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Group 7-day waking average?

5.3 this morning.

I can see a downward trend overall now. I'm getting between low 5's and higher 6's throughout the day, whereas I was getting mid-6's to mid-7's a couple of weeks ago. I'm following the Newcastle drastic calorie-cut recommendations - around 800 calories a day - and sticking to low-carb and low GI choices. I'm loving my meals, not feeling hungry and have now lost 13 kg since I was diagnosed. 🙂 Still a long way to go to get to a reasonable BMI but I'm heading the right way.
 
Carmina said:
5.3 this morning.

I can see a downward trend overall now. I'm getting between low 5's and higher 6's throughout the day, whereas I was getting mid-6's to mid-7's a couple of weeks ago. I'm following the Newcastle drastic calorie-cut recommendations - around 800 calories a day - and sticking to low-carb and low GI choices. I'm loving my meals, not feeling hungry and have now lost 13 kg since I was diagnosed. 🙂 Still a long way to go to get to a reasonable BMI but I'm heading the right way.
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That's tremendous Carmina! Well done and good to see you are being rewarded for all your hard work! 🙂
 
12.4 - 22:29pm - bedtime
- reduced lantus by 2u so from 16u tom 14u
- 13.5 - 04:51am - during the night
9.2 - 07:56am - fasting

lantus decreases:
Tue 29.10 from 24u to 22u
Sat 02.10 from 22u to 20u
Tue 6.11 from 20u to 18u
Wed 20.11 from 18u to 16u
Wed 27.11 from 16u to 14u
 
whiskysmum said:
12.4 - 22:29pm - bedtime
- reduced lantus by 2u so from 16u tom 14u
- 13.5 - 04:51am - during the night
9.2 - 07:56am - fasting

lantus decreases:
Tue 29.10 from 24u to 22u
Sat 02.10 from 22u to 20u
Tue 6.11 from 20u to 18u
Wed 20.11 from 18u to 16u
Wed 27.11 from 16u to 14u
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Looking better Gill, I think you are homing in on the right lantus dose for you, keep up the good work! 🙂
 
5.5 today. The week is going quite well so far 🙂
 
11.1 today which is not bad for me
 
After yesterday's discussion of when exactly to test in the morning, today I sat up in bed when the alarm went off and tested at 5.50, before my shower.

The result? A very nice round 5 🙂
 
Naty said:
After yesterday's discussion of when exactly to test in the morning, today I sat up in bed when the alarm went off and tested at 5.50, before my shower.

The result? A very nice round 5 🙂
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Ah, see - that's the way to do it! 🙂 Great number!
 
That's interesting - I tested slightly earlier today than normal and got a 5.1 - oh yes! :D
 
5.2 :D Yippee! I feel I really deserve the 85% choc tonight!

Thinking of melting some and whipping it into some 0% Fat thick greek yoghurt. One 40g bar of Truly Irresistible 85% dark choc has 9g of CHO and 100g of the Sainsbury's own thick greek yoghurt has 8. So..... whisk my melted 40g through the whole 500g tub and that's five portions at 9.8g per portion..... Don't even need to add any stevia 🙂
 
I decided last night to follow the tip about testing before I got up ready for breakfast. So I did the test as soon as I woke up. Which was a wee bit early. Which is how I know that my BG at 4am was ... drum roll and fanfare please ... 4.6.

When I did eventually decide it was getting up time, I registered 5.1. Seeing as I'm on a day off and got up nearly 2 hours later than usual, I'm more than happy with that.

Having blood taken for HbA1c, cholesterol and all the usual gubbins this morning ready for my appointment with Doctor Smugness next Friday. Trying not to get worked up about it but I know before I go that any improvements in results and my fantastic weight loss will be all down to him getting my medication right and nothing to do with all the hard work, research and dietary analysis I've been doing. :( I'll need you lovely people to calm me down next Friday.
 
That sounds fab. I've got some 85% sugar-free choc that I might try that with this afternoon. It'll make a change from making sugar-free chocolate jellies!
 
12.6 - 22:24pm - bedtime
- 12.4 - 04:20am - during the night - not exactly 3am but this is when I woke up so thought I'd best do a test 🙂
11.4 - 07:34am - fasting

lantus decreases:
Tue 29.10 from 24u to 22u
Sat 02.10 from 22u to 20u
Tue 6.11 from 20u to 18u
Wed 20.11 from 18u to 16u
Wed 27.11 from 16u to 14u
 
Following 10 weeks of heavy duty antibiotics and blood glucose levels ALL over the place, pleased go report 6.9 this morning. Still a way to go but going in the right direction.
 
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