Fasting BG 2017

[skb]

89 pre-dinner and 102 Fasting.

My 

BG is an all important number, and it matters, whatever the time of the day. Also, it is not a static numbers and moves up or down from moment to moment. A number of factors make it move, the more important among them being food and physical activity. Since both of these are missing during the sleep hours, and, it also happens to be our longest break from food or activity, it gains importance as a baseline number.

[rocky]

@Shanny, you've never eaten a mango ? 

I test BG at morning fasting and before dinner because I don't carry the meter with me to work. On Saturdays and Sundays I sometimes check before or after lunch.

Last evening before dinner 82 and 95 today morning.

[Shanny]

I bought one at the grocery today and I'm darn well gonna eat it now! 

[Tamagno]

144 this morning.

My chicken tikka yesterday came out pretty good. I want to branch out some and am going to look for an Asian grocery somewhere hopefully not too far. I like Indian and Thai flavors very much and need more spices. As long as I stay away from rice, noodles and fruit all is well.

[Grammabear]

98 (5.43) this morning.  Our temperature is forecast to be 75 deg F (23.8 C) today which is just about perfect in my book.  The weekend is supposed to be in the 90s which doesn't excite me at all.

John - If you feel comfortable sharing your recipe for chicken tikka, I like that kind of dish too and I'm always looking for something that is tried and true.

[walkerwally1]

99 (5.48) this morning.  We got to 89° (31.7°C) yesterday and should be about the same today and then tomorrow we start to drop 10-15° for the weekend and it will be windy.
@SKB, I don't mean to imply that the fasting number is not important but I also don't think it is the complete picture.  I believe that it is important to test 1-2 hours after a meal to know how high you have gone.  Anyone can check my bg chart and see that I am normally under 120 at all times and have only gone over that about 6 times in the last 6 months, and never over 140.  I thing that is what I need to concentrate on and to get those numbers I do test 4-5 times a day.  I am probably a bit OCD about it and have too much time on my hands but I also think that the ADA guidelines that say testing once a day is good enough are wrong also. 
I'm just kind of thinking out loud, not claiming to know anything. 

[bigskygal]

77 (4.27) this mostly clear morning, 84 (4.65) at bedtime last night.

We are expecting temps in the 60's after tomorrow.  My cotton wood trees are shedding a lot!! It looks like it is snowing outside! 

[skb]

106 this morning. Didn't check last night as I had eaten a few nuts before I got home.

Wally, that's exactly what I have said. BG is important at all times. More than any single number, the 24 hour BG Profile is more important and I think that the A1c is a weighted average of the 24 hr profile over a 3-4 month period. I was just also implying the importance of the morning fasting number to any one interested in health care.

It rained a bit yesterday and the skies are covered with dark clouds. I hope it continues that way.

[rocky]

I bought one at the grocery today and I'm darn well gonna eat it now! 

Hope you liked it Shanny.

My numbers were 81 before dinner and 92 today morning. Back into my range I'd think.

[Shanny]

Well, my mango got lost for a few hours - overnight in fact - because the bag it was in slid off the back seat onto the floor of the car, which we didn't notice when we first carried the groceries into the house. But my everlovin' went out & got the errant groceries this afternoon, so we diced up the mango after supper & found it quite tasty. It's a beautiful fruit . . . this one was a glorious ruby red all over & very rich & juicy once cut up. Shared between the two of us, it didn't do quite so much damage to blood sugar. 

[Tamagno]

97 this morning.

Kathy, I'll have to see if I can post that recipe over on the food part. I amalgamated several cooking videos I found on YouTube. The big thing with it is to marinate long enough; in my case I did it two days.

Warm weather today, please?

[walkerwally1]

78 (4.32) this morning.  It is supposed to start cooling down starting today, probably 5-10 degrees, and it will be windy for the next 4-5 days. 
I was stationed in Hawaii for about 9 months and there Mangos are a major item.  They are good, no doubt about that but if I had a choice I would prefer a peach.  No problem though because they are both off the diet anymore. 
@SKB, yeah, I was just wondering why health professionals seem to focus on fasting bg and ignore any other testing.  I thing it goes to ADA guidelines that apparently have not changed much.  They still call "tight control" staying under 180 mg/dl after meals and an A1c of 7% or lower.  They also still advocate testing only once a day for most T2 diabetics.  No wonder that so many people with T2 have a very hard time trying to have any type of control. 

[Grammabear]

97 (5.37) this morning.

Weather here is 75 deg and sunny today.  Tomorrow is a different story altogether with heat and humidity moving into the area with temperatures in the 90s........

[Shanny]

@SKB, yeah, I was just wondering why health professionals seem to focus on fasting bg and ignore any other testing.  I thing it goes to ADA guidelines that apparently have not changed much.  They still call "tight control" staying under 180 mg/dl after meals and an A1c of 7% or lower.  They also still advocate testing only once a day for most T2 diabetics.  No wonder that so many people with T2 have a very hard time trying to have any type of control.

I fervently agree with this . . . the ADA, CDA, et.al., are so politicized and have been supported by big corporations for so long (Big Agriculture, Big Pharmacy . . . here's the list of their biggest donors: http://www.diabetes.org/about-us/corporate-support/our-corporate-supporters.html) Have you looked at their site lately? Compare those corporate donors with what they say in their mission statement: Our Mission:  To prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

How is that even possible when the profits of all those highest ranking donors come from drugs and devices - products which rely on - not a cure - but continued treatment of diabetes.

And their idea of treatment? Why of course! Eat lots of grain & starch! http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/making-healthy-food-choices/grains-and-starchy-vegetables.html?loc=ff-slabnav

[Grammabear]

I could not agree with you more Shanny.  I live in the rural area of our town and we are surrounded by fields of wheat, corn, oats and soybeans.  It has been this way for literally years.  Big Agriculture and Big Pharma have a 'strangle-hold' on the American consumer and quite possibly on healthcare professionals too.

Recently in a diabetes support group, the comment was made that although Drs like to advise diabetics to eat 45-60 carbohydrates each meal, in real life that just doesn't work.  Someday maybe more people will wake up and realize that we've been fed a line of baloney.