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From: Donna on 8 Oct 2008 12:18 The last couple of weeks, I have had serious issues with keeping my PP blood glucose down after breakfast. First, my schedule has changed. I'm getting to bed later and getting up later, but am averaging 8 hours of sleep even with the change. This is a semi-permanent change due to work scheduling. My FBS has stayed where it should be. But the post breakfast (hour to 2 hours checked, doesn't seem to matter the range of time), has been high: 128 133 156 156 162 189 172 169 158 136 136 154 154 145 The 145 is today. I'm trending down from the time when it started being high (around the 156 level as shown above). The levels above are from 9/21 till now, with a few post breakfast readings missing due to not checking for whatever reason. I'm keeping track of what I'm eating and lowering carbs while increasing protein intake. This morning I had light cottage cheese for breakfast, testing to see how it would go without added carbs (the cottage cheese has 6 grams of carbohydrate). I'm open to suggestion. Other breakfast ideas have been egg with a half piece of toast, high protein cereal (not having this again for breakfast, but might have it later in the day), cottage cheese with fruit, etc. The rest of the day, my BS readings are better and don't run high. Ideas? -- ~Donna A~ http://www.frugalsewing.com http://www.thesewingdictionary.com
From: Peppermint Patootie on 8 Oct 2008 12:35 In article <Xns9B317D2787CBFdonnaixnayontheamspa(a)69.16.185.250>, Donna <donna(a)ixnayontheamspaycroakerwoods.com> wrote: > The last couple of weeks, I have had serious issues with keeping my PP > blood glucose down after breakfast. First, my schedule has changed. I'm > getting to bed later and getting up later, but am averaging 8 hours of > sleep even with the change. This is a semi-permanent change due to work > scheduling. > > My FBS has stayed where it should be. But the post breakfast (hour to 2 > hours checked, doesn't seem to matter the range of time), has been high: > > 128 > 133 > 156 > 156 > 162 > 189 > 172 > 169 > 158 > 136 > 136 > 154 > 154 > 145 > > The 145 is today. I'm trending down from the time when it started being > high (around the 156 level as shown above). The levels above are from 9/21 > till now, with a few post breakfast readings missing due to not checking > for whatever reason. > > I'm keeping track of what I'm eating and lowering carbs while increasing > protein intake. This morning I had light cottage cheese for breakfast, > testing to see how it would go without added carbs (the cottage cheese has > 6 grams of carbohydrate). > > I'm open to suggestion. Other breakfast ideas have been egg with a half > piece of toast, high protein cereal (not having this again for breakfast, > but might have it later in the day), cottage cheese with fruit, etc. > > The rest of the day, my BS readings are better and don't run high. Ideas? eggs and bacon eggs and ham omelet scrambled eggs My standard breakfast these days is 3 eggs scrambled with heavy cream, cooked in butter plus a mug of hot tea with a splash of milk and one level teaspoon sugar. Are you allergic to eggs? Vegetarian? PP, T2
From: ray on 8 Oct 2008 14:01 On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:18:11 +0000, Donna wrote: > The last couple of weeks, I have had serious issues with keeping my PP > blood glucose down after breakfast. First, my schedule has changed. I'm > getting to bed later and getting up later, but am averaging 8 hours of > sleep even with the change. This is a semi-permanent change due to work > scheduling. > > My FBS has stayed where it should be. But the post breakfast (hour to 2 > hours checked, doesn't seem to matter the range of time), has been high: > > 128 > 133 > 156 > 156 > 162 > 189 > 172 > 169 > 158 > 136 > 136 > 154 > 154 > 145 > > The 145 is today. I'm trending down from the time when it started being > high (around the 156 level as shown above). The levels above are from > 9/21 till now, with a few post breakfast readings missing due to not > checking for whatever reason. > > I'm keeping track of what I'm eating and lowering carbs while increasing > protein intake. This morning I had light cottage cheese for breakfast, > testing to see how it would go without added carbs (the cottage cheese > has 6 grams of carbohydrate). > > I'm open to suggestion. Other breakfast ideas have been egg with a half > piece of toast, high protein cereal (not having this again for > breakfast, but might have it later in the day), cottage cheese with > fruit, etc. > > The rest of the day, my BS readings are better and don't run high. > Ideas? Six days a week I do: two eggs, two slices of bacon, one glass of tomato juice and one half english muffin with margarine. Could easily dispense with the muffin. The other day is one bowl of low carb cereal (Special K High Protein) and tomato juice. When I'm being very good about my exercise regimen I can get away with half a grapefruit in place of the tomato juice. I also sometimes alternate orange flavored Crystal Lite.
From: Donna on 8 Oct 2008 14:09 Peppermint Patootie <Peppermint_Patootie(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:Peppermint_Patootie-1281F8.12353408102008(a)individual.net: > Are you allergic to eggs? Vegetarian? > No, I'm just lazy in the mornings, but it would not be a big deal to make them. -- ~Donna A~ http://www.frugalsewing.com http://www.thesewingdictionary.com
From: Donna on 8 Oct 2008 14:10
ray <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote in news:6l4ar5Fak9pfU2(a)mid.individual.net: > When I'm being very good about my exercise regimen I can get away with > half a grapefruit in place of the tomato juic I've been shifting household "chores" to the mornings too in order to make sure I'm getting some movement in. I go walk in the pool or work outside a half hour each day for other exercise, but that doesn't help with the post breakfast highs. -- ~Donna A~ http://www.frugalsewing.com http://www.thesewingdictionary.com |