That works for you @A DiabetesTeam Member, and for most diabetics.

For most diabetics 100-130 carbs spread equitable throughout 3-5 meals and 1-2 snacks daily works. But alas, my diabetes journey is more advanced.

Some can only tolerate 80 carbs daily.
Others less than 50 carbs daily.
Some are limited to less than 30 carbs daily.
I eat to my meter, I am limited to 15-20 carbs daily, that is only 5-8 per meal.

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The trick for me is to eat just enough carbs for my broken system to secrete more insulin than is needed to process the carbs I eat. It is a delicate balancing act. 5 carbs seems to work for me.

I start by drinking water, usually 25 ounces within an hour of breakfast. I break my fast with breakfast. I walk for 10-15 minutes immediately after eating, if your doctors allow.

I plate all my food on a 7 inch plate. Portion control.

I eat in this strict order. 1st 2 bites diabetic friendly vegetables. 3rd bite protein. 4th bite high fiber carbs or half serving of diabetes friendly whole fruits. Repeat till done.

Fiber can help, a slice of keto bread at 4 net carbs or a slice of 6-4-7 bread at 6 net carbs can help. I usually do my combination meal of 2 eggs over easy (1 carb) over a bed of greens (1 carb), garnished with a few carb friendly berries (3 carbs) 6 blueberries, 2 blackberries, 4 raspberries, and Japanese pickled ginger.

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Yes, eat something

Sounds counter-intuitive but high fasting numbers are caused by stored sugar released by the liver in response to primarily two hormones - Cortisol and Adrenaline - both of these are released in the process of waking up to take us from unconscious/sleeping to awake.

A poor nights sleep, multiple wake ups make the problem worse because each time you toss/turn or wake up you get an extra sugar dump.

The only way to turn the liver from dispensing to absorbing sugar is to eat something that triggers an insulin release.

So you eat (at least 15 carbs), insulin is released to take care of it. The liver shuts off the sugar tap and starts storing sugar again and your blood sugar gets metabolized (at least as well as it can depending on how advanced your diabetes is)

Metformin is the one drug that tries to "tame" how much sugar the Liver releases. So if you are consistently high you either need to add that drug or increase it if you are already on it. If you are maxed out on Metformin unfortunately, then a long acting insulin taken at night is the only effective treatment to lower morning blood sugars.

If your fasting sugars are "consistently" higher than 7.0 mmols/126 points that puts you at significantly increased risk for heart attack/stroke and heart disease so it's worth discussing it with your Doctor if that is the case.

220 is high you want to be 'mostly' below 126

Breakfast does a few things for you.

It starts the insulin flow in the morning, resets your body clock which improves your insulin resistance all day resulting in lower numbers.

Eggs, fruit, a couple slices of whole grain toast (rye, any of the seed breads) with no sugar added jam or natural peanut butter. Cereal is fine as long as it's the whole grain stuff - cheerios, bran flakes, any of the high fiber stuff.

I've never been a breakfast fan, can you give some breakfast ideas? Also what is a high reading? Mine is usually around 220's in the morning. I can't seem to get it to drop any more than that.