Trying to make sense of what the BG Meter is telling me.

Brunneria said:

This is why sometimes our muscles are starved of glucose, while our fat cells continue to tuck that energy away as stored fat - when muscles have higher IR than fat cells.

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briped said:

Did you just explain to me something which I've been wondering about for some time ...? That some days I feel as light as a gazelle (well, perhaps exaggerating slightly), and other days I can hardly drag my carcass along the pavement?

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Alineden said:

Hi everyone

I'm still struggling a bit to understand what sometimes causes raised BG and today has been typical.

I've actually given up testing first thing in the morning as it always seems to be high with liver dump and it's quite frustrating but I still test after meals (2 hours usually). Today due to work I only got chance to test for the first time 40 minutes after lunch. I then went for a 20 walk, tested again, then after the usual 2 hours.

The first test was a bit of a 1 off. I don't usually test that soon after eating. The reading was 9.6 mmol/l which I thought was high for what I had eaten. After a walk I tested again and as expected it had dropped, 6.7 mmol/l. But when I tested at the usual 2 hours it had gone up to 8 mmol/l. What's that all about?

I had scrambled eggs and 3 rashes of bacon for breakfast and lunch was a thai curry that I reckon had 5g of carbs in the curry paste plus whatever was in the chicken thighs, onion, coconut cream and coconut oil.

The only thing I'd had after lunch was a black coffee and a glass of water.

Doesn't that seem high for what I've eaten?

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