On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:56:22 -0700, Ellen K. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm cross-posting this to the food group and the support group because
> the original conversation started in support but somehow it migrated to
> food.
>
> In response to my posting what my mornings look like, Ozgirl suggested
> adding about 5 gm of some type of grain carbs (rye crackers or similar)
> to my 3 oz cheese + green veggie (either a head of romaine or a whole
> raw green pepper) breakfast, on the theory that the extra carbs might
> turn off the dawn phenomenon. (A head of romaine has about 2 gm net
> carbs, a whole green pepper about 5.)
>
> The last two mornings my FBG was too high (136, 126) to try this
> experiment, but today at 118 I figured it would be OK. Here are the
> results, all calculated times are from the END of the meal:
>
> 6:47 118 This is shortly after getting up. 7:21 120 This
> is right before breakfast (1/4 of a rye matzo (gross
> carbs 6 gm, minus fiber .5 gm, net 5.5 gm), 3 oz cheddar, 1 raw green
> pepper, 2 raw medium-sized celery stalks), finished the food 7:50,
> continued drinking coffee as usual. Notes: 1) I ate all the matzo with
> some of the green pepper prior to eating any of the cheese. 2) I
> started feeling nauseous part-way through the meal, maybe about 3/4 of
> the way through the cheese.
> 8:20 176 30 min
> 8:29 170 39 min
> 8:41 160 51 min
> 8:51 149 1 hour 1 min
> 9:01 178 1 hour 11 min.
> 9:05 151 retest after washing hands again, hope this means the
> 9:01
> reading was a fluke
> 9:11 146 1 hour 21 min
> 9:23 130 1 hour 33 min
> 9:43 131 1 hour 53 min
> 9:50 128 2 hours. After this had sugarless gum.
> 10:23 123 2 hours 33 min
> 11:01 113 3 hours 11 min
>
> Based on the above I will not be including any grain carbs in future
> breakfasts. With just the cheese and veggies I would NEVER get up to
> 176, and usually by 90 minutes I am at or below the pre-breakfast value.
>
> So, valuable experiment, I learned more about how my body works.
>
> Comments welcome. 
FWIW - my breakfast: one small glass tomato juice (with morning meds)
followed by 2 eggs (poached) 2 slices bacon (microwaved) 1/2 double fiber
english muffin with margarine.