ziggy_w
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi @Ceppo,
Really well done. A reading of 7.6 is really good when starting with an HbA1c of 100. It definitely looks as if you are making good progress.
The most important thing is to establish a regular testing pattern, whether this is right out of bed or maybe one our later. What you would like is to be able to compare numbers from one day to the next to uncover trends in your blood sugar readings. So, if you test, try to test at around the same time/same situation as the days before.
This being said, this is what a lot of us do, especially in the beginning to get the most out of testing:
1. Right upon getting up.
2. Right before breakfast.
3. Two hours after having your first bite of breakfast (goal: less than 2 mmol rise compared to the before breakfast reading)-
4. Right before lunch.
5. Two hours after lunch.
6. Right before dinner.
7. Two hours after dinner.
8. Before going to sleep.
Don't worry if your blood sugars take a while to get to truly normal levels. It takes a while for your body to get used to these lower levels (and it initially tries to maintain the higher levels it has become accustomed to). Also many of us (including me) have observed that fasting levels usually take the longest to come down, so that blood sugars in the morning are often higher than at night.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you and congrats on the progress.
Really well done. A reading of 7.6 is really good when starting with an HbA1c of 100. It definitely looks as if you are making good progress.
The most important thing is to establish a regular testing pattern, whether this is right out of bed or maybe one our later. What you would like is to be able to compare numbers from one day to the next to uncover trends in your blood sugar readings. So, if you test, try to test at around the same time/same situation as the days before.
This being said, this is what a lot of us do, especially in the beginning to get the most out of testing:
1. Right upon getting up.
2. Right before breakfast.
3. Two hours after having your first bite of breakfast (goal: less than 2 mmol rise compared to the before breakfast reading)-
4. Right before lunch.
5. Two hours after lunch.
6. Right before dinner.
7. Two hours after dinner.
8. Before going to sleep.
Don't worry if your blood sugars take a while to get to truly normal levels. It takes a while for your body to get used to these lower levels (and it initially tries to maintain the higher levels it has become accustomed to). Also many of us (including me) have observed that fasting levels usually take the longest to come down, so that blood sugars in the morning are often higher than at night.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you and congrats on the progress.