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

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Had a late highish protein dinner (2 Aberdeen Angus burgers with sprouts and spinach and lots of butter) and went from 5.3 to 6.6 after 2 hours - and about the same as bedtime. Got up to 5.3 from a nice big dark globule so I didn't retest ;)
 
6.2 today. I imagine that's last night's protein fest and the getting up 3 times in night. Mr E had to ring junior at 7 to make sure he was up to get into uni for exam and I had to get up to get Mr E up to make call, so I kept waking up all night thinking it was time.
 
alliebee said:
Thankyou I have been trying hard
But I do intend to have two days off. Christmas day and boxing day :)
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Don't blame you :) with what you are used to eating I'm guessing you will find it hard to be really "bad" anyhow. I'm afraid I was naughty during the night. Had more of my mince pies but worst of all a Snicker bar around 3am. Dog had me up a lot again but she DID empty half her water bowl in one go before bed....
 
cold ethyl said:
6.2 today. I imagine that's last night's protein fest and the getting up 3 times in night. Mr E had to ring junior at 7 to make sure he was up to get into uni for exam and I had to get up to get Mr E up to make call, so I kept waking up all night thinking it was time.
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Liked, but as in acknowledged - sorry to hear about your lousy sleep :( rotten isn't it
 
Rose28 said:
7.8 this morning.

I've only heard of the phrase 'eat to your meter' since I joined here. .... I'd like to put it into practice too ... Any tips how to do this?
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@Rose28

As already stated in @beatdise's earlier reply this involves using your meter, by taking counts before and after meals, to teach yourself what food to avoid completely and what quantities of other food you should stick to in order to meet certain predetermined glucose level targets.

In effect, you are using feedback from your meter to make better choices in your next meal selection thus learning from past mistakes.

And since this is an exercise in achieving target glucose levels and carbs are the main contributors to glucose rises, in practice this is a way to learn how much of different carbs your body can manage.

What should those target be:

NICE sets target levels for t2 diabetics not on insulin or other hypo inducing meds as 4-7 mmol before meals and less than 8,5mmol two hours after meals.

If trying to work down to these levels from a higher starting point, you can expect to need a few weeks or so to achieve it.

In the meantime, concentrate on the rule of thumb that your 2 hour after meal counts should not be more than 2 mmol higher than your corresponding count before the meal in question. If you find that the after meal count is more than two mmol higher then your meal had too many carbs in it and you should have a smaller portion of whatever carb rich food it contained, the next time you have the same carb rich food.

Keeping a food diary helps truck this.

Once you hit this 2mmol target consistently, you should see that your before meal counts also reduce, hopefully all the way to the recommended levels and even beyond.

Once you have achieved the levels for t2 diabetics, you may, like many others on this site, like to lower your levels further to the non-diabetic range ie less than 6 before a meal and less than 7,8 two hours after a meal.

There is no universally accepted amount of carbs one should start with, but I have seen 150g of carbs per day often mentioned as a convenient starting point from which to adjust according to your readings.

Reducing carbs in order to control glucose is all very well but that involves reducing calories. This is good if you have excess weight to shed but not so good if you don't or if you find that you feel too hungry in order to stick with the reduced carb diet. What do you do? You get the missing calories from a food source that is not rich in carbs such as non starchy vegetables or, in many people's opinion, healthy fats. The other option would be to increase protein but that is believed to increase the risk of kidney problems.

I hope the above is useful to you.

Pavlos
 
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Sable_Jan said:
Liked, but as in acknowledged - sorry to hear about your lousy sleep :( rotten isn't it
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Thanks. If only junior who is nearly 21 could be relied upon to get up and from A to B on time.... He's like something from the young ones.
 
cold ethyl said:
Thanks. If only junior who is nearly 21 could be relied upon to get up and from A to B on time.... He's like something from the young ones.
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Can picture them now ; the long haired "Neil" and the Rick Mayall character, forget the name. University Challenge sketch springs to mind :D
 
Sable_Jan said:
Can picture them now ; the long haired "Neil" and the Rick Mayall character, forget the name. University Challenge sketch springs to mind :D
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Rik, Neil, Viv the punk and Mike.... Yes I loved that sketch too. Junior is a long haired cross of Rik and Viv. Today he's giving a presentation on the changing role of work for women as part of his finals .. Not that he's ever done a day's real work in his life. Very academic but practical skills zero.
 
cold ethyl said:
Rik, Neil, Viv the punk and Mike.... Yes I loved that sketch too. Junior is a long haired cross of Rik and Viv. Today he's giving a presentation on the changing role of work for women as part of his finals .. Not that he's ever done a day's real work in his life. Very academic but practical skills zero.
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My Mum would've said "plenty brains and no common sense" :D
 
5.6 this morning - which I was surprised but pleased with as I had an awful night with a rather upset tummy, not much sleep and feel rather off today! There is a bug around apparently and could explain why I've felt a bit off certain foods last couple of days that normally I love! Had gone to bed on 4.8 so about my normal of late. Had lots to do today but staying in now- tomorrow I have an 8.30am gp appointment regarding my middle of the night episodes of the last few week/potassium query then an interview at midday......need to be back on form pdq !! Lots to catch up on here with too.....
 
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