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

[Susikav]

me too if I thought I had. Eating less meat these days anyhow. Rarely buy it but still have it if someone had cooked for me.

I eat meat every day now... I try to limit cheese, but what protein can you eat? Quorn is brilliant but here in the Middle East it's difficult... before I started the low-carbing I hardly ever ate meat... Porridge for breakfast and then it was all pulses and legumes really... hommus being a favourite every day - on 'healthy', home-made rye and spelt bread.... can you imagine how it was putting up my numbers? I get quite weak when I think about it! I thought I was doing myself good... But not...

 

[sanguine]

Ahhh, not good is it? Life overtakes you sometimes.. I have learned to keep a ziplock with nuts, 75% black chocolate and some BabyBels in my handbag or shopping bag... it's so difficult sometimes to stick to the plan.... Hope you get a chance to get something nice later...

Thanks Susi, I mostly work from home so I've just had a good fry-up!

 

[Adelle0607]

4.6 this morning with my trusted diet of fish, veg and nuts keeping my blood sugar readings at bay have a good day everyone!

 

[Lorraine deer]

5.1 this morning rushed out to work at 6.30am forgot my insulin !!! I had a boiled egg sandwich on brown bread now reading a whopping 11.4 and I won't be home till 5 pm

 

[Clivethedrive]

Oh,sorry to hear this , loraine deer, just a thought could you have spare meds at work just in case ? Hope your ok :)

 

[Susikav]

5.1 this morning rushed out to work at 6.30am forgot my insulin !!! I had a boiled egg sandwich on brown bread now reading a whopping 11.4 and I won't be home till 5 pm

Take care, that's not a good day... Hope tomorrow's better....

 

[AndBreathe]

5.1 this morning rushed out to work at 6.30am forgot my insulin !!! I had a boiled egg sandwich on brown bread now reading a whopping 11.4 and I won't be home till 5 pm

No more carbs for you today then! My gut feel about that might have been to eat the filling and leave the bread, to give your body a chance to sort of cope.

 

[Sable_Jan]

5.1 this morning rushed out to work at 6.30am forgot my insulin !!! I had a boiled egg sandwich on brown bread now reading a whopping 11.4 and I won't be home till 5 pm

"ouch" but at least you know why....

 

[Sable_Jan]

No more carbs for you today then! My gut feel about that might have been to eat the filling and leave the bread, to give your body a chance to sort of cope.

Long time til 5pm on just a bit of egg though.....

 

[Sable_Jan]

I eat meat every day now... I try to limit cheese, but what protein can you eat? Quorn is brilliant but here in the Middle East it's difficult... before I started the low-carbing I hardly ever ate meat... Porridge for breakfast and then it was all pulses and legumes really... hommus being a favourite every day - on 'healthy', home-made rye and spelt bread.... can you imagine how it was putting up my numbers? I get quite weak when I think about it! I thought I was doing myself good... But not...

That's the sort of "healthy" I went for in the past too..... Lots of homemade wholemeal seeded breads

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

4.7

 

[Sable_Jan]

4.7 Nope! Not one of my dodgy low reading test strips either
At least I don't think so.
But! It was sort of my morning fasting reading........
Well done! you might say? Until you realise I did that teenager thing and didn't get up until 1pm!
I was up half the night and half the morning though, with this chest and sinus infection combo

Of course it was your morning reading - always morning somewhere in the world . Just tested post lunch (having had fish finger butties) 7.3 mmnn, pretty much as expected) decided to retest (want sugarfree choc snack) 6.7 - left hand. Best of 3 - 7.3 on right hand again. Put choc away again.....

 

[favill]

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn

My morning readings are the only readings I have a problem with, they are usually between 6.8 and 7.3, and I just can't get them any lower, the rest of the day Im in the 5s - 6s before and after meals. I'm on no medication at present

 

[Sable_Jan]

@favill - welcome to the thread

 

[Bluetit1802]

@favill Morning readings are usually the last to come down because they are influenced by factors outside our control. Liver dumps (Dawn Phenomenon) is very common, restless nights, stress, timing of the test all come in to play. Do you test before bed? If not, try it and compare it with the fasting reading. This may give you some clues. Welcome to the forum by the way.

Edit - make sure you test as soon as you get up. No pottering about first.

 

[Moniker]

5.3 this morning after a carb heavy meal last night.

 

[Sable_Jan]

6.28 in California Thank you @Sable_Jan Those fishfinger butties sound fab

Oooh, they were . The bread was a white mix with added barley flakes. Sliced it thin as I could, real butter too, and just used two fish fingers.... Knew I'd be busy-ish after...

 

[Susikav]

That's the sort of "healthy" I went for in the past too..... Lots of homemade wholemeal seeded breads

You have to wonder, don't you...

 

[Lorraine deer]

No more carbs for you today then! My gut feel about that might have been to eat the filling and leave the bread, to give your body a chance to sort of cope.

Much better 1 hour after dinner and I'm very happy with 6.3.......and breath

 

[Clivethedrive]

Hi loraine deer how did you get on re your forgotten meds?