was nibbling every time I went into the kitchen.....

Lovely sunny morning here in West Berks at the moment.

Have a great day everyone.
 
Morning all, 6.4 here. I dropped my basal from 3 to 2 last night, after 2 hypos during our moorland walks yesterday, and managed to stay out of the red (I did scrape along the bottom in the wee small hours). Glorious blue sky at the moment, Whitby and the coast path beckon.
 
7.6 for me this morning which I am very happy about as I went to bed on 5.9 and I had a pretty straight horizontal line all night again apart from a slight rise before I woke up.... unusual for me to get DP.

Starting to think this diabetes lark is a piece of cake 😉....(tempting fate here) How come I couldn't manage it like this for the last 3 months!! Up to 90% TIR. :D... I just need to get rid of that 10% below target 😱 before I see the consultant next month!! To be fair, this sensor is consistently reading 1mmol below finger pricks so showing a lot more hypos than I had in reality and I always knew there would be hypo problems once my hugely inflated basal dose was no longer needed.
It is sooooo nice when levels behave reasonably predictably though. Hang in there everyone who is struggling long term (looking at you @freesia), there is light at the end of the tunnel!

@Lanny Hope you are feeling better soon. I too second @eggygs suggestion. I am finding caffeine a bit of a problem at the moment. My morning coffee (particularly if I had a medium/strong one, or even a second medium?weak cup and also diet coke were definitely having an effect of revving my engine. I changed to Red Bush tea for a while and drank G&T instead of rum and coke and cut the cola out altogether and that definitely improved things. The caffeine also seemed to be upsetting my digestive system. I am back on coffee again this morning but may keep it as a special treat instead of every morning and similarly Cola may be consigned to just the odd occasion.
 
adrian1der said:
Morning all. A 5.5 for me at 05:41 this morning. I ate far to much moussaka last night but it was very good 🙂 Big first helping, then a second helping and as there was some left I was nibbling every time I went into the kitchen.....

Lovely sunny morning here in West Berks at the moment.

Have a great day everyone.
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You could always send your leftovers to Essex for me, that is one thing that I love but don't make as no one else eats it and the freezer is too full of hubbies ice-creams to fit any real food in there :D:D
 
Good morning everyone 🙂

7:10am - 5.5 - waking - this morning Wed 19/5/2021
22:51pm - 10.4 - bedtime on 18/5/2021

All comments welcomed 🙂
 
A near so far 5.1 for me today.

@Lanny hope you start to feel better soon. ON the subject of coffee, I can only drink 2 small cups, after that I feel my heart start racing and no matter how early in the day I drink them it seems to affect my sleep. I have to switch to water for the rest of the day and allow my self one can of no caffeine pespi max in the evening as a treat.

Have a great day everyone.
 
adrian1der said:
Big first helping, then a second helping and as there was some left I was nibbling every time I went into the kitchen.....
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:D I know that temptation only too well!
 
@rebrascora - great to see you are getting on top of things and getting your levels under control Barbara. I know you have been having a difficult time. I'm holding you personally responsible for how much I ate last night as it was you who put the idea of moussaka into my mind last week 🙂
 
adrian1der said:
@rebrascora - great to see you are getting on top of things and getting your levels under control Barbara. I know you have been having a difficult time. I'm holding you personally responsible for how much I ate last night as it was you who put the idea of moussaka into my mind last week 🙂
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I did wonder if I might get the blame! With the amount of weight you have lost and your wonderful BG control, you can afford seconds of moussaka once a fortnight or so.... Consider it weight maintenance now that you have hit normal BMI numbers.
 
11:24 BS 10.6. I thought I heard the doorbell at some point while sleep but, I do tend to hear phantom doorbells on the cusp of sleep/waking. Picked up my post & there was indeed a parcel left at my door of my new GlucoRx meter & the testing kit pushed through the letter box. By the time I registered it online & called 119 for courier to pick it up tomorrow from 8am to 4pm DP had raised my BS to 12:46 BS 11.8 so, NR will go in now & some breakfast. I’ll take my test at 7am tomorrow & leave the parcel outside my front door for the courier to pick up!

Thanks very much about the food & drinks, especially caffiene, suggestions as it’s not something I’ve thought about & worth baring in mind!

Will have beef sandwiches & raspberry cordial instead of a cup of tea!
 
All the talk about various drinks…

I’ve totally given up fizzy drinks and beer. I can’t abide artificial (or non sugar natural) sweeteners, so not even “diet” drinks. I do drink carbonated mineral water, a couple of litres a day, and coffee. I have four cups of coffee a day - my first at 06:00 (after my finger prick) and my last at around 09:00. I’ve found beans that I like and that agree with me. Generally Lavazza Rosa and Planet Java. I like the Starbucks dark roast but it makes me jittery.

I have a bean to cup coffee maker and generally have two americanos made with a splash of double cream and then two cappuccinos. Coffee beans are as complex as wine grapes so, if you like coffee, it’s worth finding beans that agree with you. It seems to be widely accepted that up to four or five cups of coffee a day is good for you.

After 11:00 if I want a hot drink I’ll have tea or a herbal infusion. Wine agrees with me but I tend to stick to once a week.
 
Lucy Honeychurch said:
Afternoon all, 8.9 for me, not surprising after all the upset of the last few days . Thank you for all your kind thoughts, fortunately mum didn't require surgery and is back home now and settled.
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That’s good news. Am pleased for both you and your mum x
 
Ah ha! Discovered I’d better put pre bolusing on hold as it’s an effort to cook slowly, the prep as the cooking once I start takes the same time, is behaving like exercise & lowering my BS by quite a hefty chunk. So, that could be why my heart raced so much the last few days because of the usual testing & NR before I cook?

BS is higher today as over 4 hours after breakfast BS was still 13.6 at 16:50 when I started cooking & just finished now without bolusing because I didn’t know how it would take me. Beef & mushroom pie in the oven & 18:10 BS 7.2. I was going to inject both NR & was thinking of increasing LR a wee bit from 78 to 80 again! But, that drop has surprised, as to how slowly I did things, & put in the usual 78 units of LR & holding off NR until the pie is ready at 18:40 test again & see where I’m at! Now lying in bed feeling a bit wiped out!
 
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