I agree some days the Bete's just laughs at me and puts me back in my place. We are not machines we are organic....no two days are ever really the same.
I like to "spice up the eggs" with fresh jalapeno's and jabenero's and hot sauce. This keeps the eggs interesting and reduces the cravings for meat. I also like to eat sprouted grain breads like Ezekiel bread with real butter and crunchy peanut butter, or cream cheese(flavored, like strawberry). The complex carbs in the bread and pb or cream cheese are low glycemic index and reduce the "spike" in bg's significantly.
varies. some mornings my fasting #s tank and i need more. thinking now im in better range i may need to lower my 3 am basal... but usually bagel with cream cheese and black coffee
or a bbanana
or whole grain toast and a chobani yogurt
This AM my BG was at 104, had 5 jelly beans, ran 5 miles at 8:50 pace, with 1/2 jug of gatorade, probably 12-15g of carbs worth, and finished at 89. Then I ate 20G of carbs for breakfast.
I do Plain Chobani's yougurt and add two heaping tablespoons of Flax meal and some Torani's sugar free vanilla syrup. I just love this for breakfast and it keeps me really full!!! I even have my husband hooked on it!
That looks similar to something my local cafe makes called a "Spicy Egg Mountain" - I can't remember if they use bacon or sausage but they were glad to make a vegetarian version for me (and charged me $1 less!) It just "felt" more substantial than the same ingredients in a different form. I never even thought of using muffin tins. They are on my shopping list. Only thing I would do different is make them fresh, but then I have the time to do that!
I used to eat oatmeal everyday, but changed to GNC Lean Shake about 4 four months ago. Not for weight loss, but to control postprandial spikes. It has 6g of carbs, 170 calories and fills me up until lunch. Also, there is no need to bolus. A1c went from 6.7 to 6.1.
I, too struggle with post-breakfast spikes. I'm on a pump and CGS, and I know my basal rate is perfect. When I totally skip breakfast, no problems at all. I do have a much higher bolus setting throughout the morning hours (dawns phenomenon).
My bg's honestly do best when I skip that 1st meal of the day alltogether. The only cereal I can even come close to controlling my post-meal spike is puffed wheat. I double the 'normal' amount of insulin I would usually take, and only eat about 1/2 cup of it, and I'm able to keep things pretty level. It's pretty normal for us to need more insulin/per/carb in the morning hours. I honestly prefer to just skip breakfast or sometimes do a boiled egg or a carrot or a few almonds, but still need a little pop of insulin to cover any intake. No breakfast at all is my best defense. I know every educator out there would shake their finger at this statement, but it's the down-right truth. Once it's lunch-time, I'm out of the woods and can predict the effects of food on my bg much better, so I just wait till then to eat.
I haven't had breakfast yet today but a basal adjustment got my BG to 83 when I woke up so I had a glass of skim milk (about 10G of carbs, like a 6 oz cup...) and ran 5 miles, CGM was 97-103 the whole way but BG metered at 119 when I got home at a 9:12 pace. I still suspect that in the long run, this sort of approach is more healthful than running one's BG up to 250+ by eating a bunch of carbs before I run, although I'm just an amateur, not a doctor or ex soldier. And, of course, in the long run, we are all dead.
I agree and it makes no sense to integrate a high blood sugar into someones daily exercise. I participated in cycling events for many years and the only time my BG was 250 was just before some of the big rally's but this adrenalin rush was not caused by loading carbs it was caused by the excitement of 15,000 cyclists waiting on the starting line...the big BG rush was worth it but this only happened 2-3 times a years not every morning.
