The most important thing you can do is to check first thing in the morning (before you drink your first coffee, or have breakfast) to get an idea of your fasting blood glucose levels. Then, when you have an idea of what it is, check before the meal, and then one hour after and two hours after. Once you have got some idea what spikes your blood (what increases your blood glucose levels) you only really need to check after meals.
They generally say that we should try to stay below 8.5 two hours after a meal. Although at the X-Pert Diabetes self-management course I am on at the moment, they recommend that anything up to 10 is perfectly fine. I prefer to go lower and follow the advice given in this forum.
But you need the starting point first... i.e. you need to get your fasting blood glucose levels. If, for example, you start with 9 (diabetes range) then it would be silly to expect to reach 8.5 after a meal (if you know what I mean...).
I don't really stick to particular meal times. I eat when I'm hungry, often skip breakfast and have brunch at 11:00-ish, a snack in the afternoon and dinner around 5:00, with a snack a few hours later if I feel hungry.
Have you got a meter yet? I would recommend getting the Codefree meter to check your blood. Although there are lots out there, the test strips are cheapest for the Codefree.
The most important thing you can do is to check first thing in the morning (before you drink your first coffee, or have breakfast) to get an idea of your fasting blood glucose levels. Then, when you have an idea of what it is, check before the meal, and then one hour after and two hours after. Once you have got some idea what spikes your blood (what increases your blood glucose levels) you only really need to check after meals.
They generally say that we should try to stay below 8.5 two hours after a meal. Although at the X-Pert Diabetes self-management course I am on at the moment, they recommend that anything up to 10 is perfectly fine. I prefer to go lower and follow the advice given in this forum.
But you need the starting point first... i.e. you need to get your fasting blood glucose levels. If, for example, you start with 9 (diabetes range) then it would be silly to expect to reach 8.5 after a meal (if you know what I mean...).
I don't really stick to particular meal times. I eat when I'm hungry, often skip breakfast and have brunch at 11:00-ish, a snack in the afternoon and dinner around 5:00, with a snack a few hours later if I feel hungry.
Have you got a meter yet? I would recommend getting the Codefree meter to check your blood. Although there are lots out there, the test strips are cheapest for the Codefree.
Let us know a little more about yourself. Have you been diagnosed with Prediabetes?