What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

[4ratbags]

@Echob when were you diagnosed as it can take time for your levels to come down. What do you usualy eat.

 

[SWUSA_]

8.1 This morning. I had a snack late and should not have. I had stewed beef with cabbage and carrots left over from dinner. Dinner was at 6pm and snack was at 10:30pm. I have finished my round of antibiotics and am still a little high. I am not having any dental pain but am eating softish foods. I think part of my management of blood sugars is going to have to be cooking smaller amounts of food at one time. I invariably snack on leftovers of meals I like especially if they were low carb.

 

[SWUSA_]

My new doctor doesn't want to adjust my medications up because I am throwing some proteins in my urine. She is concerned my previous higher level of metformin (1000mg 2x daily then, 500 mg 2x daily now) may have contributed to kidney damage. I am between a 2 and 3 on our CKD scale now. She is irked because the specialist she sent me too is too far away for me to see regularly with my care responsibilities. I have lost about 5 pounds on new regimen. I will look up the stone to pound conversion, I do not know how much a stone is. Also, I am suddenly getting emails from the American Diabetes Association. I do not know how that happened but I am not happy about it. The ADA is a very dictatorial, patriarchal group. I broke up with them a long time ago.

 

[Paul3613]

6.3 this morning, everyone have pleasant and productive day. Paul..

 

[SWUSA_]

@Echob when were you diagnosed as it can take time for your levels to come down. What do you usualy eat.

I was diagnosed borderline at birth 57 years ago and then when they lowered the critera about 15 years ago I fell within the definition of diabetic. My fasting blood sugars were about 155 (8.6 on the conversion chart) then without medication. I began metformin almost 5 years ago as my HA1c slowly crept up to 9. I added lantus solostar in Jan. 2014 as my blood sugar suddenly started spiking into the 400's (which is off the conversion chart but above 18.9) and then staying there for days at a time. I was in graduate school and caring fulltime for an elderly relative with dementia when everything spiraled out of control. I have been fairly well controlled since starting lantus (HA1c's 7.1 to 7.9) but recently moved to another state and new care system. There have been a few hiccups. My primary is not a diabetes care specialist.
I usually have a bowl of Cheerios (Honeynut or apple cinnamon flavor) or oatmeal (Better Oats brand brown sugar flavor) with 2% milk for breakfast. If my morning reading is low(which it usually isn't) I will add a slice of Healthnut (Orowheat brand) bread with butter or half a piece of fruit. I always have 1-3 cups of coffee with 3 ounces 2% milk (or half and half if I'm out for breakfast).
For lunch I try to stay 40-60 carbs. I go for the higher end if I am planning to exercise a lot. I usually have a chicken or tuna salad sandwich on Healthnut or other whole grain bread or a salad with protein and fruit. Sometimes I have homemade guacamole with extra lemon juice and whole wheat crackers or corn tortilla chips. Another favorite lunch is cottage cheese with pineapple. I have to really watch the tortilla chips though because it is easy to eat too many carbs quickly. I like blue cheese or oil and vinegar dressing (because they taste good to me and usually do not have a lot of added sugar).
Dinner varies a lot for me because the person I care for is very picky at dinner. I try to make a protein and a carbohydrate dish with some type of baked or fresh fruit for dessert. She has some problems chewing lately so I am trying to make soft dishes for both of us. We have breakfast dishes often for dinner like a veggie omelet with hash browns on the side, or wholegrain pancakes with bacon and fruit. I drink 8 ounces of 2% milk with dinner almost every night for my bones. I make stir frys and stews a lot. We have whole grain pasta with veggies or hamburgers pretty often because these are her favorite. We also have a big salad with added meat about 1-2 times a week. We both love fish and have frozen fish with rice or potatoes and mixed vegetables about 2-3 times per week.
I sometimes substitute a bowl of Brown Cow or Chibani yogurt with granola on top for one of these usual meals.
Can you tell I have been thinking about food a lot lately? I think it is key to controlling my diabetes and really helps with her dementia as well when we eat well. Thanks for asking!
(Please suggest changes if you see anything that stands out for you.)

 

[SWUSA_]

@Echob when were you diagnosed as it can take time for your levels to come down. What do you usualy eat.

Wow! I just read that you are eating under 25 carbs a day now. How do you feel? My suggested diet from my doctor is 140 carbs per day-I am probably eating a little more that that right now,

 

[Paul3613]

I was diagnosed borderline at birth 57 years ago and then when they lowered the critera about 15 years ago I fell within the definition of diabetic. My fasting blood sugars were about 155 (8.6 on the conversion chart) then without medication. I began metformin almost 5 years ago as my HA1c slowly crept up to 9. I added lantus solostar in Jan. 2014 as my blood sugar suddenly started spiking into the 400's (which is off the conversion chart but above 18.9) and then staying there for days at a time. I was in graduate school and caring fulltime for an elderly relative with dementia when everything spiraled out of control. I have been fairly well controlled since starting lantus (HA1c's 7.1 to 7.9) but recently moved to another state and new care system. There have been a few hiccups. My primary is not a diabetes care specialist.
I usually have a bowl of Cheerios (Honeynut or apple cinnamon flavor) or oatmeal (Better Oats brand brown sugar flavor) with 2% milk for breakfast. If my morning reading is low(which it usually isn't) I will add a slice of Healthnut (Orowheat brand) bread with butter or half a piece of fruit. I always have 1-3 cups of coffee with 3 ounces 2% milk (or half and half if I'm out for breakfast).
For lunch I try to stay 40-60 carbs. I go for the higher end if I am planning to exercise a lot. I usually have a chicken or tuna salad sandwich on Healthnut or other whole grain bread or a salad with protein and fruit. Sometimes I have homemade guacamole with extra lemon juice and whole wheat crackers or corn tortilla chips. Another favorite lunch is cottage cheese with pineapple. I have to really watch the tortilla chips though because it is easy to eat too many carbs quickly. I like blue cheese or oil and vinegar dressing (because they taste good to me and usually do not have a lot of added sugar).
Dinner varies a lot for me because the person I care for is very picky at dinner. I try to make a protein and a carbohydrate dish with some type of baked or fresh fruit for dessert. She has some problems chewing lately so I am trying to make soft dishes for both of us. We have breakfast dishes often for dinner like a veggie omelet with hash browns on the side, or wholegrain pancakes with bacon and fruit. I drink 8 ounces of 2% milk with dinner almost every night for my bones. I make stir frys and stews a lot. We have whole grain pasta with veggies or hamburgers pretty often because these are her favorite. We also have a big salad with added meat about 1-2 times a week. We both love fish and have frozen fish with rice or potatoes and mixed vegetables about 2-3 times per week.
I sometimes substitute a bowl of Brown Cow or Chibani yogurt with granola on top for one of these usual meals.
Can you tell I have been thinking about food a lot lately? I think it is key to controlling my diabetes and really helps with her dementia as well when we eat well. Thanks for asking!
(Please suggest changes if you see anything that stands out for you.)

My trouble has always been eating desserts after 9.30pm. Now I have changed everything I eat, "No added sugar" cereal or bacon & eggs for breakfast, for lunch I alternate daily between a low GI roll with lettuce, bread & butter cucumbers, capsicum and some sliced meat then a sesame seed knot roll with Maasdam cheese toasted in a sandwich press, each with a piece of fruit. I have found the sugar free jellys or (jello) with a drizzle of thickened cream make a great dessert. I also like the "No added sugar, No fat" fruit yogurts that are sold now. I have also found a brand called Gullon (from Spain) that sell sugar free biscuits, eating 1 or 2 at night doesn't seem to affect my levels. Good luck, Paul..

 

[4ratbags]

@SWUSA I feel great, more energy than I have ever had and just as well as we are raising our 1 & 4 yr old grand daughters. I sometimes struggle to get the carbs over 10gr a day so I have made sure to start eating more veges. Have you looked at LCHF at all, it takes a while to adjust but it is well worth it.

 

[Rockman]

5.6 This morning at 04:13 AM

 

[mo53]

Good morning 5.8. I hope everyone has a good day

 

[hankjam]

5.5
06:04
Right No5

 

[Cumberland]

4.6
Good morning

 

[13lizanne]

fbg 4.8 today

 

[YeahMeToo]

6.6 this morning

 

[philchap1]

5.7 today

 

[Chloesnavy]

16.3

 

[Jodie1154]

7.2

 

[Wurst]

5.4

 

[JohnEGreen]

5.3 this morning

 

[Sally49]

Hello mates,
At a couple of the other forums I've frequented there was a thread like this one where we all sorta checked in each day, with our first cup of coffee or tea, and reported our fasting or waking blood glucose level and some short comment about whether we're ok with it or if not - why not?...

It worked well as a sort of 'first thread to check' each morning and post to.

I'll start.

This morning was a 5.6mmol for me. That's about normal for me

What about you?

I'm so jealous of all of you Mine was 10.1 at 3am, and then 11.5 at 8.30 am. I had nothing to eat or drink so it should have gone down, not up. Being in the 10s is not unusual for me. Apparently I am remarkably insulin resistant according to the various members of my care team. Readings in the 5s would be a dream come true...