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Group 7-day waking average?
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eggyg
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Morning all on a very wet Tuesday. A 6.9 for me at 7.30, been up since 3 but didn’t test then! Slept on and off between coughing and spluttering. It’s wearing me out, quiet day today after yesterday’s dresser and kitchen challenge. Kitchen looking fab, even if I do say so myself. Here’s some before and after pics if you’re interested. Have a good day folks. And don’t forget “ it’s not the cough that carries you off, it’s the coffin they carry you off in”. I’ll try and remember that when I’m coughing like an old Navvy on 40 Woodbine a day!
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merrymunky
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I’m not happy. I’ve had lows for the last few mornings. Woke to an 8.9 this morning after having one small bag of maltesers as a treat last night. Literally the first time in weeks I have had any chocolate. I was craving it so badly.
That’s going to ruin the rest of the day for me. Scared to eat breakfast now. It’ll push it up over 10.
That’s going to ruin the rest of the day for me. Scared to eat breakfast now. It’ll push it up over 10.
Northerner
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Please don't worry about having your breakfast - we all get times when we can't do things by the book, we're only human! I hope things settle down soon 🙂
Northerner
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Good morning 🙂 Late on parade today, but woke to a 6.8 🙂
Paul123
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My blood sugar was 9 this morning. Last night before I went to bed my BS was 5.5 so I had 1 slice of white bread with a small amount of jam on it. I checked my Freestyle Libre this morning and the graph shows that my BS started to fall after 6 this morning. I'm a little disappointed as I've treated similar BS levels before bedtime in a similar way & BS levels were less than 9. I suppose it's one of those things we have to get used to having Diabetes
merrymunky
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I can’t live my life completely chocolate free. I’ve refeained for weeks despite horrific cravings and feeling miserable every time I see some. I knew it would cause a problem today. I did it anyway, more fool me. I’d rather do it once in a while on a very small scale (normally it would have been one of those huge bags, I opted for a small one) then fall off the wagon down the line and binge on everything.
Paul123
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Hi Merry, do you like dark chocolate? It has less sugar and goes down well with a great cup of coffee ☕️
Lanny
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If there’s one thing I’ve learnt after 18 years of diabetes is that cravings don’t go away & only get stronger over time! So, I have a little of what I crave when I crave it as holding out means pigging out: the longer I hold out; the bigger the binge!😱 Mind you, it DID take me a good 5-7 years after becoming diabetic to learn & have the control to do that: easier said than done!🙄 But, realising it is a first step; then, comes the control!
If you love chocolate, who doesn’t, you could make it as regular a thing as you like by have a little after a meal so, a) the meal slows it down a bit & dosen’t hit your blood sugars all at once with a huge spike & b) it’s no longer a taboo fobidden thing that we, as contrary human beings, are even more tempted!😱
merrymunky
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No, I am not a fan. It wouldn’t be a treat for me. I wouldn’t enjoy it.
merrymunky
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If there’s one thing I’ve learnt after 18 years of diabetes is that cravings don’t go away & only get stronger over time! So, I have a little of what I crave when I crave it as holding out means pigging out: the longer I hold out; the bigger the binge!😱 Mind you, it DID take me a good 5-7 years after becoming diabetic to learn & have the control to do that: easier said than done!🙄 But, realising it is a first step; then, comes the control!
If you love chocolate, who doesn’t, you could make it as regular a thing as you like by have a little after a meal so, a) the meal slows it down a bit & dosen’t hit your blood sugars all at once with a huge spike & b) it’s no longer a taboo fobidden thing that we, as contrary human beings, are even more tempted!😱
Exactly. This is my thinking. I need to make it a regular part of my diabetic life. I’ve just been scared while finger prick testing because I am on such a mission to being my hba1c down as quickly as possible in order to be given the green light to try again for a baby. I could ignore the advice of my consultant and just go ahead with trying but we all know the risks and I am pretty sure the diabetes contributed to our loss. Therefore I am trying to do this properly. My problem is I’ve always been a sucker for crisps and chocolate. I’ve managed to keep one small bag of crisps a day in my diet but have learned to have them earlier in the day rather than after my evening meal.
It’s just going to take some time to figure out if and when I can have a little bit of chocolate.
eggyg
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I was/ am a chocoholic but luckily I have always liked dark chocolate but on occasion I like “ normal” chocolate. I find a 2 finger KitKat does it for me now, 105 calories and 15 grams of carbs. It just takes years of practice and as @Lanny says if you deprive your self that’s when you binge. What about a finger of Fudge, Freddo etc, take your time eating it and saviour it. The problem is not having another one! Re the crisp addiction, I have halved my carbs and nearly the calories by having Pom Bears! I bought them for my granddaughter and had a taste and I absolutely love them. Less than 10 grams of carbs and 80 Cals. I’m not disciplined enough to not have what I enjoy so have made small, gradual changes. I am no saint! 🙂
merrymunky
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Oh believe me I even eat maltesers slowly. I nibble all the chocolate offneach one and then let the honeycomb meltnin my mouth. I never devour chocolate, always savour. I always keep curly wurlys in the house as they are a modest 6 syns on slimming world and feel like a real treat as I can make them last forever. Before I was finger prick testing I only had one. I had it in halves over a couple of days. I might start chopping those into 6 pieces and having 1 syns worth after tea every evening instead.
Pom bears are great. I usually stick to French fries as they are also similar in content and again some of the lowert Syn value crisps out there. Sometimes I have wotsits, also low.
I just can’t be militant enough to cut them all out so finding the appropriate moderation point. Obviously moderation for me is going to have to be super strict and even more moderate than I estimated.
Docb
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There you go Merry, the clue might just be in your last comment.... " a LITTLE bit of chocolate" ! If you substitute the choc carbs for some other carbs, then maybe you have a way out.
Another approach might be to balance your craving with despising the makers of the stuff you crave. They have got you buying what is sugar, cheap chocolate and air, something of no nutritional value in poluting plastic packaging. It is doing neither you or the environment any good and they don't care. Horrible, nasty people. See them sitting at the end of the chocolate and crisp counter rubbing their hands. The stuff they are peddling should have a health warning on the packet, just like cigarettes. **** a snook at them and walk on. Might work.
Another approach might be to balance your craving with despising the makers of the stuff you crave. They have got you buying what is sugar, cheap chocolate and air, something of no nutritional value in poluting plastic packaging. It is doing neither you or the environment any good and they don't care. Horrible, nasty people. See them sitting at the end of the chocolate and crisp counter rubbing their hands. The stuff they are peddling should have a health warning on the packet, just like cigarettes. **** a snook at them and walk on. Might work.
merrymunky
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To me, a very small bag of maltesers WAS ‘a little’ especially when compared with the huge bags I used to eat as a matter of course. I would even eat the more to share bags in one sitting previously. A tiny bag is almost not worth it but I thought it would curb the craving, which it did.
Oh believe me I don’t particularly like any of the companies but as a confessed binge eater of c**p it doesn’t stop me. What stops me usually is the need to stay on track with my weight loss. Even the little I worked into a healthy weight loss programme is too much. I know this. I will find a balance. Don’t worry.
mikeyB
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Good morning gang🙂
I woke up on 5.1. Close, but no cigar. And no fibs from The Libre sensor, I deliberately slept on my right side. I went to sleep in that position and woke up that way. I don’t move around, because it’s hard work changing position, so my decaying body doesn’t bother trying when I’m asleep. Three days time, I switch sides, as my watch keeps telling me.
Got a phone call last evening from one of the practice nurses asking how the asthma was getting on. The least of my problems, was my response. I did ask about the last time I saw the diabetes nurse, who said she would get me an appointment with the pump consultant. Haven’t heard anything, so she said she would remind Steph, the senior diabetes nurse. Things grind slowly in the NHS. I do tick all the boxes for a pump, so if I time this right I’ll get an appointment at the beginning of the financial year😎
Anyway, while I indulge in fantasies, have a good day everyone.🙂
By the way, can we stop talking about chocolate on this thread, it’s driving me scatty thinking of Cadbury Twirls
I woke up on 5.1. Close, but no cigar.
And no fibs from The Libre sensor, I deliberately slept on my right side. I went to sleep in that position and woke up that way. I don’t move around, because it’s hard work changing position, so my decaying body doesn’t bother trying when I’m asleep. Three days time, I switch sides, as my watch keeps telling me.Got a phone call last evening from one of the practice nurses asking how the asthma was getting on. The least of my problems, was my response. I did ask about the last time I saw the diabetes nurse, who said she would get me an appointment with the pump consultant. Haven’t heard anything, so she said she would remind Steph, the senior diabetes nurse. Things grind slowly in the NHS. I do tick all the boxes for a pump, so if I time this right I’ll get an appointment at the beginning of the financial year😎
Anyway, while I indulge in fantasies, have a good day everyone.🙂
By the way, can we stop talking about chocolate on this thread, it’s driving me scatty thinking of Cadbury Twirls
merrymunky
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Thanks, I have a LOT to lose though so I suppose if I stick to plan it comes off quite well. I am 3lbs away from the lightest I managed to get 9 years ago on SW. I gained it all back and it has taken a good couple of years to get that 4.5 stone back off. I rejoined from scratch in January so this attempt is just 1 stone loss but a small part of a bigger picture. Once I equal that lowest weight my real challenge begins.