TheJungleFour
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hoping someone can help, I'm a bit confused by some of my glucose readings from this weekend. I'm on a low carb diet - 30-40g carbs a day. Carbs coming from low GI sources, no grains, etc, and I generally don't see any spikes when consuming up to 25of these types carbs in one meal.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday up until my evening is typical for what I have seen over past few days. With my main exercise being an hours walk in the morning and another again at lunchtime or the evening.
Friday the evening spike was from me trying introduce some grains into my diet - Quinoa - but the 5 Spice Chinese seasoning my partner used on the meat had had more sugar than I was comfortable with - total carb content of that meal 35g. It was the biggest spike I've seen it weeks, and what appeared to have happened is the glucose didn't drop down to my normal levels over night or even the next day.
Saturday is where I'm most confused though - but marked a big shift from my daily activities and meal timings. Up at 7AM as normal, high fat low carb breakfast (2g) - but skipped my normal 12PM meal because we were travelling into the city centre with my other half. Meal at 5.30PM at Turtle Bay restaurant, a very rough estimate of carb content at 26g. We were on our feet from 3PM<>5PM walking around the city. And then after the meal we were at a music gig. Built up a bit of a sweat during the main band from dancing about, and we were on our feet until with 2AM and only on a few occasions sitting down for 15 minutes. I had 200ml of Vodka with Diet Coke over the course of the evening. I had 2 boiled eggs and a small portion of olives at 10PM.
So I'm a bit confused why my blood sugars stayed so much higher in comparison to my usual day to day readings? I think I understand that exercise can increase blood sugar, but for me it just strikes me as odd that my levels seemed so erratic for such an extended period. Normally after my hour walks during the week it settles down.
Also I'm also a bit wary of how accurate my Libre monitor is, I don't have definitive proof but even account for a "lag" between finger readings and the CGM I still feel it is often about 0.5mmol/l - 1mmol/l lower than a finger reading. Which is why I'm a little concerned of these readings above 6mmol/L when I hadn't eaten any carbs in hours.
Thanks for any input and help!
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday up until my evening is typical for what I have seen over past few days. With my main exercise being an hours walk in the morning and another again at lunchtime or the evening.
Friday the evening spike was from me trying introduce some grains into my diet - Quinoa - but the 5 Spice Chinese seasoning my partner used on the meat had had more sugar than I was comfortable with - total carb content of that meal 35g. It was the biggest spike I've seen it weeks, and what appeared to have happened is the glucose didn't drop down to my normal levels over night or even the next day.
Saturday is where I'm most confused though - but marked a big shift from my daily activities and meal timings. Up at 7AM as normal, high fat low carb breakfast (2g) - but skipped my normal 12PM meal because we were travelling into the city centre with my other half. Meal at 5.30PM at Turtle Bay restaurant, a very rough estimate of carb content at 26g. We were on our feet from 3PM<>5PM walking around the city. And then after the meal we were at a music gig. Built up a bit of a sweat during the main band from dancing about, and we were on our feet until with 2AM and only on a few occasions sitting down for 15 minutes. I had 200ml of Vodka with Diet Coke over the course of the evening. I had 2 boiled eggs and a small portion of olives at 10PM.
So I'm a bit confused why my blood sugars stayed so much higher in comparison to my usual day to day readings? I think I understand that exercise can increase blood sugar, but for me it just strikes me as odd that my levels seemed so erratic for such an extended period. Normally after my hour walks during the week it settles down.
Also I'm also a bit wary of how accurate my Libre monitor is, I don't have definitive proof but even account for a "lag" between finger readings and the CGM I still feel it is often about 0.5mmol/l - 1mmol/l lower than a finger reading. Which is why I'm a little concerned of these readings above 6mmol/L when I hadn't eaten any carbs in hours.
Thanks for any input and help!