Group 7-day waking average?

I don't think I checked in this morning. 5.6 at 06:15. Cloudy and damp this morning but it has now brightened up into a lovely sunny afternoon
 
Ali11782 said:
What did you want to achieve?
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5.2 is the nominated optimum waking reading and is referred to as a "House Special" or "HS". It is really just a bit of fun and was suggested by a forum member in the early days of this thread and has just become a bit of a tradition. The idea was that 5.2 was a nice mid point reading which suggested that you probably hadn't been too high or too low overnight..... Of course all these diet controlled Type 2s claim House Specials when they have no concern about going too low overnight and we humour them and let them have their "glory" 😉 😎but they are really only competing in one dimension whereas we insulin users have to contend with 2 dimensional variation so getting a House Special is therefore so much more difficult for us. o_O
 
rebrascora said:
Of course all these diet controlled Type 2s claim House Specials when they have no concern about going too low overnight and we humour them and let them have their "glory" 😉 😎but they are really only competing in one dimension whereas we insulin users have to contend with 2 dimensional variation so getting a House Special is therefore so much more difficult for us. o_O
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Agree. Us T2’s are claiming false adulation. When I get a 5.2, no congratulations please. IMO us T2’s should be aiming for the mid point of 5.5. I’ve wanted to get that off my chest but didn’t want to offend anyone, thanks Barbara (even though I realise your comments are tongue in cheek).
 
HenryBennett said:
Agree. Us T2’s are claiming false adulation. When I get a 5.2, no congratulations please. IMO us T2’s should be aiming for the mid point of 5.5. I’ve wanted to get that off my chest but didn’t want to offend anyone, thanks Barbara (even though I realise your comments are tongue in cheek).
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Actually it would make more sense for diet controlled Type 2s to have a lower target rather than a higher one because you don't run any risk of going too low. If you made it 5.5, the likes of Dez (@MeeTooTeeTwo) and @Maca44 would have to eat chocolate bars every night to stand a chance of getting an HS because their levels are consistently lower than 5.
 
rebrascora said:
Dez (@MeeTooTeeTwo) and @Maca44 would have to eat chocolate bars every night to stand a chance of getting an HS because their levels are consistently lower than 5.
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Sounds about right. They possibly shouldn’t be classified as diabetic any more. A status I’m aiming for.
 
silentsquirrel said:
5.5 would make sense as the midpoint of 4 - 7, but the HS came from @KookyCat, who I seem to remember had a problem with odd numbers!
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You can have problem drinking, problem neighbours and a gambling problem, but a problem with odd numbers?? So, totally arbitrary and undemocratic 😉
An arbitrary measure that becomes a ritual lost in the mists of time but everyone honours and newcomers have to be inducted into. Sounds like a Monty Python sketch, or film. Kooky Cat wasn’t the messiah he was a very naughty boy 😛
 
HenryBennett said:
You can have problem drinking, problem neighbours and a gambling problem, but a problem with odd numbers?? So, totally arbitrary and undemocratic 😉
An arbitrary measure that becomes a ritual lost in the mists of time but everyone honours and newcomers have to be inducted into. Sounds like a Monty Python sketch, or film. Kooky Cat wasn’t the messiah he was a very naughty boy 😛
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@KookyCat was fantastic, she must have spent hours writing really detailed and helpful posts.
I misremembered, have had a delve back into the past, seems it was whole numbers rather than odd numbers she hated, so x.0. So no idea now why 5.2 rather than 5.5.
 
I must admit, on a work day, i feel safer with a 5.5 waking reading minimum, theres less risk of me going low before work and having to say sorry i'll be a bit late. Seems silly as its only .3 extra but when i drop, i drop fast
 
Blimey folks. A 5.2 is virtually unachieveable for some of us T2s, don’t knock us when we’re down, or should that be up, just flipping miles away really lol. Just joshing folks but it is true for some of us x
 
Good morning 🙂 No HS for me today, it's an 8.4! 😱 Actually, the 'original HS was 5.6 or 5.8, as that was the number most meter manufacturers used to put on the cover of the packaging, presumably to suggest to people that was the likely result you would get from a test when using their meters regularly - might have alarmed too many people if it said 12.5 or something 😱 @KookyCat decided 5.2 was the optimum :D @KookyCat also didn't (doesn't!) like numbers ending in zero, so, for example, a 6.0 would have to be announced as a 6.<cough> :D She was great fun and I missed her when she stopped posting, although maybe she is still reading - I hope all is well with her
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Good morning. Dark and gloomy out there. No matter, I will venture out to get some exercise on the beach. Yesterday it was so cold I stayed indoors, no exercise, shame.

BG this morning 5.6, a tiny bit high for me but then the body BG naturally wobbles up and down all by itself so its just a timing thing really. So accounting for that can I claim an HS. 🙂

Updated the App to include nuts, so I will endevour to increase my nuttiness going forwards....

Nothing planned for today.

New tiny red kitchen scales arrived yesterday, and smart they look too. In the same parcel 50 thick (1.6mm) black Bic biros. I find I just cannot write with anything else. Less than 1.6mm and all I seem to do is sctrach my way though the paper or no ink etc
 
4.8 for me today (despite half a choccy bar treat last night) 😉

Dez
 
5.9 today. Nice evening spent with my friend yesterday, she is also T2 diagnosed last year but only recently decided to do something about it. She’s doing really well and she’s going to buy a meter today so had a good chat about the positives of that, nice to be of help to her.
Sunny start to the day today and not sure what’s on the cards except youngest grandson coming for a sleepover later.
Have a nice day everyone x
 
4.6 and a sunny start to the day so garden beckons methinks.Name Tattoo.jpg

This is one of my Mid life crisis Tattoos I have my son on the other inner forearm they are Twins.
 
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Good morning 5.7 today

It’s been a busy week here in my world,
I’ve spoken to dietitian at last, (a quick phone call) she seemed impressed with what I’m eating so I’m doing something right,
not sure I’ve lost weight this week I think I’ve put on a bit , will see thats if I weigh myself tomorrow,
she calculated my BMI I was shocked how high it had been prIvor to my turn around
BMI is now 30.7
big move in the right direction down from 46 (last year)

also I spoke to orthopaedic dept, now waiting a appointment with consultant (my ankle is telling my brain it’s overdue it’s steroid injection)

Have a
Great Weekend Everybody
 
Morning all. 5.8 on our first morning home from our trip. Home by 12.30 as decided too wet to do anything. Got home and the car temperature gauge was showing 11degrees! Heating on, a bit of lunch and a nan nap. I don’t sleep very well in hotels, too hot, bed too soft or too much wine and food maybe! 😉

Plans today include washing, although forecast is for 13/14 degrees and black cloud, scratching and taking antihistamines, been bitten all over as usual, cooking a Rick Stein’s lobster Thermidor, hope it arrives, it’s a long way from Cornwall to Cumbria!

Have a super Saturday whatever the weather or whatever you’re cooking! 🙂
 
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