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I woke up with a fbg of 107, which is a little higher than I usually run, but not crazyterrible, and from that starting point I ate the breakfast I always eat: a hard-boiled egg on a piece of buttered toast. An hour later I'm feeling shaky and I measure my bg: 155! Thirty minutes later I measure it again: 165! Not liking the say this is heading -- and hating the way I'm feeling -- I leave my desk and run to the gym to work out. An hour later, my bg is down to a happy and healthy 102.
So what happened? Clearly the toast caused a spike, but why? Why did my body react so differently to a breakfast that, until today, had never given me any trouble? (My usual after-breakfast high is in the 120s.)
Could it be holdover from yesterday, when I went to Starbucks and had a small hot chocolate (with sugar-free syrup) and half a cranberry bliss bar (32 carbs total)? They didn't cause a spike when I ate them, but could they have somehow "primed" me for trouble today?
If I have to give up my daily piece of toast, I will. But I'd sure like to know what happened so I can avoid it in the future.
So what happened? Clearly the toast caused a spike, but why? Why did my body react so differently to a breakfast that, until today, had never given me any trouble? (My usual after-breakfast high is in the 120s.)
Could it be holdover from yesterday, when I went to Starbucks and had a small hot chocolate (with sugar-free syrup) and half a cranberry bliss bar (32 carbs total)? They didn't cause a spike when I ate them, but could they have somehow "primed" me for trouble today?
If I have to give up my daily piece of toast, I will. But I'd sure like to know what happened so I can avoid it in the future.