Last fall when I was doing low carb for the second time, I picked up a blood glucose meter just to get an idea of what some meals did for me and where my fasting glucose level was in the mornings. My fasting levels during the time I was checking (which wasn't all that long as the test strips are a little expensive) were always below 80 and often below 70. I didn't have any feelings of great hunger at that time (it was often a couple of hours after I took the readings when I finally had breakfast) I would frequently train in that state with no great problems. My post-prandial glucose levels rarely got as high as 100, and that would usually happen only at the end of the day, which makes sense.
So I've bought another batch of test strips and I will start taking my fasting glucose levels and maybe some before and after readings for some meals. Not sure how many of those I'll do as I only have 50 (well, 47 left) test strips and they are $40 a batch, so a little pricey to buy for curiosity's sake right now.
I will also start periodically checking my blood pressure. I am thinking every other week will suffice. Since I was in the drugstore buying Vitamin D3 and the test strips, I used the machine there to check my blood pressure. Here are the results:
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