Blood sugar levels

Hi all, I wonder if anyone could answer my question? I was diagnosed in June with a Hba1c of 12.3 or 111 new figures and finger prick of 19.7. I am on diet only and testing. I get levels of 9.3 first thing in a morning , sometimes I get an 8, pre-lunch I am usually around 8.3 and before tea (dinner) I have been as low as 7, but bedtime I could be as high as 10. something even though sometimes I only have a variation of what I have for lunch, salad, meat or fish and the odd ryvita crackerbread, it is all very annoying could that be because I am inactive in the evening? I am low carbing and possibly only have a maximum 50 carbs per day, is it bad to have lowish levels during the day and a spike in the evening, will it do me harm, I am trying so hard, I go for my Hba1c in 2 weeks .... 3 months on and although my finger prick readings have dropped by 50% or so, I dont know whether I am doing ok or not. Is it likely that my doctor will want to put me on medication, or will he give me another three months to try and get them down further, he did say diet for 6 months. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Victoria.

Thanks Grazer,
I do count everything.... I think fruit sends my levels high, even if I only have a little with greek yogurt, two or three strawberries even, some times I feel very frustrated with it all aarrgh! A typical days menu goes like this... breakfast is two ryvita crackerbread, one with philly light and a bit of smoked salmon and one with a scraping of butter and diabetic jam or a boiled egg and the same crackerbread,sometimes I will have half a vanilla yogurt with a couple of strawbs.. max 15 carbs I think, lunch can be a mixed salad (small) with ham, baby bell cheese or a bit of chicken, a bit of a mezze going on, a few olives with one or two crackerbread, again 10- 15 carbs, I may have a cup of tea mid-afternoon with a single rich tea biscuit or half an Atkins bar, we dont tend to eat dinner 'till 7.30 or 8.00 then we will have meat, chicken or fish with veg or salad, sometimes I will have acouple of small new potatoes or one small roastie and a bit of sugarfree jelly, a couple of strawbs and a bit of yogurt, or maybe a couple of carrs thins with cheese and 4 or or five grapes, max 20 carbs I think, sometimes I will have a two egg omelette with cheese ham and a bit of tomato on a slice of granary for dinner instead if my husband is away on buisness, or fancies a pizza (I wish) I don't nibble between meals, I am fairly active, but feel I am struggling with this all the time, I am fairly slim, certainly don't want to lose weight, my bg this morning was 10.7...... higher than it was before bedtime, ????? I know before lunch it will be 8 ish and before dinner 7 or 8ish, what can I do to get my evening levels down, have no carbs at all in the evening? Any advice will be appreciated, funnily enough have been on holiday and even though I did have little treats, ie. a square of dark chocolate with my after dinner coffe, a spoonfull of yogurt icecream, an odd crisp or two, a few nuts etc., an odd biscuit, my bg didn't rise at all, how does one explain that? Thanks for listening, Victoria.

Thanks and yes I did have gin and slimline tonic and a couple glasses of red each day, is it beneficial then to have a nice glass of red each day? might it lower those night time readings, or does it produce a false low if you know what i mean? :?

Thanks again, I do enjoy an odd glass of red wine, I somehow gave up drinking anything alcoholic years ago except for the odd glass of red and an occasional g and t because I always drive, but I may re-introduce it if it 'does me good' as it were, oh well there a plus then!!! :lol: Thanks for your help, I will see if I can make sense out of the docs when I go in a couple of weeks!!!

Thanks, I will. :?