Six weeks in and my mornings won't settle

2026-09-03 06:13

Hi, 44F here — I do telehealth intake scheduling from my kitchen table, so I sit for nine hours a day talking to strangers about their insurance, and the snack drawer has been my worst enemy for years. I cut back hard on carbs about six weeks ago mostly to kill the 3pm crash, and it's honestly working: down around 10 lbs and I'm not falling asleep at my desk anymore.

But my morning fasting glucose bounces between the high 80s and low 100s and I can't figure out what's driving it — same dinner, same bedtime, different number every day. Is that just a thing this early on? What else would you all be keeping an eye on besides that one number?

2026-09-03 08:52

Welcome. Your trig drop from 190 to 121 is the standout. Mine went 210 to 140 in eight weeks, but fasting still jumps 15 points. What are you tracking with?

2026-09-03 10:37

Fasting glucose seems like the last thing to settle. About three months, in the labs I've watched. Weight and waist move way earlier.

2026-09-20 01:18

That tracks with my experience. My morning numbers actually went up weeks 3-5 before drifting down. Did yorus start low and then bounce?

2026-09-20 13:15

I wouldn’t read too much into one fasting number. Sleep and stress wreck mine. Are you checking at the same time daily?

2026-09-20 19:34

Same. Bad sleep adds like 10 points for me. Your trigs falling that much is the bigger signal, honestly.

2026-09-21 08:52

Wait, 11 lbs in six weeks could explain some morning weirdness. I saw strange fasting numbers weeks 4-8, then it calmed down.

2026-09-22 18:36

The part people forget is that seven weeks of logging is about where the picture actually settles — the early swings flatten out and you're mostly watching the same numbers hold. Common surprise: A1c sitting at 5.6 while fasting glucose bounces around 95-107, which looks like a wide spread until you realize fasting readings just do that day to day.

Worth knowing before you compare options or panic over a single morning. Following this one.

2026-09-23 07:20

The morning puzzle is why I switched to weekly averages instead of daily readings. Less head noise.

2026-09-23 15:28

Weekly averages helped me too. Daily made me obsessive.

2026-09-23 23:05

The notebook is fine, but if fasting stays high for weeks, that’s still data. I’d want a clinician’s read on it.

2026-09-25 19:22

My fasting bounced for two months, then settled around 90. Trigs and HDL changed first, just like yours.

2026-09-26 21:15

HDL 38 to 44 in six weeks is fast, isn’t it? Took almost a year to move five points on the labs I’ve seen.

2026-09-27 16:48

Depends on weight loss and starting point. M yHDL jumped six points in ten weeks when I dropped 15 lbs.

2026-09-27 22:20

Not doubting you, but are those fasting numbers from a home meter or lab draws? That changes how I’d read the bounce.