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

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greyposter said:
7..7 fasting.Had a bit of fish from chip shop. Wife ate other half. Couldn't finish fish, I only had a quarter., which was 1pm.At ten past fours my blood is 9.9
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I had a large lightly batered cod, chips and mushy peas for tea. A weekly treat though today was the first time I tested afterwards - an 8!! I could have been running high from my lunchtime beans on toast (can't recall what the reading was) and didn't take my kit to test beforehand (was at a friend's) but I think it was defo the chips - very tasty too but defo have to be a treat now. Would anyone say that an 8 was ok-ish once a week? For a pre-diabetic that is.... generally trying to eat to my meter - found I CAN have one slice of seeded bread toast for breakfast - though 2 gave m a 10+ the other day, boy was I shocked. Having said that my slices are perhaps like 2 normal ones........
 
alliebee said:
Yes. Your body uses up the glycogen stores first then starts to use fat stores instead. I dropped to 20 g of carbs a day. Then upped them v slowly to 45 g a day. That keeps me in ketosis.
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Thanks allibee I've made a note of those sticks and will do a search for them.
 
Woohoo - reach the up-to-date posts on this thread. didn't start at the beginning but where I did start was so interesting I didn't want to skip to the end.

Was 4.7 this morning - I've been getting a few more lower fasting readings so guess I'm heading in the right direction now......

I've noticed many of you post bedtime readings - I've never tested before bed, unless tea was that late my 2 hours post readings are pretty much at bedtime

Thanks to all for the support and advice

Catch you all in the morning
 

I find the same with bread. I eat Hovis Seed Sensations (14g carbs per 100g). I can eat one slice with very little effect providing it is with a meal and not on its own, but 2 slices sends me sky high. I still reel from a sandwich I had back in May. Tuna Mayo on 2 slices granary. I hit 12 at 2 hours and was still 11 at 3 hours. Those are my highest ever readings for anything at all. Weird, when one slice does nothing much at all.

The NHS guidelines for type 2's are under 8.5 at 2 hours, but most of us here consider this too high. The best way to measure is to look at the actual rise and keep it under 2mmol/l.
 
I was 4.7 pre and 6.1 post for the one slice. I thought it strange that one seems ok and 2 was horrific!! Seeded for me with wheatgerm and wheatbran
 
Mike D said:
Is that a pet or dinner Pavlos ?
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Neither, Mike!

A local resident at the grounds of a local monastery where I like to walk. I think it's an escapee from the children's petting zoo they have there.
This one run away from me but I almost stepped on one of his friendlier siblings the other week.




Pavlos
 
It is now an hour after helping myself to about four or five tablespoonfuls of pomegranate seeds.

I have just completed all 5,5 km of my morning walk.



I've just tested again before breakfast and I am now at 5 mmol. I tested at 4,6 on waking up and I could feel myself being low.

Keeping fruit out of my diet is the part of eating low carb I find hardest to accept,so I try to sneak them in in small portions whenever circumstances permit (low glucose readings before exercise).

Pavlos
 
ally1 said:
13.6
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You seem to be stuck at thirteen something the last few days but I suppose after your hospital scare last week you will take these for now. Keep doing the right things and I am sure you will see them come down soon.

Pavlos
 
ally1 said:
13.6
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Ally, would it be possible for you to add what you've eaten when you record those figures? I ask as that will help others identify what might be responsible for those readings rather than second guessing what might be behind them.

Just a thought as you know there's a lot of people out there ready to advise

Have a great day

Mike
 
Ally's before and after meal readings later in the day are usually much better these days. Like a lot of people, she is struggling a bit with her fasting counts. She has made great progress though from the very high readings she started with a few months ago.
Ally has her own thread called BS readings where she gives a lot more info.

Pavlos
 
8 this am .....if mine was that low I would be feeling a little weird as if it drops below 5 i start to feel a little nervy
 

Thanks Pavlos

Yep, I know she's made huge advances but thru sheer ignorance, I wasn't aware of that thread so my humble apologies

The things you learn
 
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