Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

[vit90]

9.7 never been that high in a morning as I can recall ....

Question is do you suspect why?

 

[daddys1]

Bedtime 0.45am 4.1
Fasting 7.43am 4.7

Not sure what has happened here normally Mid to High 5s

 

[Silver Hammer]

4.7 this morning, rather later than usual, but much the same result.

Maxwell

 

[Baruney]

Thank you... If it's only three days I can do that!!

The hardest part is trying to get 90% fat from 1000 cals in 5 sittings. Dana carpender has a recipe book on amazon. Tried the sample but didn't buy. Just took a couple of ideas from the Internet. There's been very little washing up this week!

 

[vit90]

I think when ever i have continued to fast after getting up my BG's have been lowered than my waking fasting test, never since a rise....

So I tested half an hour after getting up and making breakfast and lunches for the family (but not me!) and it was 6.3. Two hours later and only a glass of water... 6.6 That said, this was just after my shower - I have read that a shower raises BG levels.

Had a very active day yesterday - a solid 2 hours of fast walking covering 7 miles (my phone app still over-estimates my distance so am using Google Maps walking distances) and I also amassed 16,000 steps for the day (and those were only the ones counted by the app; I don't carry the phone with me all the time). If anyone is interested I am using the free Microsoft Health & Fitness app on my Windows Phone, (Lumia 930) and the step counting should be accurate as it uses the Windows Phone Sensorcore API. It gets the distance wrong because the default stride figure for my height doesn't match my actual stride correctly (I have short legs I think!).

 

[vit90]

The hardest part is trying to get 90% fat from 1000 cals in 5 sittings. Dana carpender has a recipe book on amazon. Tried the sample but didn't buy. Just took a couple of ideas from the Internet. There's been very little washing up this week!

Vegetable stir fries work well and are very tasty

 

[mojo37]

7.4 on waking I think I might start testing with the same gap between fasting hrs ...if u know what I mean because sometimes there is 8 or 9 hrs sometimes 10 hrs so that might make a difference to consistency ....yesterday was a whooping 8.5

 

[s_k_s]

5.1 which continues the recent trend of readings in the low 5's. Can put it down to 2 things - Main thing is no exercise. A period of being down with flu for 2 weeks meant I ran 0 miles in April. Secondly, more grazing, especially with not having regular lunches and compensating by grazing more on things like cashew nuts.
Running the Birmingham 10K on Sunday so that will be interesting with that kind of preparation. Better get out today and see how it feels to start running again.

 

[Baruney]

Could do.


You don't have an axe do you?

It's the knitting needles you need to watch out for!

 

[Baruney]

5.1 which continues the recent trend of readings in the low 5's. Can put it down to 2 things - Main thing is no exercise. A period of being down with flu for 2 weeks meant I ran 0 miles in April. Secondly, more grazing, especially with not having regular lunches and compensating by grazing more on things like cashew nuts.
Running the Birmingham 10K on Sunday so that will be interesting with that kind of preparation. Better get out today and see how it feels to start running again.

Best of luck for Sunday. All your hard work in the past will see you breeze it.

 

[Baruney]

So I tested half an hour after getting up and making breakfast and lunches for the family (but not me!) and it was 6.3. Two hours later and only a glass of water... 6.6 That said, this was just after my shower - I have read that a shower raises BG levels.

Had a very active day yesterday - a solid 2 hours of fast walking covering 7 miles (my phone app still over-estimates my distance so am using Google Maps walking distances) and I also amassed 16,000 steps for the day (and those were only the ones counted by the app; I don't carry the phone with me all the time). If anyone is interested I am using the free Microsoft Health & Fitness app on my Windows Phone, (Lumia 930) and the step counting should be accurate as it uses the Windows Phone Sensorcore API. It gets the distance wrong because the default stride figure for my height doesn't match my actual stride correctly (I have short legs I think!).

Hi @vit90

There are dozens of very good and accurate apps for ios and android but not so sure for windows. See if you can get noom, mapmy walk, run keeper or ICardio. Most will allow you to calibrate your steps.

try any at the same time as the app you are using. I went through quite a few before deciding my preference but we'll worth the hsssle. Run keeper will automatically sync with my fitness pal and log your exercise in caloris section of the food Diary.

 

[Baruney]

Hola

4.1 fasting this morning. Looks like rain for the bank holiday - boohoo.

 

[catfan]

5.5.

 

[Sable_Jan]

4.7 today
bedtime nuts cashews so nice surprise esp as tea was a big pasty with ravioli that friend made... Still 6.9 at 9:30 ... Post 3hrs... But decent nos rest of day

 

[Sable_Jan]

Sorry to return to this question again but should we expect a different result testing first thing after waking up in the morning compared to a fasting test a few hours after getting up? I could be wrong but the evidence seems to suggest yes because of the so-called dawn effect or 'liver dump' which affects some people. So in this thread are we looking for figures illustrating the dawn effect or our 'baseline' blood glucose levels after an 8-10 hour fast (therefore not soon after waking)? I generally test half an hour to an hour after getting out of bed for this thread, but not exclusively.

Main thing is you are consistent with your own readings for the sake of daily comparison. . By all means add the time after rising to your figures. Generally doesn't seem to make much difference to me but still stick to testing at same time in my routine .

 

[Susikav]

You ate the baby turtles?
Immigrants in the fish tank! Floating voters? Does the home office know?

I did not eat my baby turtles - they are now around 7", so hardly babies, though we still call them that... I did not smuggle the illegal in, we rescued her from a big dog who thought she was a meat pie... her shell is a funny shape now but she's a dear soul... If you tell the Home Office I shall find out where you live...

 

[RobOwen]

4.7! Yay

 

[scottish-jim]

4.3 this morning (still on the Newcastle Diet)

 

[s_k_s]

Summary for Fri 1st

S – S – M – T – W – T - F
(7 days rolling with today's being on the right hand side)

ally1 – 13.0 – 12.3 – 14.9 – 12.7 – 13.4 – 13.6 - x

Baruney - 6.1 – 4.6 - 4.7 – 5.6 – 5.2 – 5.2 – 4.1

Bewildered –– 8.4 – 8.1 – x – 8.2 – x – x - x

Brettsza –– 4.5 – 4.2 – 4.7 – 4.4 – 4.4 – 4.5 – 4.8

Catfan –– 6.1 – 5.4 – 5.7 – 6.0 – 6.9 – 6.6 – 5.5

catinahat – 5.6 – x – 5.7 – 5.1 – 5.7 – 5.8 – 5.8

chancellors – 5.1 – 5.3 – 5.5 – 6.0 – 5.8 – 5.6 – 5.5

Chris270181 – x – x – x – 5.5 – 4.7(PB) – 5.5 – 5.4

Collieboy – 4.5 – 4.9 – x – x – x – x - x

Clivethedrive - 4.1 – 4.5 – 4.0 – 4.1 – 3.9 – 4.0 – 3.9

comfort – 5.8 – 5.7 – 6.4 – x – 6.7 – x - x

croc – 5.5 – 4.9 – 4.3(PB) – 5.3 – 4.7 – 5.3 – 5.1

daddys1 - x – 5.5 – x – x – x - 6.1 – 4.7

Daks - 4.8 – 4.7 - 4.5 – x – 4.2 – 5.1 – 4.8

Daphne917 - 5.8 – 5.4 – 5.2 – 5.5 – 5.5 - 5.4 – 5.5

Gabe86 – 9.9 – 10.6 – 7.3 – 8.8 – 8.4 – 9.8 - 7.9

georgianakate – 7.3 – 7.8 – 8.0 – x – 8.9 – 7.4 - x

gillyhill – x – x – 6.8 – x – x – x - x

hankjam – 4.2(PB) – 4.4 – 4.9 – 4.8 – 4.9 – 4.9 – 5.6

Jay1Jay1 - x - x - x - x - x - x - 4.1

JTL/Jackthelad – 5.6 – 5.6 – 5.6 – 5.5 – 5.6 – 4.6 – 4.6

Jibbersuk – x – x – 13.8 – x - x – x - x

JohnD54 - 4.8 – 4.9 – 4.5 – 6.3 – 5.4 – 4.6 - 4.9

KateA – 6.1 – x – x – x – x – x - x

Kfoll – x – x – 8.0 – x – x – x - x

Killerkaz – x – x – x – 6.1 – 5.7 – 5.8 - x

Kimbo1962 – 5.7 – 5.7 – 5.8 – 5.7 – 5.5 – 5.5 – 5.0

Larissima – x – x – x – x – 6.1 – 5.4 – 6.1

Lorraine Deer - 8.0 – x – x – 7.3 – 6.2 – x - x

loulou99782 - 6.7 – 6.1 – 8.3 – 6.9 – 7.3 – x – 6.4

Mandingo – x – x – x – x - 5.7 – 4.9 – 5.5

margauxwaguas1– x – x – x – x – x – 10.0 - x

marko723 – 5.9 – x – x – x – x – 6.1 - x

Merrylizard1314 – 5.0 – 4.7 - 4.4 – 4.2 - 4.4 – 4.7 - 4.3 - 4.4(Sat)

mohanankur – x – 4.8 – 4.88 – 5.3 – 5.33 – 5.0 – 4.9

mojo37 – x – 6.3 – 7.4 – 8.6 – 7.9 – x – 7.4

Mrsmac247 – x – x – x – x – x – 7.5 – 6.6

Nocrbs4me – 5.0 – 5.3 – 5.3 – 5.3 – 5.3 – x - x

nomistheman – 6.0 – 6.9 – 6.6 – 6.5 – 6.3 – 6.2 – 5.3

Pasha – 4.05 – 4.11 – 4.11 – 3.88 – 4.27 – 3.88 – 4.11

PastyB – 7.5 – 8.3 - 8.2 – 8.8 – 6.8 – 8.2 – 9.7

phil1966 – 4.5 – 4.8 – 4.5 – 4.8 – 4.8 – 4.8 – 4.8

rahul991 – x – x – x – 6.5 – x – x - x

Robbity – 7.6 – 5.3 - 6.8 – 7.2 – 6.7 – 6.7 - x

RobOwen – x – x – x – x – x – x – 4.7

RosannaPownall – x – x – x – x – 9.3 – x - x

Sable_Jan – 4.6 – 5.1 – 5.3 – 5.1 – 5.3 – 5.8 – 4.7

Scottish-jim – x – x – x – x – x – x – 4.3

secundaw – 5.5 – x – x – x – 7.0 – x - x

Silver Hammer – 5.0 – 5.0 – 6.0 – 4.6 – 4.7 – 5.0 – 4.7

s_k_s – 4.7 – 4.9 – 5.1 – 5.1 – 5.3 - 5.4 – 5.1

sugarless – 5.7 – x – x – x – x – x - x

Susikav – 5.3 – 5.7 – 5.3 – 6.6 – 6.2 – 5.9 – 6.6

vit90 – 6.7 – 7.8 – 6.5 – 6.0 – 6.3 – 7.0 - x

WeeFergus - 5.8 – 5.8 – 6.2 – 5.5 – 6.0 – 6.1 – 5.9

weirdscience – 9.6 - 9.9 – x – 10.6 – 9.3 – 8.6 – 8.7

Welshgooner – x – x – x – 6.5 – x - 7.1 – 7.1

YeahMeToo – 6.4 – 6.5 – 6.7 – 5.6 – x – x - x

 

[Gabe86]

Good afternoon yesterday 9.8 today 7.9