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I have been recently really trying to get my higher readings down in the morning.

From what i've looked at as we get ready to wake the liver releases glucose into the blood stream and the body also sees an increase in hormones such as growth hormone.

I've found that the only way for me to reduce this effect is to become fat adapted. To do this I had to reduce my carbohydrates to around 20g or less a day and increase my fat intake. I've been monitoring my ketones, which indicate fat burning. I did lose about a stone in weight and was able to stop taking insulin but my weightloss plateaued before hitting my target weight.

I have now introduced fasting into my life and its helped me reduce my weight further. I eat at slightly odd times due to my job; 10am, 3pm and 10pm. I think my late dinners really did not help my morning numbers, even with a zero carb meal (delayed gluconeogenesis?), so I now skip this meal and maybe have a bigger 3pm meal. I found that I am hardly ever hungry in the morning so I skip this meal. Essentially I was doing OMAD and this worked quite well for me. On my days off I found OMAD a bit harder, so 16:8 was ok for me on these days and 20:4 probably worked a bit better. Last Friday I did a 36 hour fast and I've just finished another 36 hour fast today and I lost significant weight.

I would recommend exploring fasting options for anyone who is practicing keto and has plateaued a bit with weightloss or blood glucose reduction. Some people do keto but do not increase their fat intake, I believe this might make fasting harder and you might not get as good a result. I believe it is important to become fat adapted before fasting so that you have the bio mechanisms to burn fat.
 
fumanchu said:
It is coming isnt it, but he's trying to put it off as long as poss. Has heard some horror stories about Metformin and it's side effects.
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My Endo told me he'd put it in the water supply if he could, like fluoride.
The 10 after the eggs & bacon might not be just down to the carbs.
May have a dawn phenomenon going on, what was his reading before breakfast/fasting ?
Either way he seems in good hands with you.
Keep us posted.
 
Hi @fumanchu. Yes. If he has a case of 'dawn phenonmenon' which it looks like he does - missing breakfast will not help but hinder, if his liver and signalling is anything like mine. (And I have been going through a very similar great control to not so great control issue too with similar HBA1c's.) The bacon and eggs will help his BGs not going up further of a morning.

You mentioned that he developed cardio vascular disease in the past two years? Well, that is a significant health change for sure and I can well imagine that would affect the metabolic disease of Type 2 as well. Big changes will do that. (For me it is increased exposure to viruses, and less physical activity/more sedentary lifestyle, and more cafe/restaurant food ie hidden sugars amongst some other dietary shifts.)

The walks can only be good for the CVD, and for managing higher blood glucose, for sure.

Your husband is very lucky to have you basically being a personal assistant on behalf of his health, but I am sure you both know this! :)
 
Awesome answers and great help, thanks everybody. I'll try him on breakfast of bacon and eggs for a weekand see how he goes. And keep up the testing 2 hours after eating, write it all down and watch for a pattern. TYVM! His BG this morning was 7.8 in one thumb and 9.2 in the other :wideyed: - that's after changing (again) lancet and test strips.
 
Made a big mistake today and am upset. I bought fancy gravy from the local deli, and DID NOT READ THE LABEL. His bg was 10 (!!) 2 hours after dinner. All we had was lamb in the gravy and green veg. I forgot to check the label. Recurrant and rosemary gravy, 18g of sugar. :(
 
fumanchu said:
Made a big mistake today and am upset. I bought fancy gravy from the local deli, and DID NOT READ THE LABEL. His bg was 10 (!!) 2 hours after dinner. All we had was lamb in the gravy and green veg. I forgot to check the label. Recurrant and rosemary gravy, 18g of sugar. :(
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Don't beat yourself up. It was a learning opportunity. Bet you're glad you got the meter and are testing! :)
 
fumanchu said:
Made a big mistake today and am upset. I bought fancy gravy from the local deli, and DID NOT READ THE LABEL. His bg was 10 (!!) 2 hours after dinner. All we had was lamb in the gravy and green veg. I forgot to check the label. Recurrant and rosemary gravy, 18g of sugar. :(
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Aw, don't stress! We have ALL done this and it's so easy to get caught out. No need to be upset, you are doing great. :)
 
It's like war. You have stay alert and keep fighting all the time, and it's never ending eh?
 
Well its not getting any better as yet, so starting tomorrow I'm making him go a daily walk. He's been feeling generally tired lately and has been on the sofa for days. Maybe a walk will kick start his system again. We're just not sure how long to let this go on for.
 
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