What the hell..! Food baddies which seem good!

[joannaharvey7]

Im continuing to test my BG after coming off metformin (GD suspected T2..) before my hb1ac in a couple of months time and finding that my lunch today - two hours post - has made me a 7.3. Pitta hummus and carrot sticks. Usually pitta hummus and pepper sticks leave me a good 6.8 (on metformin it was more a 5.4!) so guessing it was the carrots?

But last nights carb heavy dinner was only a 6.3!

Makes no sense!!

I don’t think I’m T2 as I’m never usually over a 6.9 two hours post food and my HbA1c on metformin three months after Baby was 5.5 (37mmol) but they shouldn’t have tested me while still taking metformin hence the restest!

 

[Amigo]

Im continuing to test my BG after coming off metformin (GD suspected T2..) before my hb1ac in a couple of months time and finding that my lunch today - two hours post - has made me a 7.3. Pitta hummus and carrot sticks. Usually pitta hummus and pepper sticks leave me a good 6.8 (on metformin it was more a 5.4!) so guessing it was the carrots?

But last nights carb heavy dinner was only a 6.3!

Makes no sense!!

Can be so many other factors at play Joanna and both are superb numbers so I wouldn’t fret at all.

 

[joannaharvey7]

thank you! With those numbers in your opinion if I keep in the 6-7mmol post meals, my HbA1c should come back as clear again?

Can be so many other factors at play Joanna and both are superb numbers so I wouldn’t fret at all.

 

[Amigo]

thank you! With those numbers in your opinion if I keep in the 6-7mmol post meals, my HbA1c should come back as clear again?

It certainly should joanna. An average 7 on your meter would give a Hba1c of about 42 (48 is diabetic level) but it depends how much you’re testing and when. There are periods in the day when we don’t know our b/g levels.
You’re doing really well with those levels though 🙂

 

[joannaharvey7]

I’m testing first thing and I’m usually anything between 5.2-5.6mmol. I then also test before meals and two hours after meals...

It certainly should joanna. An average 7 on your meter would give a Hba1c of about 42 (48 is diabetic level) but it depends how much you’re testing and when. There are periods in the day when we don’t know our b/g levels.
You’re doing really well with those levels though 🙂

 

[Amigo]

I’m testing first thing and I’m usually anything between 5.2-5.6mmol. I then also test before meals and two hours after meals...

They are excellent levels!

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello Joanna

Completely agree with @Amigo - those levels are excellent.

The 6.8 and 7.3 you mention if your first post are only 0.5mmol/L apart, and depending on a number of factors/the meter used could easily have been produced from the same drop of blood one strip after another.