What Is The Normal Blood Glucose Level After Eating?

I've just starting monitoring myself with a Blood Glucose Meter and I had a reading of 136 before dinner and I was curious so I took it again and it's 187. It's been about 1 1/2 hours since I ate. All I had was Tri Tip Roast on a whole wheat bun with a tiny bit of light Mayo. Is 187 considered too high? I don't see my doc until Monday.

Thanks

[angelsrejoice]

Ok I took it again..it's been 2 1/2 hours since I ate and it's 169. So it's slowly coming down. I see I have some work to do on getting these levels down to normal. Didn't work out today....having sharp pains on my left side when I started working out so I just stopped.

[Super_sally888]

Hi Angel,

target levels for pregnancy or trying to get pregnant are:-

Fasting: 70 - 95
Before eating: 70 - 95
1 hour after eating: < 140
2 hours after eating: < 120

I think you are going to need to be adding in insulin to get your levels down.

Some eating advice: you need to severely restrict your carbs for now (1 whole wheat bun is too much).  Don't eat low fat foods.  The fat is very important to help slow down the digestion of carbohydrates. Also the reduced carb calories need to be replaced by fat calories.  Don't restrict protein.

Glad you'll be seeing the dr on Monday.  look forward to hearing your update.

[angelsrejoice]

Thanks for the advice. Looks like I have some ways to go but glad that my numbers are no longer in the 300+ range. I didn't know that fat slows down the digestion of carbs. I will keep that in mind when I eat.

I hope you are doing well :)