• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

The wheels came off today, but ...

stuffedolive

Well-Known Member
Messages
542
Location
The Marches
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Daily Mail, you know the sort
I've redoubled my low carbing efforts since Xmas to try to get my FBG down a bit. But today the wheels came off :-(

I had 3 staffordshire oatcakes with cheese for brunch, veg soup (potato, sweet potato, swede, carrot) and breadroll for an afternoon snack, then went to the pub on the way home having pate & bread with cheesy chips and 2 pints of beer for dinner.

Having got home, I gloomily got the meter out expecting to see something in the 8's, 9's or even 10 and got a 4.8 instead - my lowest reading ever !

I just don't know what to make of that ?
 
My advice is to always test again if you get a result that is unexpectedly high or low. If I ate that lot my BG would be above 10. I diet carefully and my last HBA1c was 39 (53 at diagnosis 2 years ago).
 
Dexterdobe said:
My advice is to always test again if you get a result that is unexpectedly high or low. If I ate that lot my BG would be above 10. I diet carefully and my last HBA1c was 39 (53 at diagnosis 2 years ago).
Click to expand...
I did - much the same.. And I forgot to mention the chocolate !
 
OK, the carbs in the beer add to total carbs, but the effect of the alcohol is still to slow the response down!
 
Alternatively it’s not unheard of to have a one off overreaction on the insulin front after being low carb. A couple of times I’ve overdone something (not quite as spectacularly as you did today though) expected a high reading and got a low one. It’s not to be relied on! It’s a freak occurrence and still disregulation. Mostly though if I eat the carbs it still shows in the readings.
 
Timing the blood test is important too of course. Some peoples BG spikes an hour after eating, other two hours or more after the first bite. Test too early after a meal and you can kid yourself into thin king that the carbs have had no effect.
 

Me neither but it sounds like the perfect day.
 
Dexterdobe said:
Timing the blood test is important too of course. Some peoples BG spikes an hour after eating, other two hours or more after the first bite. Test too early after a meal and you can kid yourself into thin king that the carbs have had no effect.
Click to expand...
This was a 2 hour test. I often do a test at 1 hour and again at 2 hour to see if I am having any severe spikes. I always do this after new food combinations.
 
stuffedolive said:
This was a 2 hour test. I often do a test at 1 hour and again at 2 hour to see if I am having any severe spikes. I always do this after new food combinations.
Click to expand...
I tend to do the same - if I’m still rising after 2 hours I’ll check at the 3 hour mark to see if it’s on its way down
 
As for the beer - I hope you enjoyed it. I have been known to wander up to the local in the next village. Sadly the walk there and back has never offset the liquid carb intake. But I meet friends, get fresh air and try not to look at 8+ reading on the meter. Once a month is acceptable for me and on Monday I get back on track.
It's all a question of balance. (Fill in your own punchline!)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn More.…