Recent Posts by mum2westiesGill

Aug 27, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Dafne Diary - looking for some comments / help

I take 26u BI at bedtime. In some of the BFAST comments sections you will see "BED lst nght 26u BI"

Aug 27, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Dafne Diary - looking for some comments / help

Hi,

As the title says i'm just looking for some comments / help with my diary / results.

I work on a 1: 1 ratio.

Gill

Aug 26, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Just a catch up from the last few days

Tuesday - 21/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch -

Dinner - cheese & ham pasta bake (homemade)

Wednesday - 22/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - cheese sandwich (2 x rnds brd)

Dinner - salmon fillet / spaghetti

Thursday - 23/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch -

Dinner - Young's Chip Shop Fish & Chips ready meal

Friday - 24/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch -

Dinner - fish pie (homemade)

Yesterday - 25/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd)
cup soup

Dinner -

Supper - chippy - jumbo sausage
chips (few, not many)

Aug 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

Hi Phil,

Just to see what peoples 1st readings of the day are really and for a bit of fun .

Aug 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Yesterday - 20/08/2012

Breakfast - egg mayo sandwich filler on toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd)
cup soup

Dinner - Chicken &amp; Vegetable Bake
jam sponge pudding (small slice)

Supper - prawn &amp; mayo filler sandwich (2 x rnds bread)

Aug 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

Here's a topic for people who test in the mornings to post their waking levels? I think it would be interesting to see what the average works out at after a week

I'll start with mine - I was 4.2 when I woke up this morning

(please don't let me be the only person to enter one! )

Aug 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Testing - then needing to retest

When testing before a meal how long would you leave it before re-testing if a meal was ever delayed?

Gill

Aug 20, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

JWo,

Glad you like that re the tea brewing Laughing

.

I always drink just normal tea.

Gill

Aug 20, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Saturday - 18/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - Sausage roll (Greenhalgh's)

Yesterday - 19/08/2012

Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd)
crisps (1 x 25g bag)

Dinner - pork steak
new potatoes
carrots
peas
gravy

Supper - prawn &amp; mayo filler sandwich (1 x rnd brd)

Aug 20, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Phil Maskell said:
Breakfast: Fruit n Fibre
Lunch: Grilled bacon, poached egg with Salad
Dinner: Mexican Bean Burger x 2 with Salad

Making a concerted effort to loose gut before I get the speedos out, diet not normally this healthy

I normally have a bad case of dawn phen, but since on a diet and having little or no carbs for dinner this seems to have gone away, don't know if this might help others struggling with high morning BG.

Normal diet might be:

Breafast: Doorstep Toast and marmalade
Lunch: Baguette with proper butter and pate or Bacon sandwhich
Dinner: BBQ, loads meat and fish (bread rolls for burgers or potatoes) with salad

Which do people prefer the sound of?

They both sound good!

Aug 20, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Simon said:
No problem at all - why would it be?

In the spirit of sharing information...

Breakfast - Bran flakes, blueberries on top and a protein shake on the side
Lunch - M&S New York Pastrami Sandwich (en route to a wedding)
Dinner - Smoked Salmon, then Roast Lamb, then mini cheesecake desserts (at wedding)

Not a typical dinner for me though - was a treat!

Thank you Simon & good to see you've joined in.

Love the sound of your dinner at your wedding especially the smoked salmon. Hope you had a great time at the wedding.

Aug 19, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hotpot Recipes

Does anyone have any decent not too complicated recipes for hotpot?

Gill

Aug 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

JWoOh, and plenty of tea drinking. All very yummy! ^_^[/quote said:

Same here. DD & DS always say myself & OH drink too much tea but that may have something to do with them having to make all the brews for us throughout the day.

Aug 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Is it the ASDA Yogurt Wholemilk Cherry
(450g)?

Aug 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

All of those meals sound lovely NRB. I used to love cherry yoghurts but not had them for ages. Can i ask what make it is then maybe i can get some in.

(Don't forget to post this somewhere else too Rolling Eyes

)

Aug 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

JWo said:
Nice idea. Oooo don't feel bad about your food choices - that is just one day! ^_^

JWo,

Glad you think it's a nice idea &amp; thank you. I'm just hoping Simon our admin person dosen't mind me starting something like this Smile

Anyway yesterday - 17/08/2012 - for me was

Breakfast - tomatoes on toast (hovis white bread) (2 x rnds)

Lunch - none

Evening meal - pizza (1/4) (my DS finished off the rest!)
Garlic bread (2 x small round pieces)

Aug 17, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday?

Seen this somewhere else on the internet and thought it would be good to start a topic on here too.

It can be helpful sometimes to know what sort of things people are eating, as it might give others some ideas for a more varied diet. So, here's mine for yesterday:

Breakfast - cheese on toast (2 x rnds)

Lunch - tuna & mayo sandwich (2 x rnds)
cup soup

Evening meal - Poole's meat & potato pie

Embarassed

not the healthiest things i know!

Aug 10, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Eating Out - help needed please to stop my panic

What's your routine?

My routine when i'm eating out with family and or friends:

- choose what i want from the menu & memorise what are going to be the carby things in the meal ie potatoes, rice......

- sit and chat / drink

- meal arrives & i eyeball the amount/s of carbs

- at this point i start to get into a panic because i'm having to 1. test (which is done at the table if ideal and if not then i go off to the ladies), 2. fiddle through (almost ripping the pages in my panic) my pocket size carbs and cals book to try & find the carb things i'm having then 3. inject

- i start panicing bacause everyone else has started maybe eating then i usually have someone at the table reminding me my food is going cold.

I've eaten out many times but i always end up with this panic. Any help in trying to stop this panic would be greatly appreciated.

I have a meal out coming up this Saturday for my DS 21st.

Aug 10, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long?

novorapidboi26 said:
I now realize that you are asking how long between finger prick and injection, for me it would be immediately after...........

do you find yourself waiting a while? and if so, why?

No i never find myself waiting a while I was just purely wanting to know what's the longest you can go after doing a test then if a meal was delayed how long before you would have to do another test? Hope that makes sense.

Aug 7, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long?

Hi Phil,

Many thanks for your reply but what i was asking really is how long after you've tested would you leave it to inject ie the amount of time between testing then injecting. Not how long before a meal would you inject Sad

Gill

Aug 7, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long?

Hi All,

When doing a test before a meal how long should you go before injecting?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Jul 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Carelogger

Anyone seen or heard of this before & what do you think about it? http://carelogger.com/

May 21, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal

Well i'm sorry to have to say that after asking questions re my indian meal we ended up with other plans however we will be going for this indian meal in the next few weeks so all help will still be very useful & i'll come back and let you know how i get on with it.

May 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal

Thank you very much novorapidboi26 for your very helful reply. This will all be extremely useful.

I have eventually found pakoras in the carbs and cals book, page 286 of the pocket version.

The cake is a Cadbury Flake cake - 12 portions size and which says on the packaging 39.6g Per Slice.

I will as you say follow all my usual rules and will also test regularly over the course of digestion to see what my BG is doing.

Thank you i will enjoy my meal, i'm quite looking forward to it. Smile

May 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal

Hi all,

I'm going for an indian at the weekend & being as i'm a creature of habit will probably be having:

Starter
Pakoras

Main
Chicken or prawn dopiaza
Pilau rice

Pudding
Birthday cake (1 small slice of my DD's 22nd cake)

1. does anyone have any idea of the carbs in any of the above? I do have the carbs and cals book but can't find some of the above food in it.
2. would you inject all in one go or some at the start of eating then the rest after 1 hour of eating?

Thanks in advace for any help.

Aug 27, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Dafne Diary - looking for some comments / help I take 26u BI at bedtime. In some of the BFAST comments sections you will see "BED lst nght 26u BI"

Aug 27, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Dafne Diary - looking for some comments / help Hi, As the title says i'm just looking for some comments / help with my diary / results. I work on a 1: 1 ratio. Gill

Aug 26, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Just a catch up from the last few days Tuesday - 21/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - Dinner - cheese & ham pasta bake (homemade) Wednesday - 22/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - cheese sandwich (2 x rnds brd) Dinner - salmon fillet / spaghetti Thursday - 23/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - Dinner - Young's Chip Shop Fish & Chips ready meal Friday - 24/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - Dinner - fish pie (homemade) Yesterday - 25/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd) cup soup Dinner - Supper - chippy - jumbo sausage chips (few, not many)

Aug 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average Hi Phil, Just to see what peoples 1st readings of the day are really and for a bit of fun .

Aug 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Yesterday - 20/08/2012 Breakfast - egg mayo sandwich filler on toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd) cup soup Dinner - Chicken &amp; Vegetable Bake jam sponge pudding (small slice) Supper - prawn &amp; mayo filler sandwich (2 x rnds bread)

Aug 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average Here's a topic for people who test in the mornings to post their waking levels? I think it would be interesting to see what the average works out at after a week I'll start with mine - I was 4.2 when I woke up this morning (please don't let me be the only person to enter one! )

Aug 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Testing - then needing to retest When testing before a meal how long would you leave it before re-testing if a meal was ever delayed? Gill

Aug 20, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? JWo, Glad you like that re the tea brewing . I always drink just normal tea. Gill

Aug 20, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Saturday - 18/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - Sausage roll (Greenhalgh's) Yesterday - 19/08/2012 Breakfast - toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - paste sandwich (2 x rnds brd) crisps (1 x 25g bag) Dinner - pork steak new potatoes carrots peas gravy Supper - prawn &amp; mayo filler sandwich (1 x rnd brd)

Aug 20, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Phil Maskell said: Breakfast: Fruit n Fibre Lunch: Grilled bacon, poached egg with Salad Dinner: Mexican Bean Burger x 2 with Salad Making a concerted effort to loose gut before I get the speedos out, diet not normally this healthy I normally have a bad case of dawn phen, but since on a diet and having little or no carbs for dinner this seems to have gone away, don't know if this might help others struggling with high morning BG. Normal diet might be: Breafast: Doorstep Toast and marmalade Lunch: Baguette with proper butter and pate or Bacon sandwhich Dinner: BBQ, loads meat and fish (bread rolls for burgers or potatoes) with salad Which do people prefer the sound of? They both sound good!

Aug 20, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Simon said: No problem at all - why would it be? In the spirit of sharing information... Breakfast - Bran flakes, blueberries on top and a protein shake on the side Lunch - M&S New York Pastrami Sandwich (en route to a wedding) Dinner - Smoked Salmon, then Roast Lamb, then mini cheesecake desserts (at wedding) Not a typical dinner for me though - was a treat! Thank you Simon & good to see you've joined in. Love the sound of your dinner at your wedding especially the smoked salmon. Hope you had a great time at the wedding.

Aug 19, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hotpot Recipes Does anyone have any decent not too complicated recipes for hotpot? Gill

Aug 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? JWoOh, and plenty of tea drinking. All very yummy! ^_^[/quote said: Same here. DD & DS always say myself & OH drink too much tea but that may have something to do with them having to make all the brews for us throughout the day.

Aug 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Is it the ASDA Yogurt Wholemilk Cherry (450g)?

Aug 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? All of those meals sound lovely NRB. I used to love cherry yoghurts but not had them for ages. Can i ask what make it is then maybe i can get some in. (Don't forget to post this somewhere else too )

Aug 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? JWo said: Nice idea. Oooo don't feel bad about your food choices - that is just one day! ^_^ JWo, Glad you think it's a nice idea &amp; thank you. I'm just hoping Simon our admin person dosen't mind me starting something like this Anyway yesterday - 17/08/2012 - for me was Breakfast - tomatoes on toast (hovis white bread) (2 x rnds) Lunch - none Evening meal - pizza (1/4) (my DS finished off the rest!) Garlic bread (2 x small round pieces)

Aug 17, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What did you have to eat yesterday? Seen this somewhere else on the internet and thought it would be good to start a topic on here too. It can be helpful sometimes to know what sort of things people are eating, as it might give others some ideas for a more varied diet. So, here's mine for yesterday: Breakfast - cheese on toast (2 x rnds) Lunch - tuna & mayo sandwich (2 x rnds) cup soup Evening meal - Poole's meat & potato pie not the healthiest things i know!

Aug 10, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Eating Out - help needed please to stop my panic What's your routine? My routine when i'm eating out with family and or friends: - choose what i want from the menu & memorise what are going to be the carby things in the meal ie potatoes, rice...... - sit and chat / drink - meal arrives & i eyeball the amount/s of carbs - at this point i start to get into a panic because i'm having to 1. test (which is done at the table if ideal and if not then i go off to the ladies), 2. fiddle through (almost ripping the pages in my panic) my pocket size carbs and cals book to try & find the carb things i'm having then 3. inject - i start panicing bacause everyone else has started maybe eating then i usually have someone at the table reminding me my food is going cold. I've eaten out many times but i always end up with this panic. Any help in trying to stop this panic would be greatly appreciated. I have a meal out coming up this Saturday for my DS 21st.

Aug 10, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long? novorapidboi26 said: I now realize that you are asking how long between finger prick and injection, for me it would be immediately after........... do you find yourself waiting a while? and if so, why? No i never find myself waiting a while I was just purely wanting to know what's the longest you can go after doing a test then if a meal was delayed how long before you would have to do another test? Hope that makes sense.

Aug 7, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long? Hi Phil, Many thanks for your reply but what i was asking really is how long after you've tested would you leave it to inject ie the amount of time between testing then injecting. Not how long before a meal would you inject Gill

Aug 7, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Testing then Injecting - how long? Hi All, When doing a test before a meal how long should you go before injecting? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Jul 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Carelogger Anyone seen or heard of this before & what do you think about it? http://carelogger.com/

May 21, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal Well i'm sorry to have to say that after asking questions re my indian meal we ended up with other plans however we will be going for this indian meal in the next few weeks so all help will still be very useful & i'll come back and let you know how i get on with it.

May 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal Thank you very much novorapidboi26 for your very helful reply. This will all be extremely useful. I have eventually found pakoras in the carbs and cals book, page 286 of the pocket version. The cake is a Cadbury Flake cake - 12 portions size and which says on the packaging 39.6g Per Slice. I will as you say follow all my usual rules and will also test regularly over the course of digestion to see what my BG is doing. Thank you i will enjoy my meal, i'm quite looking forward to it.

May 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Indian meal Hi all, I'm going for an indian at the weekend & being as i'm a creature of habit will probably be having: Starter Pakoras Main Chicken or prawn dopiaza Pilau rice Pudding Birthday cake (1 small slice of my DD's 22nd cake) 1. does anyone have any idea of the carbs in any of the above? I do have the carbs and cals book but can't find some of the above food in it. 2. would you inject all in one go or some at the start of eating then the rest after 1 hour of eating? Thanks in advace for any help.