Chris I am the same. If I fasted till lunchtime my BG would continue to rise over the morning. I am also the same that my BG steadily declines through the afternoon even if I have had some LC food at lunchtime. I choose to have a slice of LC toast cooled with butter and tea after I get up as I believe it helps to slow things down a bit.
Yes, it's hard when there's a limited range of alcoholic drinks on offer @ChrisT2, but you don't have to give up alcohol. If I were you, I'd present a bottle of your chosen tipple to your host on arrrival.
The control of blood glucose levels seems like a dark art at the mo @ChrisT2, but as somebody who was diagnosed with type 2 back in 2003, I can promise you it gets easier and it won't take you 20 years to get the hang of it!7.1 this morning but had a carby day yesterday so as expected. Still seeing a rise up to 10mmols at midday even without eating for 12 hours then gradual decline towards evening. A bit dubious to eat anything lunchtime as even a small spike takes reading well into hyper space and will take average BS upwards and keep Hb1ac raised.
Spoke to nurse whose advice is "don't worry about it" but unfortunately I do as I really need to understand the complexities of BS readings as we all do. It certainly seems to be a dark art rather than a science for me, perhaps I should only test during a full moon.
Hope you have a lovely holiday .
