Jay: I got carried away in this thread. You might want to read the first few
sentences then skip to the last 3 paragraphs ;)

Even housework works for me after breakfast. On school days it is the
busiest time between 6 and 7.30. I have my run usually from 5.15 til around
6. A small glass of tomato juice gets me by before the run. As soon as I get
home I wake everyone and while they are all fighting over who gets the
shower first I make my breakfast. Then it's on to making lunches, finding
clothes that have been in the same places for 7 years, getting Jasmine ready
for her special bus. As soon as all the kids are out the door I feel like
collapsing but I find if I do the heavy stuff then it actually gets done. So
it's on to making beds, changing linen if appropriate (like Jasmine ate
easter eggs she she found in her brother's drawers today and messed his
entire bed).

Then general picking up - most parents know what I mean - then doing
washing, hanging it out, bringing it in, folding etc. Then I vacuum most
Mondays as well as clean bathrooms and mop floors. I feel better after that

I missed aquarobics this morning because Jasmine doesn't return to school
til tomorrow (we had 2 1/2 weeks school break), the boys went back today. I
was supposed to have my grandson for the day but that hasn't transpired so
far. Probably end up with him overnight instead ;) I have somehow got back
into the sleepless night pattern of young babies, lol. In the meantime I had
intended to do a Maths assignment but somehow it has fallen by the wayside,
Jasmine is bored and doing wicked things that keep my attention on her ;)

Sorry Jay, I have strayed, yet again ;) Sometimes it doesn't matter what the
exercise is as long as one is moving! As breakfast seems to be your big
spike time then you have to either look at the diet more carefully or do
some kind of exercise straight after eating. You may not know that the
mornings are a time when type 2's (and some type 1's have told me the same)
are most insulin resistant (carb sensitive), so smaller amounts of carb
spike then where they may not later in the day.

You may choose to have an all protein breakfast and save carbs for later in
the day.  You are going to pay the piper eventually if you keep spiking. One
day you won't come back to normal range. It is far better to prevent the
spikes even if it means spacing the carbs out more (I eat 9 or so times a
day for example) - I was advised to space out over 6 "meals".

Those early morning highs you are experiencing sometimes are a result of the
dawn phenomenon - plenty of explanations about that on the web.