Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

[Sable_Jan]

Thanks - my aim is definitely to get consistently in the 5's in a morning but I'm not going to beat myself up too much about it as I'm definitely pleased with my progress so far

Have I welcomed you to the madhouse/forum/thread yet? If not, welcome to the "club"

 

[Sable_Jan]

Sacrilege! Olive oil is the elixir of life.

It's ok for frying pancakes and stir fry

 

[Sable_Jan]

You can make home made mayo with olive oil :0

Recipe pls

 

[Mandingo]

5.7 this morning. Still higher than my norm but much more acceptable than yesterday's 6.4.
Head cold knocking on my door

 

[Pasha]

Sounds like dehydration and concentration of glucose in blood?

Just read that caffeine is not good for insulin resistance I like my espresso!

Me too, so I drink decaff espresso.

 

[Sable_Jan]

VERY BIG DOG!

Not as big as mine ;-). Well depending which of the 5 you compare her to

 

[Sable_Jan]

Hi @Bluetit1802 mine are slightly going up and yours too is it coz of cold, mine is first winters so I am not sure at all.

Do you think it is colder weather per se or a slight change in diet to "winter" foods? My have been up a tad but I know I have been "experimenting" with cold weather foods..

 

[Sable_Jan]

Sounds like dehydration and concentration of glucose in blood?

Just read that caffeine is not good for insulin resistance I like my espresso!

Thanks @vit90 I didn't know that. Drink lots of tea (so it could add up) but not too many strong coffees

 

[Sable_Jan]

Good job he woke you up if you were BARKING. I think there's a gadget somewhere for that.


8:15am before brekky .................6.7..........will update with my after 2 hours result later

Update 10:30am 2 hrs after brekky...............7.2.I'm happy with that

Just KNEW someone would pick up on that just expected it to be @Nuthead

 

[Nuthead]

Just KNEW someone would pick up on that just expected it to be @Nuthead

 

[alliebee]

Nuthead makes me laugh. I still smile at odd moments at the nut nibbler post

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

Ya, what a nuthead!

 

[Bluetit1802]

How's about this for meter discrepancies.

I wanted to get rid of the remainder of my strips in my current tub as I think they are reading high. This is what happened. Hands clean, consecutive tests, different fingers:

6.1
5.6
4.6
5.5
5.2
4.8
5.0

Strips all gone. Onwards and downwards.

 

[adrian207]

That's an average of 5.35 then?

minus another 2 for the 1/2 slice of fried bread

I don't think she's getting all the chocolate off her fingers before she tests herself.

 

[Bluetit1802]

minus another 2 for the 1/2 slice of fried bread

I don't think she's getting all the chocolate off her fingers before she tests herself. View attachment 9131

I had another half slice fried bread tonight, no chocolate, just some sore fingers!

 

[Bluetit1802]

That's an average of 5.35 then?

minus another 2 for the 1/2 slice of fried bread

I don't think she's getting all the chocolate off her fingers before she tests herself. View attachment 9131

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

How's about this for meter discrepancies.

I wanted to get rid of the remainder of my strips in my current tub as I think they are reading high. This is what happened. Hands clean, consecutive tests, different fingers:

6.1
5.6
4.6
5.5
5.2
4.8
5.0

Strips all gone. Onwards and downwards.

So the average is 5.3 and the other numbers are within +/- 16% of that. Not bad, actually.

 

[MsVelvet]

6.4 todat

 

[Bluetit1802]

So the average is 5.3 and the other numbers are within +/- 16% of that. Not bad, actually.

It still makes life very difficult when trying to keep stats on post-meal rises, which is important to me.

 

[sanguine]

It still makes life very difficult when trying to keep stats on post-meal rises, which is important to me.

I think sometimes we push the envelope too far on what these meters can do. We know that they can be +/- 20% of true value at the extreme end, therefore they are best for long term trends rather than spot readings. The only way to pin down meal spikes with any decent accuracy would be to do say 5 tests each time, which would start to get expensive.