This is my 3rd week now of testing and low carbing etc and my BGs still confuse me alot. I think because they are higher than they should be it is very difficult to find a trend and what food effects how and when etc...
My post breakfast readings are always lower than pre breakfast. Carbs during breakfast are usually either 3 rice crackers (18g of carbs) or 1 slice soya and linseed Burgen's bread (about 10g) or a small natural yogurt (about 10g). Today i woke up at 11.4 and said right - i ll have an all protein brekkie - left over roast chicken from yesterday and feta cheese...and i only went dow to 9.4 - so really not much bigger fall just by having a protein breakfast.
Usually then it goes down further before lunch - +2hr reading are usually a bit higher than pre but i had ones that were actually lower.
Before evening meal - had a mixture of being higher and lower from post lunch. +2hr after evening meal i have the majority of times been lower than pre evening meal (which confuses me). Yesterday had dinner of roast dinner, 1 sweet potato and broccoli and chicken gravy at about 8.00pm - reading before was 8.8; +2hr reading was 5.1 :eh: i actually tested again on another finger and i was 6.0 - then i tested before bed about 11.30 and i was 8.8 :eh: :eh: :eh:
i had a couple of rice crackers after i tested but before i went to bed. then about 4.30 am i needed bathroom...so then i said..oh let me test - just out of curiosity and i was 9.1 ....could not sleep until about 6am..woke and got up about 7.30am - tested and was 11.4....
i wish they made a bit more sense...so i can figure out what i am doing....
My post breakfast readings are always lower than pre breakfast. Carbs during breakfast are usually either 3 rice crackers (18g of carbs) or 1 slice soya and linseed Burgen's bread (about 10g) or a small natural yogurt (about 10g). Today i woke up at 11.4 and said right - i ll have an all protein brekkie - left over roast chicken from yesterday and feta cheese...and i only went dow to 9.4 - so really not much bigger fall just by having a protein breakfast.
Usually then it goes down further before lunch - +2hr reading are usually a bit higher than pre but i had ones that were actually lower.
Before evening meal - had a mixture of being higher and lower from post lunch. +2hr after evening meal i have the majority of times been lower than pre evening meal (which confuses me). Yesterday had dinner of roast dinner, 1 sweet potato and broccoli and chicken gravy at about 8.00pm - reading before was 8.8; +2hr reading was 5.1 :eh: i actually tested again on another finger and i was 6.0 - then i tested before bed about 11.30 and i was 8.8 :eh: :eh: :eh:
i had a couple of rice crackers after i tested but before i went to bed. then about 4.30 am i needed bathroom...so then i said..oh let me test - just out of curiosity and i was 9.1 ....could not sleep until about 6am..woke and got up about 7.30am - tested and was 11.4....
i wish they made a bit more sense...so i can figure out what i am doing....
