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blood glucose monitor
- Thread starter aqualung
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AndyS
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Probably best to get some advice from some of the other T2's around but the way I would start would be something like:
Test before meals and log it in a diary
Keep a diary of what you eat (carb count it too if you can)
Test a couple of hours after eating (minimum 2 hours)
Test before and after exercise and (you guessed it) write it down in diary / log
That data alone should be able to give you a pretty good handle on what food does what to you and also what exercise does for you too
Sounds like a lot of finger pricking to start with and it is but I guess once you have a handle on it you could back off a bit so your fingers can recover.
But as I said at the top, I may be talking rubbish, so best to see what the successful T2's think
Best of luck.
A
Test before meals and log it in a diary
Keep a diary of what you eat (carb count it too if you can)
Test a couple of hours after eating (minimum 2 hours)
Test before and after exercise and (you guessed it) write it down in diary / log
That data alone should be able to give you a pretty good handle on what food does what to you and also what exercise does for you too
Sounds like a lot of finger pricking to start with and it is but I guess once you have a handle on it you could back off a bit so your fingers can recover.
But as I said at the top, I may be talking rubbish, so best to see what the successful T2's think
Best of luck.
A
