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Rant Alert. Please Bear With Me. High Bg Levels.

Not eating first thing is a sure fire guaranteed way for high BG by noon and a drop in late afternoon.
I have a proper meal soon after getting up and then can go all day without eating and not feel hungry or hypo. I just got back from band practice this evening and ate at ten pm.

That's funny. It's been quite some time since I had a proper breakfast. I'll have tea galore, but breakfast always makes me feel hungry after a couple of hours or 3 no matter how much I eat. I do recognise the pattern you mention, though, but having little or nothing to eat the previous night normally makes my FBG low'ish, in the 4s. This morning? 5.9.
 
This way of eating can increase IR. Stick to small meals rather than meal varients up and down. Ok?
No not ok... small meals often causes more insulin responses which can cause higher insulin levels. Not good for someone with IR. Fasting works partly by reducing the number of insulin responses allowing blood sugars to lower naturally. You know this surely?
 
Are there any other external factors impacting you that might cause and increase in stress?
Can't think of any new arrivals. I've had plenty of worries over the last 10 years, and well they do seem to pile up a bit, but that would make me expect a more gradual increase. Not this sudden jump overnight. @Bluetit1802 could well be spot on, that my two meals (wow!) woke up my hibernating pancreas. That would explain the suddenness.
 
This way of eating can increase IR. Stick to small meals rather than meal varients up and down. Ok?

No, not Ok.

The reality is different for different people, depending on their circumstances.

Food only increases insulin resistance if it raises insulin levels (whether naturally produced or injected).

So you can eat as often or as occasionally as you like, But eating carbs will be what determines insulin resistance. Plus existing insulin resistance. Plus exercise. Plus medication. Plus hormone dysregulation. Plus the presence of infections and other health issues, including stress.

Basically anything that raises bg in an insulin resistant person will have a knock on effect in raising insulin resistance.
 
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Just a thought.... Does your battery need changing or has meter/strips been left somewhere too hot/cold.
Def not hot or cold, but if it were a battery issue I'd expect the display to become dimly lit, and, according to the logic of diabetes, my readings to come down ;) I'll check up on it. Thanks.
 
I'll have tea galore, but breakfast always makes me feel hungry after a couple of hours or 3 no matter how much I eat.

It isn't how much we eat that matters. It is WHAT we eat. Eating carbs will make us hungry again very quickly. Eating fats and/or proteins will fill us up for hours. A breakfast consisting of a couple of boiled eggs, an omelette, cold meats, cheese, those sorts of things will fill you up. Cereals and bread will make you hungry.
 
It isn't how much we eat that matters. It is WHAT we eat. Eating carbs will make us hungry again very quickly. Eating fats and/or proteins will fill us up for hours. A breakfast consisting of a couple of boiled eggs, an omelette, cold meats, cheese, those sorts of things will fill you up. Cereals and bread will make you hungry.
You're right, of course. I should have written no matter what or how much I eat. On the mornings I had 2 soft boiled eggs (with a slice of rye bread) I'd still feel hungry after a couple of hours, and that's considered a normal breakfast, isn't it?
 
If I am right, it should be back to normal today. If it shows no improvement, I was probably wrong.

I'm afraid that it's showing only few signs of improvement. 5.9 at 7am. Yesterday it was 6 :/ Monthly average FBG is 5.1, so I'm not really impressed, but thanks.
However, I'm not 100% convinced that you're not right, so if you are right, is it a question of eating more, but still LC, of course?
 
However, I'm not 100% convinced that you're not right, so if you are right, is it a question of eating more, but still LC, of course?

I would certainly be consistent in when I ate, if I were you. If you only want to eat one meal a day, that is fine and probably a good thing (plenty on here do that) but that one meal needs to be at much the same time every day and absolutely must contain all the essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals that we need. This is called OMAD eating. (One meal a day) What will upset your metabolism is changing the way you eat from day to day, such as 3 meals one day, 1 meal the next, 2 meals the next and so on.
 
I would certainly be consistent in when I ate, if I were you. If you only want to eat one meal a day, that is fine and probably a good thing (plenty on here do that) but that one meal needs to be at much the same time every day and absolutely must contain all the essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals that we need. This is called OMAD eating. (One meal a day) What will upset your metabolism is changing the way you eat from day to day, such as 3 meals one day, 1 meal the next, 2 meals the next and so on.
Thanks Bluetit, and sorry for the late reply. I've been considering your reply, a lengthy process for me ;) OMAD ... I remember 30 odd years ago when I was a student I tried this approach in another desperate bid to 'slim down' and save money. I'd eat a normal carby meal a day, but I was too hungry for comfort. This lasted a couple of weeks. Obviously I don't know what it did for my BS or my weight, if anything, but I don't think it's me in the long run.
FBG 6.7 this morning. My dad was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon. His pulse and BP suddenly dropped, and his health has gone haywire since I visited him only late May. We live far apart, so I can't just pop in and be with him. Right now the thoughts of him overshadow thoughts of my health :(
 
See if a hot bath lowers you?

Thanks Contralto, well, I only have a shower, and feel like throwing the (bath)towel in the ring. 6.7 this morning oh, and I've gained 1 kg since yesterday, but candles, scent and a bath ... Maybe just the thought would do me good. :)
 
I'll have tea galore, but breakfast always makes me feel hungry after a couple of hours or 3 no matter how much I eat.
It isn't how much we eat that matters. It is WHAT we eat. Eating carbs will make us hungry again very quickly. Eating fats and/or proteins will fill us up for hours. A breakfast consisting of a couple of boiled eggs, an omelette, cold meats, cheese, those sorts of things will fill you up. Cereals and bread will make you hungry.
I'm (most likely) not type2 but I have to agree (hey, I promised) with @briped here. I noticed for years, way before diabetes was in the picture, that eating breakfast of whatever (excluding coffee with milk - I don't do anything without, and in some long forgotten time even with milk and sugar) makes me hungry a couple of hours later, whereas not eating keeps me going without cravings until at the very least until lunch time.
So it might be this is the way it works for @Bluetit1802 , but it doesn't for everyone.
 
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