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5 minutes makes a big difference..really?

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I feel as though I've become a post slore with my GD this time around, so sorry!  I took my fasting glucose this morning, and it was a high 90 (for me).  I was very lax with my diet last night after my dinner number was SO good.  I ate a few oreos and an apple with peanut butter--didn't get the best sleep either.  So, after my normal breakfast of 1C of cheerios with some 1% milk, I took my blood sugar just a little before 2 hours, seriously 5-6 minutes before.  My readint was 128..having had this happen before, but with a 15 minute time frame, I took my number again at the exact 2 hour mark and was at 120.  Still very high for me.  This is my 3rd high number this week, one high number every other day is how it seems to be "patterning" out.  I think I need some new food ideas for breakfast.  I just love my cereal so much..maybe it's back to the peanut butter toast? 

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  • pennynjonpennynjon
    They told me I wasn't allowed any cereal at all. They told it would make mine high. They told me I could have milk, but my body doesn't do well with milk for breakfast. I was going up to the 170's if I had milk, even with insulin. Once I stoppoed milk at breakfast, my numbers have leveled out a lot. I have cheese toast on whole wheat almost every morning. I am sick of it. But thete are very few things that don't make it high for breakfast. Good luck!
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    I'm a little freaked out about being put on meds..but I seem hungry so much of the time...it's hard not to give in and eat some stuff I probably shouldn't.  Or to eat MORE of something than I should.  I'll have to be super dilegent this week to stick to the diet and make sure my numbers are really just a reflection of my diet/portions and not just my numbers being high.

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  • heie0008heie0008 member

    I wasn't able to eat cereal during pregnancy. It caused too high of a BG spike. I had 1/2 100% whole wheat english muffin EVERY morning. I had LO 3 months ago and I still can't eat an english muffin. 

    FYI: There is going to be some variation between each test (home meters are accurate to +/- 10%). It is possible that your blood sugar dropped a little bit in 5 minutes or just as likely, it was the exact same. Your doctor will likely be looking at a pattern of higher numbers, not just one.  

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  • memo9memo9 member

    Can you add some protein to your meal?

    I tried oatmeal by itself and my # was too high.  Once I added a sausage patty, it brought it down to around 90.

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  • thesweetfightthesweetfight
    imageheie0008:

    FYI: There is going to be some variation between each test (home meters are accurate to +/- 10%). It is possible that your blood sugar dropped a little bit in 5 minutes or just as likely, it was the exact same.

    This.  Blood sugar meters aren't going to be exact every time.  There is some variation.  If I were to take my blood sugar ten times right now, one prick on each finger, I would not get the same number for each.  They would be very close (I would hope within 10), but they would not all be the same. Make sure to keep your meter calibrated.

    And don't forget to breathe. :) Normal, healthy, non-diabetic, non-pregnant women and men get blood sugars of 120.  This is not doing harm to your child.  If you want, add some protein to your breakfast like another poster mentioned.  Maybe some greek yogurt (which would have less carbs than a cup of cheerios, even if it's flavored). 

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  • Southern-YankeeSouthern-Yankee
    I find I can't eat cereal at all.  Some women with GD can but any kind sends my glucose levels sky high.
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  • MattelMattel member
    Cereal is a big no no for diabetics. It has a poor glycemic response and will cause a high BG, and then later often a sudden drop, especially if you don't have carbs. I've found the best breakfast for me is eggs and whole grain toast. My MD wants me to have 45g carbs at each meal so I eat two pieces of toast (28g for the brand I eat) and usually Greek yogurt to make up the remainder of the carbs, which also is high in protein to help balance out your BGs

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  • aecgirlaecgirl
    eating cereal in the morning makes my numbers high, but if i wait and have a bowl as my mid-morning snack that I am fine. I am on medicine and it isn't that big of a deal, I just have to take mine every night before bed to help with my fasting number. Like the other people have said adding a protein can make a HUGE difference.
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  • *BabyMamma03**BabyMamma03*
    I usually eat 3/4 cup of breakfast potatoes with two egg whites and 1 1/2 strips of bacon and scramble them up together and sprinkle with cheese. It's balanced, according to what I was given, and it's filling. You could add veggies if you want or switch it up a bit.
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  • alkinneyalkinney

    I can't do any carbs for breakfast now, or it makes my post breakfast number too high.  I have lost 3 lbs, though, so they might up my meds so I can eat a little more.

    Another thing that might help your numbers go lower if you are really freaking out about them is to not eat oreos.  I find that if my number is high, I just look at what I ate and think about what might have caused the spike.  Then I try to change it.  Some we can control, some we cannot.

    If you are this anxious about it, meds might help you.  They certainly helped me calm down (but meds do not bother me, and I know that is a very personal decision).

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  • mcintyr1mcintyr1

    i'm one of the lucky ones who can eat cereal, or basically anything for breakfast (eggos w/syrup, flavored oatmeal, fruit), but i ALWAYS pair it with a protein. that really can save you. I don't eat eggs (never have) so i rely heavily on cheese.

    a usual breakfast for me is...

    2 eggos (25 g), 1 T low sugar syrup (7g), & string cheese

    or

    2 slices toast (15 g) w/2 T pbutter (6 g), & 3/4 c pineapple (15 g)

    or

    1 C cheerios (any flavor, seriously, even chocolate, aprox 30 g), enough milk to wet the cereal (i don't drink the extra), string cheese.

    Then for my morning snack i have a 4 oz cup of vanilla greek yogurt (11g) and 1 C raspberries (15 g)

    In the afternoon i usually have a banana or 1/2 C unsweetened applesauce (I can't have straight apples though, strange!). 

    So for most days i end up eating 3 "servings" of fruit when my dietitian said that i wouldn't be able to have any at all. She said i wouldn't be able to eat a lot of the things i do. My advice for the people who were told to stay away from certain things is to try them once and see. You never know, and even if you get high blood sugar numbers, one high number isn't going to hurt you. And you could possibly save yourself months of eating the same thing over and over for breakfast.

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