Blood Glucose Levels

sweetstar · 01-04-2009, 09:17 PM

I've recently bought a blood glucose electronic monitoring system. It's the One Touch Ultra Smart. I heard I should invest in one of these and make sure my blood sugar is okay. I have never been actually diagnosed with being pre-diabetic, but I want to monitor it. I probably was pre-diabetic before I recently lost 80+ lbs. Things are much different now with my body, blood pressure, I'm assuming blood glucose levels,etc.

Today I used it for the first time. I skipped breakfast (bad I know, but I was out too late last night

So I ate for the first time around noon, with a light lunch. Then I checked my blood at about 4:00 and I had a glucose reading of 84mg/dL.

I was getting quite hungry so I went and made dinner and decided I would come back to check it again, after eating. If it matters.. I had homemade chicken noodle soup. I made it with whole wheat egg noodles, low sodium broth, etc. The rest is just veggies and chicken. It's pretty healthy. I also had a 1/2 sandwich with whole wheat bread and turkey.

Right after lunch (now at about 5:00) it was 120mg/dL.

I am just getting an idea about blood levels... but I guess why I am posting this is because I am not sure about that spike. It's not too high, but why the spike so much?

I will be checking it again in the morning (fasting check). Also I will be doing random checks, and I'll have to see how it goes.. but I would like to know what you all think of going from 84 to 120... is that normal?

Any insite would be much appreciated!

whimsygurl · 01-05-2009, 08:47 AM

sweetstar,

I've always been told to check it about 2 hours after you eat.....that is when your bld glucose should be returning to pre--eat levels. It only spiking at 120 is way good, though....sounds pretty normal to me.

GovtProf · 01-07-2009, 02:05 PM

I am a pre-diabetic (hoping to delay type 2 as long as possible) and I test at random during the week. These are the numbers that my endo said to shoot for:

Fasting: under 95
1 hour after meals: under 140
2 hours after meals: under 120
He also mentioned that the goal would be to only go up 40 points from the pre-meal level to after meal level.
A1C under 6

Good Luck!

sweetstar · 01-08-2009, 04:11 PM

Thanks that is really helpful. Here's what my numbers have been the last couple days.....
I have been within perfect limits of the above, which relieves me! My fasting was 77 right as I woke up (without eating for 8 hours). My before dinner was 84, and immediately following it was 120 (which I should have waited 1 or 2 hours). So the next day I took it two hours after and I was at 87.

So.. is 87 too low or is that okay? I will do a couple more days of this (once my fingers heal, lol) just to see if I get the same results. But I am curious as of now about if 87 is too low or it's still okay after lunch to be at 87?

GovtProf · 01-08-2009, 04:43 PM

Those numbers are fantastic!.... they are totally normal... in the sense that normal is 70-120. 120 is of course the upper limits so keep an eye on things over the years. =)