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Group 7-day waking average?

Disappointing 8.6 for me this morning which rapidly went up to 9.6 before I got insulin into me.
Had a low carb dinner last night of roast chicken thighs with sautéed garlic and Swiss chard... still trying to find the best recipes to use my chard and no real carbs. I was 6.1 before eating so didn't bolus anything but had to do 2x 1.5 unit corrections afterwards and still stayed high 8-10 all night.
Decided to get tough with it this morning and shot myself 6 units (I very rarely use more than 4 units at a time) 3 for breakfast, 2 for DP and a correction unit. Had to wait the best part of 2.5 hours for it to come down before I could eat my porridge. Then I have had to have a couple of small fruit top ups...a couple of spoons of rhubarb stewed with sugar and half a windfall apricot to keep me in range. I am guessing my morning walk/jog along to the docs to pick up medication straight after my very late breakfast has helped to keep me low since then.... I actually ended up going out with my bowl of porridge and eating it on the hoof otherwise the pharmacy would have been closed by the time I got there..... got a few odd looks with me walking along the old railway line walkway with my bowl and spoon!

@ColinUK Getting an opportunity like that in these difficult times for actors suggest that you are well thought of. I hope you are successful. You have lead rather a colourful life so far!

@Michael12421. Don't you dare waste that watermelon! Just have a slice every now and then and keep the rest in the fridge or if you want to eat more of it at one go, then jab yourself some insulin for it. No reason why you should not have it, just don't go silly and make sure to pre bolus for it if you are having more than a slice here and there so the insulin has a chance to get into your system before the glucose from the watermelon.
 
Anitram said:
I always wondered how they make food look like it's just been cooked......
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Seems they make it inedible in order to make it look edible. Shurely shome mishtake :D
 
Morning all, it's a 5.3 from me today
 
5.4 just now.

My sister in law came round. I poured a 250ml glass of wine with my steak & salad and only finished it at around 22:30 and then came to bed.
 
Morning all,
5.9 for me today.
Well this morning is my first HbA1c blood test since diagnosis last December...
I am hoping and praying that my averages have reduced below 51.
I guess I shall know in a couple of days! Mask ready!
In other news, I thought I would share a couple of images of my 'faux' stained glass window panels in our summerhouse that I did for Mrs Snowwy.
Blessings Snowwy
 

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Snowwy said:
Well this morning is my first HbA1c blood test since diagnosis last December...
I am hoping and praying that my averages have reduced below 51.
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Fingers crossed.
 
6.3 today. Youngest grandsons 7th birthday today, lovely sunny morning so the bbq can go ahead just with the immediate family and one of his friends in the garden, he’s so excited bless him. Sadly my other grandchildren are on holiday at centreparcs so won’t be there. They are having a brilliant time though. Off to Sainsbury’s in a minute. Can’t get the dog out at the moment, she’s been struggling to leave the house for a while which is sad but we can’t force her, such a shame for both of us but she will come to the bbq and will enjoy that, she’s harder than having children 😳😳
Enjoy your day everyone x
 
@Snowwy - you snuck them in whilst I was typing. They are lovely, well done you x
 
Morning all. 6.3 and back to my usual early start. Yesterday was truly an anomaly. Had a nice local walk yesterday and it was a lovely sunny day and we only had to wear one layer! Westerly wind you see. Off to Spurn Point and Kilnsea Wetlands today to see, hopefully, more birds and wildlife. Our last full day today. Home tomorrow and I believe the forecast is hot everywhere, typical when we’re stuck in the car! @Snowwy good luck for a great result and nice windows, very clever.
Have a great day. 🙂
 
6.1 this morning pour moi.

Yesterday was quite stressful with long conference calls with the lawyers.

Eustachian tube still blocked but it doesn’t hurt and there are moments when it’s clear. And those moments are bliss.

Weight has ticked up a little but I’ll post that factoid in the weightloss thread.

Today promises to be a delight as I’m waiting in for a courier who gives their ETA as between 09:00 and 17:00 - I might take the curtains down and clean the windows. Then again I might spend too much time on social media and watching Netflix whilst tormenting the cat.
 
Morning all and 5.1 for me.

Excellent band rehearsal last night. New songs coming along at a rate. We'll be ready for another recording session soon and there is a producer wanting to work on a track I did with another singer. All very promising.

Have a good day everyone.
 
Morning

@Michael12421 I don't know if you can access UK supermarket websites over there but it's always better to check these sorts of places for a guide on carbs rather than just google as it can in fact give quite varying and worrying results, watermelon seems to be around 7g carbs per 100g product so not all that bad especially when you eat things like baked beans and pasta anyway so have the damn watermelon! lol

Anyways, checked Holland & Barrett but they are awfy expensive and my bank balance won't allow so have decided to get Bruce to see what things he can puck up at Lidl then I will resort to online for my ingredients for granola, his mum's picking up a few things for me today too, pretty much all junk - 2 finger kit kats, cacao powder, hopefully Cadbury caramel cake bars, I feel ashamed as a diabetic to have that as a shopping list! 😳

6.0 for me this morning, will have to get some Tresiba and Libre sensors ordered over the weekend

Have a nice day my lovelies!
xx
 
I’ve got an invaluable resource that I was given by the hospital DSN after dx - a book listing carb counts. It says 200g of watermelon = 10g carbohydrate. If you use insulin to carb ratios @Michael12421 you’ll know how much insulin to take to cover it. Mine is 1:15g, so I’d have 300g sandía (watermelon) and one unit insulin - but that’s just me, as we all know ev1’s different! Enjoy. 🙂
 
Snowwy said:
Morning all,
5.9 for me today.
Well this morning is my first HbA1c blood test since diagnosis last December...
I am hoping and praying that my averages have reduced below 51.
I guess I shall know in a couple of days! Mask ready!
In other news, I thought I would share a couple of images of my 'faux' stained glass window panels in our summerhouse that I did for Mrs Snowwy.
Blessings Snowwy
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Those are fabulous Snowwy.
 
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