Diabetes Challenge: Day One
Well, day one went ok, I had a couple of high 200’s and one
low of 64. Here is how the day played out…
I woke up at 5:30am checked my blood sugars and was at
87mg/dl. I was happy with this number and felt I had a good start to the day.
After my shower I went into the kitchen to get my breakfast, Yoplait honey
Greek yogurt 18g of carbs with a little protein to hold me over. I bolused .90
units of insulin and continued my morning routine.
Two hours after breakfast, I checked, and I was at a low of
64mg/dl. Bummed by my low I drank 15g of apple juice. I waited 15 minutes and my blood sugar numbers slowly began to go up.
Around 9:30am I checked again and was at 122mg/dl. I made
myself a black double shot Americano (0g carbs) and had ¼ of a Costco double
chocolate chip muffin (18g of carbs). I bolused 1.2 units of insulin and
continued to work.
By lunch I was at a womping 269mg/dl. I was really annoyed
by this number but wanted to make a note of it to see what happens tomorrow
mid-morning to lunch. I had a taco salad for lunch and a diet Pepsi. My lunch
had a grand total of 54g of carbs and I gave myself 4.5 units of insulin.
Two hours after lunch (a little after 2) I was even higher
at 298mg/dl. My guess would be that I didn’t count my carbs correctly, which
really bums me out. But I least I didn’t break 300mg/dl right?? So, I corrected
with 2.8 units of insulin and waited patiently for them to drop.
When I got home I was at 256mg/dl. I am beginning to think
an afternoon basal test is going to be needed. We had shrimp tacos for dinner I
gave myself 3.6 units, ate my dinner and got ready for boot camp. Before I left
for boot camp I checked m blood sugars and was at 175mg/dl. I felt good about
that number and was ready for my work out.
I always have a small fear with boot camp. Some classes my
numbers sky rocket, other classes I drop and can’t keep my numbers up. And this
was a class where I spiked. I went up again to 296mg/dl. Gave myself half of
the recommended correction so that I wouldn’t crash later in the evening and
continued to work my butt off. My instructor had fun making me do all the
harder modifications. I ran around the building three times, and had to use the
heavier weights, blah…
When I got home from boot camp I was at 145mg/dl. I will
give you an update to let you know if I crash in the middle of the night, or if
I was a successful evening. My daily average blood sugar was 191 mg/dl, which
would be in the 8% range. Let’s hope today I can bring it back down to 7%.
Here's hoping for NO CRASHES tonight.
ReplyDeleteSorry today was a bit rough (but like you said - you only tickled the 300 line, didn't go through it).