I am Type II, and recently average around 7.5/8.0 in the morning before eating. I decided to have a real go at reducing my diet and increasing exercise and came up with some suprprises which I can't understand. I took three readings yesterday, and three today. For instance:
Yesterday
am 7.9 (breakfast: plain cereals with milk + coffee) short run late morning
before lunch 9.4 (lunch: spaghetti with home-made meat sauce) pm 1 apple. longer run
before dinner 7.0 (dinner: breaded fish, white rice, salad) 90 mins later 2 spoonful cereals w/yoghurt
I woke up at 2 am feeling hungry but managed to get to sleep, eventually.
Today (pretty much same diet and exercise as yesterday, but boiled fish and rice for lunch)
am 8.4 (this was very surprising as I expected a lower reading after smaller meal and more exercse
before lunch 8.8
before dinner 5.5
I wonder why my reading this morning was higher rather than lower. Could it be that when I felt hungry during the night I was actually low on sugar and that the liver started producing glucose to compensate?
qim
Yesterday
am 7.9 (breakfast: plain cereals with milk + coffee) short run late morning
before lunch 9.4 (lunch: spaghetti with home-made meat sauce) pm 1 apple. longer run
before dinner 7.0 (dinner: breaded fish, white rice, salad) 90 mins later 2 spoonful cereals w/yoghurt
I woke up at 2 am feeling hungry but managed to get to sleep, eventually.
Today (pretty much same diet and exercise as yesterday, but boiled fish and rice for lunch)
am 8.4 (this was very surprising as I expected a lower reading after smaller meal and more exercse
before lunch 8.8
before dinner 5.5
I wonder why my reading this morning was higher rather than lower. Could it be that when I felt hungry during the night I was actually low on sugar and that the liver started producing glucose to compensate?
qim