Blood glucose numbers on lchf

I did a 7 day fast recently and after that have been keeping my fat intake to between 75-85%, carbs under 10% and the rest protein. I know urine ketone sticks aren’t all that reliable but from what I have read is they will show that you are producing ketones but not how much. They will also after a while stop showing ketones as the body adjusts to burning fat.

Today my ketostix were a little lighter so I’m assuming that I’m starting to get fat adapted. Even though I did a 7 day fast I’m sure I’m still not in nutritional ketosis. Since ending my fast I’ve had fasting bg’s ranging from 3.7-6.4 I have also made sure not to eat too much so I have been keeping under 2k calories.

What I would like to know from others that are in ketosis is, what should I look for in terms of bg levels? The only carbs I get are from above ground vegetables and a small handful of walnuts daily. Should I expect bg’s in the mid 3’s to low 4’s or can I expect to maybe see the odd higher numbers like I did this morning (6.4). My numbers today before dinner were 4.4 then 2hrs pp were 4.2 is this something others see as well? I’m thinking my morning number may have been skewed as I forgot to wash my hands first. I’m running low on strips so I didn’t wash and recheck. By mid afternoon I was getting 4.9.

How long after the fast and starting lchf in Ernest should I see some weight loss? My bg’s are definitely trending in the right direction and over the course of the day remain quite even.

I’m type 2 diagnosed about 7 years ago. My Hba1c last month was 6.1 and my fasting blood glucose at the time of draw was 7.3 I’m looking forward to hearing the results of others.

Cheers.

@Jo_the_boat I work building maintenance so I walk quite a bit during the day. I usually average 5miles/day. Although my numbers are good, I know they can be better for sure but I was just curious how the numbers of others were while on/going keto and whether or not they saw any weird blips along the way. I also do 16:8 pretty much daily and will throw in some 24 hour fast occasionally.

I over ate at dinner last night. Had a bell pepper stuffed with taco meat, old cheddar, a tomato slice and sour cream. After that another 1/3 of the same and then a little extra meat and cheese. Despite that, my bedtime bg was 5.6. My fasting bg today was 5.1 and then went to 5.7 by 10:00am then started dropping. I did have 6 thin slices of Genoa salami and some pumpkin seeds roasted in olive oil shell and all. Before dinner my bg’s dropped to 4.4
My ketostix are still showing between small and moderate amounts as carbs have been kept under 20g/day.
My wife is cooking a bacon wrapped meatloaf tonight stuffed with sautéed onions and peppers served with a cauliflower risotto. I’ll be interested in seeing my 2 hour pp levels after this.
I now have my strips and lancet rx refilled so I can do extra tests if I feel a little off. I may even take 1 more reading before dinner.