Newbie blood glucose results, help please!

[Kerri Wood]

Hi there everyone this is only my second post.

As advised in a reply to my first post I have been testing just before and 2 hours after every meal. Could anyone please let me know anything about my results?

Day 1
before breakfast unknown didnt have monitor yet!
After 8.9 although this was just one hour after
Before lunch 5.6
After 4.9
Before dinner 4.5
After 5.7

Day 2
Before breakfast 4.6
After 5.6
Before lunch 5.6
After 6.4
Before dinner unknown forgot to test!
after 5.3

Day 3
Before breakfast 5.8
After 6.8
Before lunch 6.8
After 6.4
Before dinner 5.3
After 5.7
Before snack 5.7
After 12.6

Today before breakfast 5.6
After 8.9

I'm not entirely sure if there are low, high or acceptable any advice much appreciated! Xx

 

[Robin]

Most of them look to be well within normal range, but it very much depends on what you ate, If you were having a carb fest, and got those results, you don't have much to worry about, but I suspect you were having more of a balance of carb, protein and fats, and maybe the snack you had when you were over 12 afterwards was a carby or sugary one. If this is the case, it looks like a wake up call that your body's insulin response perhaps isn't all it should be.

 

[Kerri Wood]

The 12.6 result was after a bowl of special flakes cereal with semi skimmed milk and a little granulated sweetener. The 8.9 this morning was after 2 slices of multi grain seeded bread toast with a little scrape of peanut butter. All other meals have been smaller than normal and lower carb.

Sorry but what do you mean by it looks like a wake up call that my body's insulin response perhaps isn't all it should be? Do you mean I need insulin? Sorry not quite grasped all the ins and outs yet. Should I add that I am type 2 xx

 

[grovesy]

I would think showing that the cerals are pushing your blood sugar alot, and you either need to try a smaller portion or something else. The seeded bread is only slightly high so, maybe try 1 slice!

 

[Robin]

The 12.6 result was after a bowl of special flakes cereal with semi skimmed milk and a little granulated sweetener. The 8.9 this morning was after 2 slices of multi grain seeded bread toast with a little scrape of peanut butter. All other meals have been smaller than normal and lower carb.

Sorry but what do you mean by it looks like a wake up call that my body's insulin response perhaps isn't all it should be? Do you mean I need insulin? Sorry not quite grasped all the ins and outs yet. Should I add that I am type 2 xx

Sorry, should have been more explicit. the body's 'insulin response' can include how well it gets into the muscles where it needs to do its job, known as Insulin Resistance, which is a typical type 2 trait. You may produce enough insulin, but it's slower to do its job, or your pancreas is having to produce more insulin than it used to in order for enough of it to get into the muscles to help convert glucose to energy, or fat if it's not immediately needed. You can help your body overcome it, by restricting carb, as you are doing, or eating slow release carb which helps the body keep pace, and by exercising, which makes it easier for the muscles to take the insulin on board.

 

[Northerner]

Ideally you should be between 4-7 mmol/l before eating and rise by no more than 3 mmol/l after eating, so it looks like you are doing pretty well! 🙂 I'd definitely ditch the cornflakes though, look like your levels rocketed up 😱 Unfortunately, this is often the case with cereals, they are almost always high in carbs and often high in sugar. For snacks, you would be better eating something like nuts or cheese 🙂

 

[Kerri Wood]

Sorry, should have been more explicit. the body's 'insulin response' can include how well it gets into the muscles where it needs to do its job, known as Insulin Resistance, which is a typical type 2 trait. You may produce enough insulin, but it's slower to do its job, or your pancreas is having to produce more insulin than it used to in order for enough of it to get into the muscles to help convert glucose to energy, or fat if it's not immediately needed. You can help your body overcome it, by restricting carb, as you are doing, or eating slow release carb which helps the body keep pace, and by exercising, which makes it easier for the muscles to take the insulin on board.

Brilliant, thanks for the explanation and advice xx

 

[Kerri Wood]

Ideally you should be between 4-7 mmol/l before eating and rise by no more than 3 mmol/l after eating, so it looks like you are doing pretty well! 🙂 I'd definitely ditch the cornflakes though, look like your levels rocketed up 😱 Unfortunately, this is often the case with cereals, they are almost always high in carbs and often high in sugar. For snacks, you would be better eating something like nuts or cheese 🙂

Thanks for the advice xx

 

[Martin Canty]

Hi Kerri,

Those numbers (for the most part) look great..... As has been mentioned, anomalous numbers likely indicate that you do not tolerate a particular food so it's time to reevaluate whether you want to eat that food.

 

[Kerri Wood]

Thank you xx

 

[Copepod]

Results are mainly within targets. It's best to record type and quanity of foods eaten in each meal, so you / others can interpret results better. Once you know how a given meal at roughly the same time of day affects you, you don't need to check repeatedly - save strips by checking once in a while. Some members suggest once a month is sufficient for established type 2 diabetes, unless something changes eg medication, infection, changes in exercise etc.