Why is my diabetes so confusing?!

[Stitch147]

Im getting more and more confused about why bg levels.
Today as an example:
Waking - 9.9
Breakfast - porridge
2 hours after - 8.7
Snack - Gingerbread man (treat from a friend everyone else had jam donuts!)
Pre lunch - 8.1
Lunch - Ham salad, crisps and a packet of popcorn (I had the munchies!)
2 hours after lunch 7.3

Most days are the same for me, wake up high, eat and numbers go down!
I know I'm a bit strange (getting that in before anyone else does) but .............. come on!
I know its not exercise causing it as I do a desk job.

Any clues?

 

[HOBIE]

Its not the Porridge ! I have said in the past, stress & things get at me now & again. LOWERS MY bg. I had a Libre on & was playing chess on the comp. I don't like to loose & my bg went down. There's me thinking you need to be running up & down ladders to reduce your bg. Life 😉

 

[grovesy]

Im getting more and more confused about why bg levels.
Today as an example:
Waking - 9.9
Breakfast - porridge
2 hours after - 8.7
Snack - Gingerbread man (treat from a friend everyone else had jam donuts!)
Pre lunch - 8.1
Lunch - Ham salad, crisps and a packet of popcorn (I had the munchies!)
2 hours after lunch 7.3

Most days are the same for me, wake up high, eat and numbers go down!
I know I'm a bit strange (getting that in before anyone else does) but .............. come on!
I know its not exercise causing it as I do a desk job.

Any clues?

I have given up trying to find the Rhyme or Reason. I often don't get the same results eating and doing the same things.

 

[mikeyB]

Nor me. It’s all part of the fun🙂 As Hobie says, it’s just life. If it weren’t, we’d have nothing to talk about on here

 

[trophywench]

Well surely that's just a perfect pic of Dawn Phenomena in operation - ie your BG continues to rise when/after you rise each day, until you break your fast.

Eating anything at all stops it - only then do the drugs exercise and everything else start to help.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Out of interest, I wonder what would happen with a lower carb load at breakfast or lunch. I’m not quite sure how Glic works - is it one of the ones that promotes insulin release? Maybe your pancreas is pushing out extra than you need at the meals, and less when you are not eating?

 

[JMyrtle]

Same thing with me,
Yesterday b/g went down after breakfast 7.2 before down to 7.1 after.
Today slice of wholemeal from same loaf, egg laid by the same chicken b/ g up after breakfast! 7.2 to 8.00
I don't understand it either.