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pre-diabetes, fasting blood sugars.

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5.2 accucheck, 5.8 tee2
 
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phonic2k said:
Hi James,
Looks like you're doing well!
How long are you fasting now to get this result?
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Im not fasting now, trying to eat more as the weight loss is bothering me. Im at 10 and half stone BMI 20.5 with body fat 13% and dont want to lose any more.

I've upped my carb intake as an experiment but am now getting higher fasting numbers again. This morning was 6.1

It's a balancing act and finding the balance is not easy for me.
 

I ate late last night around 8-9pm. 2 pork chops, 2 fried eggs, spoonful of peas, A dozen or so chips, a Lidl protein roll followed by 4 or 5 strawberries with greek yogurt and double cream and a glass of red wine and then a few squares of 85% dark chocolate.. I was at 7.4 1 hour, 6.8 2 hour, 6.5 3 hour and then went to bed.

This morning check was same on both accucheck and tee2. (0.1 difference).

I was at 4.8 before eating.
 

Interesting. I get wildy different readings often from the same pool of blood, makes no sense whatsoever so I just move on.

5.8 for me today.
 
6.0 for me, was at 5.6 going to bed at midnight.
 
phonic2k said:
If you know you've had a high carb meal, you can burn of the glucose via exercise very quickly. It works best after 1 hour as that's your peak. Get your heart pumping for 10-15 should do it easy.
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Interestingly this tactic works for me sometimes but not always. Usually most effective in the morning, if I wake up reading high a quick spurt of exercise can bring it down. Problem is its the last thing I want to be doing at 7am and with a long commute to work looming. It seems to be less effective for me in the evening, if ive had a particularly carby meal then it will take a lot more than 10 mins exercise to bring it down, and time is always precious in the evening with a million other commitments etc.
 
@Prem51 I do not deserve a like for that. I should know better but it was a last minute meal change.
I was dozing off at two hours so no idea how bad it was. Long walk today with my doggy and back to 5 pre (low carb) lunch. thanks @phonic2k and @Juicetin
 
I tried the exercise thing tonight after a heavy meal.... I was at 4.8 before meal, I ate 2 pork loin steaks, cauli, broccoli, carrots, fried egg and Lidl protein roll followed by raspberries and double cream and a glass of cabernet suavignon. Just five mins on steep incline treadmill whilst the kettle was boiling at 1 hour post meal and then checked at 2 hours and got 5.6 that's low for me, I'm keen to see if it holds till morning now.
 
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