Hi do I test 1 hour after eating or 2... if it's 2 hours how do I know if I've gone really high at one hour and come back down again at 2 .. thankyou
Maxjoe - I took quite a structured approach to a ll of this, and over the almost 3 years since diagnosis, I've probably dabbled in most ways of testing and/or eating.
When I stated testing, I went about it very simply. I tested fasting, before and 2 hours after breakfast, lunch and dinner. Anything outside my chosen range, I either adjusted portion size or rejected the food - once I had tried it at least twice. Some were easier to can than others, as we know. I used my fasting score as my pre-breakfast test, I didn't retest for that.
Along the way, I dropped my lunchtime breakfast and lunchtime testing as to be honest, I use ahandful of options at those meals, usually. Of course, if I have something very left field I would test for it.
Once I had established a core food base, I upped the testing to include a period of 1 hour testing, which I considered helped with the fine tuning. That cut a few more food out, but for me, it wasn't too many.
It worked for me, and my scores are in my profile. I would urge you to keep things pretty simple Maxjoe. I recall how much brain space this condition took up near diagnosis. Don't torture yourself needlessly.