• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

6.2 this morning.
Yesterday was strange. Fasting until lunchtime saw a drop to 3.4. I didn’t like the feeling shaky and disorientation. Perhaps fasting not a good idea for me. Took several hours to get up to amore comfortable 5. As we don’t keep high carb foods in it was a struggle to find something to bring level up. In the end iteas a spoonful of jam that was a gift for someone else that rescued me. If that was a hypo, then I don’t like it, never experienced that before.
 
@Pipp I am so sorry to hear that you had to go through that. Just shows how different bodies react to different stress levels and conditions.

Are you on any medication? I have read a number of times that it is highly unlike for a type 2 to go hypo without medication and based on my own experience I am inclined to believe that.

Have you by any chance measured your ketone level at that time? I only ask because you mention in your signature that you follow LCHF and Keto. Although the reading of 3.4 is quite low indeed but if you are in ketosis that should in theory not give the symptoms you experienced so the fact that you did would indicate you were not in ketosis and brain was demanding glucose to operate normally or so I understand from the literature I have consumed over past several months.
 
nutribolt said:
@Pipp I am so sorry to hear that you had to go through that. Just shows how different bodies react to different stress levels and conditions.

Are you on any medication? I have read a number of times that it is highly unlike for a type 2 to go hypo without medication and based on my own experience I am inclined to believe that.

Have you by any chance measured your ketone level at that time? I only ask because you mention in your signature that you follow LCHF and Keto. Although the reading of 3.4 is quite low indeed but if you are in ketosis that should in theory not give the symptoms you experienced so the fact that you did would indicate you were not in ketosis and brain was demanding glucose to operate normally or so I understand from the literature I have consumed over past several months.
Click to expand...
Thanks @nutribolt .
Only diabetes meds I take is metformin. Decided to go back on it when I had higher HbA1c following need for several courses of steroid meds.
I haven’t deliberately gone into ketosis through diet means for over a year, prefer to stick to Low carb. Haven’t measured ketones for a while either.
Just a bit under the weather, and I do have other health conditions, so hoping that low was a one off event.
Would help if I was able to get blood tests and reviews, but that is not happening, understandably, right now.
 
6.0 on old meter 6.3 on new meter

I prefer my old meter though I can save options for before or after meals exercise etc on that meter where new meter is as 3 colour coded ranges and if you fall in a range so think I'm going to stick with the old meter
 
Good morning all,

4.5 today.

@DJC3 and @PenguinMum -- Thanks for your support. I agree 8 hours on Zoom is definitely too long, was positively wiped out after this. Fell asleep on the sofa for several hours once it was over. (Though I'd honestly have to say, other than this the workshop was well done and really helpful overall).

Have a great weekend everyone.
 
annabell1 said:
6.0 on old meter 6.3 on new meter

I prefer my old meter though I can save options for before or after meals exercise etc on that meter where new meter is as 3 colour coded ranges and if you fall in a range so think I'm going to stick with the old meter
Click to expand...

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. :))
 
4.4 this morning.

111 hours into fasting, still feeling perfectly fine and average BG since 12 AM is 4.9.

However, I did receive an ultimatum from my better half last night that I have to eat today so 4.5 days of fasting is where I have to break it. I tried to reason another few hours and it will be a round figure of 5 days but she'll have none of it so .... Well so am off to have a day of food and am looking forward to it. ☺️

Have a lovely weekend everyone.
 
Back
Top