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

Type 2 rising B/S levels during the morning!

G

graham292

Member
Messages
9
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi. I've had type 2 for the last 8 years (ish). Normally I will only test first thing in the morning and the readings are usually in the mid to high 6 range. Recently I have increased my morning walk to about 4 miles starting at around 7.30am. Out of curiosity I thought I would test after the walk to see what effect the exersize was having. Having done this for the lst 3 days, I found that my sugar levels increase throughout the morning, peaking at around 10.30 in the low 8's!!!! by midday it has dropped back down to the mid 5's! It doesn't seem to matter whether I have breakfast (usually 2 slices of toast and butter) or not. Has anyone else had this experience and if so did you find out the reason?

Graham
 
Hi Graham, I have been to find out about this myself as I have noticed that since the end of August my morning test has started to rise. It would normally sit around the 6.3 range but is now around the 7.4 mark. It will normally drop back during the rest of the day but over the last few days this too has been creeping up slightly. Would love to know what you find out and any reasons for it, just for own piece of mind
 
JDS73 said:
Hi Graham, I have been to find out about this myself as I have noticed that since the end of August my morning test has started to rise. It would normally sit around the 6.3 range but is now around the 7.4 mark. It will normally drop back during the rest of the day but over the last few days this too has been creeping up slightly. Would love to know what you find out and any reasons for it, just for own piece of mind
Click to expand...
Fingers crossed, we might just find out here.
 
graham292 said:
Fingers crossed, we might just find out here.
Click to expand...
Hope so. Read about doing test at about 3am to see if levels are high then compared to bedtime and review against morning. Will have to try this over the weekend as not to wind up the wife too much and then take from there
 
JDS73 said:
Hope so. Read about doing test at about 3am to see if levels are high then compared to bedtime and review against morning. Will have to try this over the weekend as not to wind up the wife too much and then take from there
Click to expand...
Good luck with that :)
 
I suspect the main culprit will be your breakfast, slice of bread is usually in the region of 20g of carbs. If I were to have 40g of carbs for breakfast my blood sugar levels would as high or probably higher. It is possible for exercise to cause a rise in blood sugar, our livers like to help us out by releasing some stored glucose. In my case a gentle walk usually results in lower levels but anything more energetic can cause a rise.
If you want to find out what your breakfast is doing to your blood sugar, take a reading just before to get a base level then again at 30 min intervals. I think you will be surprised at how high the toast takes you
 
catinahat said:
I suspect the main culprit will be your breakfast, slice of bread is usually in the region of 20g of carbs. If I were to have 40g of carbs for breakfast my blood sugar levels would as high or probably higher. It is possible for exercise to cause a rise in blood sugar, our livers like to help us out by releasing some stored glucose. In my case a gentle walk usually results in lower levels but anything more energetic can cause a rise.
If you want to find out what your breakfast is doing to your blood sugar, take a reading just before to get a base level then again at 30 min intervals. I think you will be surprised at how high the toast takes you
Click to expand...
So here's one for you. Yesterday I skipped breakfast. When I tested at 10am my reading was 8.3. Today I had one slice of toast with butter and at 10am, tested 8.2! Strange or what.
 
graham292 said:
Hi. I've had type 2 for the last 8 years (ish). Normally I will only test first thing in the morning and the readings are usually in the mid to high 6 range. Recently I have increased my morning walk to about 4 miles starting at around 7.30am. Out of curiosity I thought I would test after the walk to see what effect the exersize was having. Having done this for the lst 3 days, I found that my sugar levels increase throughout the morning, peaking at around 10.30 in the low 8's!!!! by midday it has dropped back down to the mid 5's! It doesn't seem to matter whether I have breakfast (usually 2 slices of toast and butter) or not. Has anyone else had this experience and if so did you find out the reason?

Graham
Click to expand...
Probably a liver dump (dawn phenomenon), as you've upped the distance so it's a bit different than normal... Also, that's a lot of carbs in the morning, right when the bulk of us suffer more insulin resistance than in the rest of the day. I'm surprised you're not seeing higher numbers, actually. Or is it low carb toast?
 
JoKalsbeek said:
Probably a liver dump (dawn phenomenon), as you've upped the distance so it's a bit different than normal... Also, that's a lot of carbs in the morning, right when the bulk of us suffer more insulin resistance than in the rest of the day. I'm surprised you're not seeing higher numbers, actually. Or is it low carb toast?
Click to expand...
Not low carb but it is my own whole grain sourdough!
 
graham292 said:
Not low carb but it is my own whole grain sourdough!
Click to expand...

Sorry my friend but your poor body doesn't really care.. carbs are carbs and aren't good for T2's.

You are adding to already existing dawn phenomenon with extra carbs.

You could maybe try eggs and bacon as a alternative food source or maybe coffee with cream.
 
graham292 said:
Not low carb but it is my own whole grain sourdough!
Click to expand...
....Yeah... Whole grain is still.... Grain. Sorry. Too carby for my personal taste, though I am sure your house must smell like heaven! And considering the relatively slight rise in blood glucose, you cope with it better than I would, so more power to you. Still.. You might want to indeed just try what @bulkbiker suggests. Go for something practically no carb and see whether it makes a difference. It likely will.
 
Yes, as already said by others, this is typical behaviour for those with type 2. It’s normal for the liver to begin releasing glucose into the bloodstream during the early morning hours. The problem for those with diabetic pathology is that the liver is insulin resistant and so continues to release glucose long after it’s needed. In addition, the body is systematically insulin resistant anyway, which only makes matters worse. If you’re struggling with glucose metabolism then I’m afraid adding toast on top is just pouring petrol on an already raging fire. Not much gives the body a greater glucose challenge than refined wheat flour. Whole grain or otherwise. Bread is cake without the fructose.
 
Back
Top