What to do about morning high readings/fasting numbers?

[Zambarau]

I am very new to all this. I have just started testing fasting numbers and they're high and rise. I was doing intermittent fasting but due to these high morning readings I don't think I can. For example, today at 8am my BG was 6.4, at 9:45 it was 7.1. I then had some nuts and Greek yogurt. I take Metformin twice daily. I really would have liked to continue intermittent fasting. Could anyone recommend ways forward with addressing the fasting numbers and an alternative and effective plan to intermittent fasting? Many thanks.

 

[Zambarau]

Yes, 6.4 on waking and 7.1 after 1.5 hours. Previously I would have not eaten until lunch but after starting to test fasting numbers I'm finding them high compared to other times of day. Thank you.

 

[Drummer]

I got higher numbers when eating mid day and later.
When I swapped to eating every 12 hours my weekly average went down by almost a whole number even though it was when I stopped taking the tablets.

 

[KARNAK]

I`d be happy with that, Welcome to the forum @Zambarau.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Zambarau

Try to relax about relatively small variations like that. Changes of 2-3mmol/L are much more worth focusing on. Any difference of less that 1mmol/L I think you can read as ‘more or less the same’ because it begins to fall within the margin of error of the meter and strip-to-strip variation.

For all the illusion of decimal point accuracy, and as great as they are, BG meters are still only really giving you ‘ish’ information.