Today's Good Things:
Up on time - 5:30
Morning pilates/stretch (10min)
Bible/reading
Dh's lunch and dinner packed
Morning 15 (17 actually ;) ) by way of EA Sports Active
Stayed on track with menu
Afternoon 15 by way of getting out for my mile walk
Evening 15 by way of wii fit (20min actually)
Today's Not So Good Things:
Major attitudes to deal with from my boys today. I'm looking into putting them on a sugar fast for the week. Something's gotta give regarding their demeanor and concentration.
Numbers better, but fasting still bad
Today's Food Choices and Blood Sugars:
Fasting: 104
Breakfast: 2oz turkey ham, 2 oz cheddar cheese, half rye krisp cracker, decaf
After: 104
Snack: cheese stick, 1 slice hm banana bread w/ butter
Lunch: 1 chicken thigh, 2/3 cup(ish) ranch beans with shredded cheddar and turkey, half grapefruit
After: 102
Snack: Apple with peanut butter, handfull of cheeze-its
Dinner: 4oz (or so) of chicken breast, garlic pasta (about 1/2 cup pasta tossed with butter, seasonings, mixed vegies and diced chicken making about 1 cup total portion), 3/4 cup greek plain ff yogurt, 1/2 cup frozen fruit
After: 124
Snack: Still deciding
Water throughout the day
I've been reading some and have decided to work on eliminating grains as much as possible from my day. I'm still getting in carbs by way of beans, vegies and fruit, but it appears that the grains are giving me trouble. I couldn't find enough vegies to fill my plate tonight at dinner so I went with a small portion of pasta, which was clearly a mistake. It's interesting to me to see how my body does when the carbs are completely gone in a meal. I'm going to keep playing with that. Still thinking about what I'm going to have for my snack tonight. I really wish I could find a good way to get that fasting number down.
I'm feeling swollen, though. I think all the cheese and meats I've been eating for protein are overload on my salt. My rings are tight and my hands feel puffy. Not liking that feeling.
I'm super excited that I got in all my 15's today! Especially that I got my backside out the door for my afternoon mile. It was very refreshing to get the fresh air although I had to be super careful with so much ice out there. Good start today. Good start. :)
Way to go on the 15's Tracy! Super! And, I am glad you got some fresh air as well. We are having very unseasonable weather here in Iowa. It was 60 degrees today. Normally, the highs are in the teens! So, I also spent time in fresh air!
ReplyDeleteWhite starches are REALLY high on the glycemic index. (Pastas, White Breads, Rice, etc.) Many people with diabetes cannot eat much of that at all. So, it's good you are realizing that. Also, some proteins are harder to digest and can be causing the water retention. Try to stick with easily digestible proteins, if you can. It may help.
Also, if you are finding your fasting numbers higher in the morning it may be caused by going too long without food. (Not sure if you were aware of that.) Fasting should be no longer than 6-8 hours... and closer to 6 if you can. I had to usually add in an ounce of cheese and half an apple or something at 2-3 in the morning, or my liver would dump glucose into my system. (Just food for though. It may not be your issue at all!)
Sounds like Monday was a good day overall! :)
Thanks for your thought, Brandy. We generally have whole grain products here. Rarely white anything, though the pasta last night was cheapy white noodles. Even the whole grains seem to be too much for me right now.
ReplyDeleteI have been fasting for 8 hours. I haven't wanted to give up my sleep to test myself earlier. Also, I did wake and test at the 6 hour mark once and it didn't make a difference, so I just gave that up.
It's interesting that you had a snack midway through. Another friend I'm working with feels that is "cheating" in the sense that you aren't allowing yourself to really see what happens with a fast. I'm torn b/c I feel that I do want to help my body do the best it can do and if a mid-night snack helps to regulate, then that seems better than insulin. However, if I *do* need the insulin to keep this little one safe, I don't want to mask that by my efforts. Kwim? My fasting number (8hours) was the highest it's been this morning. Just feeling really sad about that since I know I'm working so hard to do everything "right". Sigh.
Tracy I want you to know that I have been having a hard week this week and whenever I wanted to give up I thought of you and your will power! You are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I want to give you big HUGS! I know how frustrating this path can be. Second, realize I am NOT a doctor... I am just going off of what my diabetic counselor told me, and what my doctor did with me. This is how THEY handled it... you already *KNOW* you need to make a change. If you can figure out your diet and work with that, it is MUCH better than going on the insulin. If that requires a small snack even overnight, then that is what it requires. When I said "white starches" what I meant was more in relation to the color... pastas, corn, etc. They aren't white necessarily, but they are light colored. *wink* However, as you know- I still had to go on insulin with one of my pregnancies. Sometimes you just cannot get your body to regulate the way you want it to. And remember, that is okay as well. What is important is a healthy baby... and insulin doesn't actually cross the placenta (even though there ARE other risks- such as if your numbers are too low...)
ReplyDeleteOne other idea is to consider eating a high fiber snack with your protein... and a healthy fat. It helps metabolize the carbohydrate more slowly, so you aren't getting that "spike". All I can tell you is that you need to figure out if you CAN regulate your numbers with your diet and exercise. 104 *is* high, but it is not dangerously so. Home testers can actually be off by up to 10-12 points. Did you ever recalibrate your tester to see if it lined up with your practitioners? Also, make sure you always retest when you get a high number, waiting 10 minutes or so. Many things can make your number higher... even lack of (restful) sleep can affect it. I wouldn't stress out or feel bad about that number yet. Of course, see what you can do to lower the number, but remember that even STRESSING about the number can raise your cortisol levels and in turn, raise your glucose numbers!!!
Of course, what I've shared is only *my* experience, and things that the nutritionist and doctors worked ME through. You need to do what YOU feel is best. Even if you go on insulin, you'll still have to figure out your diet. (In fact, more so... because you'll not only have to worry about your numbers still going too high... but also too low. It's ALWAYS best to see if you can figure it out with diet and exercise first. But don't feel bad if you can't. In a very small amount of cases- no matter WHAT you try... your baby's placenta just won't work nicely with your pancreas. (((HUGS))) Hopefully SOMETHING I said might encourage you, though.
Brandy, you are a great help. This just presses me further to get the ball rolling with the GD counselor. I will be getting a call to my OB office today to find out what's the hang up. What you say makes so much sense to me. Yet, I know there are different schools of thought so I'll need to find out which I'm working with for this baby. I haven't recalibrated my tester at all. My morning fast today was 108 and I didn't retest because I am out of strips as of today. I'm still working to build a pattern of what my body is doing, but I've only ever been able to get that fasting under 100 one time. Maybe I'll play with eating during the night and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for sharing what you've learned. It helps so much just to have someone to talk it out with.