How to Viv

Learning to control your line through choices

• Can I change the units shown on the graph from kg to pounds/lb?
• What can I do if my line is flat-ish but constantly in the red?
• What should I eat and drink?
• Beetroot - Why would beetroot cause a glucose spike?
• Spike when sensor starts - Why is there a huge spike when the sensor starts?
• Sleep fluctuations - Why isn’t my line just flat while I’m asleep? My line is up and down during the night, is that normal?
• What causes the line to go down rapidly, like a reverse spike?
• Stress - Why does my line go up when I am stressed?
• I’m staying in the green zone but have stopped losing weight - why?
• Why has my line spiked even when I haven’t eaten carbs? Is there anything other than food that affects my blood glucose?
• What defines a spike in the Viv line?
• What is the Viv zone?
• How does keeping the line in Viv - the green area - lead to weight loss?
• Sauna or hot shower - Why does my line spike when I have a hot shower or go in a sauna?
• Why do I spike when I eat the same as I ate in previous weeks?
• Below green zone - What does it mean if the line goes below the zone?
• Cold water - Why does my line spike when I have a cold shower or swim in cold water?
• Flat line: here's what a 'flat line' actually looks like
• When my line goes low, do I need to eat something?
• Ideal line - What do I want the line to look like?
• Illness - What should I do if I am ill? Do I still need to stick to the programme?
• What does it mean when the line goes straight down?
• Line drops below the green - is that bad?
• Line drops in evening - do I need to eat something?
• Why does my line goes up and down all day?
• Why is the line much higher with new sensor?
• What does it mean if the line goes straight up?
• What is LISS?
• What does it mean when the line stays up out of the zone?
• Morning rise - Why does my energy line go up when I get up in the morning?
• New sensor spike - Does a new sensor create a spike?
• Nighttime drops in glucose - should the line drop low at night?
• Paracetamol, painkiller and vitamin related spikes
• What should I do after intense training?
• What does a flat line look like?
• What number should my blood glucose be?
• Why does my line drop low when I'm asleep?
• What affects my blood glucose levels and why does my line react differently to the same foods?
• When should I log a meal, drink or activity; before or after I do it?