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

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sanguine said:
6.4 :(. My fasting has been an average 6.2 for nearly 2 months now, even my preprandial has flatlined around 5.7. I'm eating well (2 hour readings usually no more than 1 above preprandial), I feel good, I'm exercising, my BP is under control, my weight is coming down, so what's left? I can start doing more short-burst high-intensity exercise on the (new) rowing machine rather than the 'brisk walk' type stuff I've been doing, other than that either my liver must just be offloading much of the time or I'm still affected by chronic low level work stress.
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Rod, your fasting and pre-meal averages are the same as mine were, but as you know very recently they suddenly dropped without explanation. My fasting now averages 5.8 and my pre-meals 5.5 from May 24th. It just happened, and is either down to improved insulin resistance or coming off statins or both. That is about when my weight loss hit nearly 17% of body weight. Don't lose heart.
 
Ruth B said:
8.9 this morning, and I seem to be averaging about 8.5 but that is only over 3 days as I haven't had the meter long.

Taken about 30minutes after I get up but before I have breakfast. Hopefully over the weekend I can get some straight off when I get up and see if the 30 minutes makes any difference.
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It probably will make a difference Ruth. The act of getting up then doing things, even for half an hour will kick start your liver into dumping glucose, especially if you had a shower.
 
4.3 plus a sore throat and the snuffles for me. :(

What have you done @Andrew Colvin to trigger your discomfiture level?
 
AndBreathe said:
4.3 plus a sore throat and the snuffles for me. :(

What have you done @Andrew Colvin to trigger your discomfiture level?
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As my levels go below 5.6 my hands go cold and as I get even lower (into the 4s) the ends of my fingers and toes start to feel like they have frost bite. Unfortunately I spend the majority of my time in this state now. Even heavy exercise doesn't warm them up. Oh being out in the sun seems to stop it though......
 
I was 4.3 this morning, mainly due to me having broccoli and stilton soup for dinner last night which seems to always result in slightly lower readings the next morning. I went to bed @5.5 (I don't normally test before going to bed but was intrigued by the soup always bringing me down)
 
FantomPoet said:
I was 4.3 this morning, mainly due to me having broccoli and stilton soup for dinner last night which seems to always result in slightly lower readings the next morning. I went to bed @5.5 (I don't normally test before going to bed but was intrigued by the soup always bringing me down)
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20g carbs a day is very tight. How do you do that consistently? Just as a matter of interest.
 
I have no idea why I was 7.0 on going to bed. (tested twice to make sure) Never been that high before. After evening meal I was 6.5 at 1 hour and 6.1 at 2 hours. Didn't test after that as I was dropping and lowish. Didn't have anything else to eat or drink except water and no exercise. Any thoughts?
 
6.1

I'm blaming the kids' arguing from 6am the cause!


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Diagnosed prediabetic Easter 2014. Just left to get on with it, no guidance or help from GP. Every day I'm learning something new.
 
6.3 this morning (was 5.3 before bed) I tested 2 hours later this morning, so 6.3 is better than it looks.
 
From 4.9 at 4:26am to 7.9 at 9:01am - same oh same oh. It won't be till late this afternoon now before they drop to the 5s. (Oh early time - I test when I wake during the night - I'm nuts on testing at the moment - guess I like graphs :) )
 
I am prediabectic and my morning levels are usually in the low 6's today 6.4. I don't test before bed last test is after evening meal which is about 5.30pm I do not usually eat anything else after that not really a between meals snacker
 
4.2 for me this morning. I was 3.6 after dinner last night, with only one small glass of red afterwards, so I reckon my liver is joining the party. If I'm exercising, my liver will too. :)
 
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Just starting week 4 on insulin, was 28 but now it's coming down, was 9.2 this morning . Which is good for me, my long acting insulin insuman the dsn said to up to 20 units that seems to have helped. Rapid is 1unit to 10g carbs.

I've kept to about 100g carbs a day sometimes less, and haven't spuds, pasta, rice or cereal or a takeaway in that time but have developed a taste for plain chocolate . That's tonight's treat. :)
 
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