Discouraging - What is wrong with me! Why fasting BG so high?

#1

I simply do not understand my blood glucose readings and should I be worried. Or what can I do to lower them!?!?

Last night before bed I took my BG, It registered 96 at 10:30 pm. I ate dinner at 5:00 pm which consisted of a salad with 2 oz tuna packed in oil, oil & vinegar, blue cheese, lettuce, cucumber, 1 tomato and a boiled egg. Prior to that I ate breakfast which was high in fat.

This morning my fasting BG was 105 and my ketones were 0.8. I then at fried egg, 3 slices of bacon and coffee with HWC and levelup creamer. Again very high fat.
Then I played doubles tennis for 2 hours. I just took my BG and ketone reading on an empty stomach and my BG is 130 and ketones are 0.6.

Why so high? What is wrong with me?

I was gestational diabetic with both my pregnancies and my morning fasting glucose has always been over 100 my entire life. I have also had cancer 7 years ago and I fear it is caused or at least exacerbated with the high blood sugar or insulin growth factor.

I am not really overweight, maybe 10 pounds.

What can I do to lower my BG?

(Marta Loftfield) #2

@DebRox I would guess your glucose increase is released from your liver to keep you going during your tennis match. I would not be concerned.

(Candy Lind) #3

Because of your confounding factors, I’m not really sure what to suggest. Did you decide to go LCHF/keto specifically to control BG? How long have you been eating LCHF? Are you fat-adapted? If not, you might just need to give your body time to adapt to the new energy source.

Maybe @Brenda could chime in here, since she works with IDM (Dr. Fung’s diabetes management program). The first thing I thought is that a consultation with IDM might be a good step for you.

#4

Exercise will temporarily raise your BG. Your fasting numbers are not bad. Do you know what they were before keto? How long ago did you start? You need more than a few readings to see a real trend.