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

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A very miserable 8.9 due entirely to be sick of pain and half a bag of maltesers and feeling sorry for myself....to make it worse I felt no better for scoffing them. ( shakes self). ( pulls self up by boot straps)
Sorry to hear you've been in pain and feeling so miserable - hope your pain is less today and you can get someone to cook your most favourite low carb meal for you and here are some roses to go with it.....


Take care
 
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Don't get too - may be the one and only dodgy pot amongst them
 
Let us know your results although with your great fasting readings they should be great
I over slept this morning but when i checked my suagr it was 4.8 after I had a fig newton and an apple it spiked to 8.3 and yesterday my levels were amazing 4.8/5.3, am , 4.6 / 6.4 noon , 5.2/5.8 supper and before bed was 5.4
 
7.9 isn't overly high in itself but it depends what you tested at beforehand - to give you the full impact. its the carbohydrates in the weetabix. You may find that you can manage one without spiking your bs too much. Also what milk do you use? I can have a reasonable portion of porridge as long as I use soya milk - I buy Sainsbury's "fresh" unsweetened as it is < 0.5g carbs per 250mls - the Basics longlife one is 1.8g carbs for the same amount (I did wrongly quote it as 5 a while back ) so you could try your usual amount - presuming you have 2? with soya milk and do the test again. If the results are reasonable test the same breakfast a few days in a row then decide if you can add it to your "ok" list

Hope this helps
Jan
 
i use 2% in coffee and drinking soy milk now as it high in vitamin D and good for the bones i have osteo arthritis , i'm gonna try what you suggested for lunch and see what my readings say then , right now i have to go host my BG tournament on safeharbournet.com , I'm a BG & Cribbage host and host tournies for the players world wide , will check back inbtween if not busy , thanks hun really appreciate your input and suggestions , hugsssssssssss
 
I over slept this morning but when i checked my suagr it was 4.8 after I had a fig newton and an apple it spiked to 8.3 and yesterday my levels were amazing 4.8/5.3, am , 4.6 / 6.4 noon , 5.2/5.8 supper and before bed was 5.4
Guess figs and/or apples are out for you then - I can eat a small cox apple but a big one takes me over the 8
 
Wondered what you hosted for BG (blood glucose) then I realized you meant Back Gammon
 
I normally drink tea but if I have coffee I have it latte style so need to use the soya milk - seemed a little strange at first but quite used to it now
 
Guess figs and/or apples are out for you then - I can eat a small cox apple but a big one takes me over the 8
yes i believe they are gonna have to be out if they spike my sugars up and i'm starting to feel little tired now gonna recheck it in a hour , thanks for your reply hun, hugs
 
I normally drink tea but if I have coffee I have it latte style so need to use the soya milk - seemed a little strange at first but quite used to it now
maybe i will have to switch to 1 % or just use soy milk i bought 4 cartons yesterday
 
I over slept this morning but when i checked my suagr it was 4.8 after I had a fig newton and an apple it spiked to 8.3 and yesterday my levels were amazing 4.8/5.3, am , 4.6 / 6.4 noon , 5.2/5.8 supper and before bed was 5.4

What's a fig newton @DorisM67 ?
 

I agree with sanguine, but having said that, 7.9 isn't bad I think it's up to 8.5 2 hours after eating
 
I agree with sanguine, but having said that, 7.9 isn't bad I think it's up to 8.5 2 hours after eating

That's the NICE guideline for diabetics, but it's far too high for my liking and I aim for 6.5 or less.
 

It's an easy mistake to make. Before starting lchf I was following 'healthy plate' as recommended and increased my fruit intake, but I got told off for having too much fruit! When I worked it out, I was having 7 portions of fruit a day :-o :-o
 
Your not wrong its a big learning curve! I really thought I was doing what was best. Oh well back to the drawing board, Its all just trial and error and will take time until I have tested most food out. Thanks everyone for the advise, much appreciated
 
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