July 31

Good evening botts

I am moving a little more every day.  Today I went to the gym and rode 1 mile on the bike.  Then I swam 100 yds.  We went out for lunch and I had a Greek salad with vinegar and oil on the side.  I brought home the pita triangles.  I shopped at Sam's club for 2 hours.  My foot feels really great in my new Sketchers.   Last night in decreased my Lantus insulin to 16 units and I still woke up shaking in the middle of the night with my BS in the 80s.  I ate buttermilk, an egg and some strawberries.  I guess tonight I will try 15 units.  I have regular insulin to take if my BS goes above 150 before a meal, but I haven't needed that in weeks.  I am still eating to use up the insulin I am taking.  I am trying to use insulin to absorb the food I eat.  Extra insulin makes me more hungry so I will keep working on it until I figure it out or I can get into a diabetic educator.  She will probably tell me to do what I am doing.  Cutting back faster could make my BS go too high.  Tomorrow starts a new month.  There are only 5 months until the end of the year.  I really want this year to be the year I reach my permanent weight...whatever that turns out to be.  How about you?  Tri 

My meal plan today:

B: Jimmy dean delight 260

L: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, oil, vinegar, feta cheese, gyro meat 450

D: veggie soup, chicken breast, brown rice, quinoa pasta 375

S: 400 calories of something

1485

Have you look at this guy?  When I had an issue with severe RH - I used his methods to control my BS- not allowing it to get high enough for my body to overreact with insulin... I had to learn to eat food that woudl either not affect my BS or affect it very slowly.  The advice I got from my nut-   was to eat carbs and to eat every 2 hours.. making sure I wake up in a middle of teh night to eat- so I don't crash in my sleep.. ugh..  That made me gain weight and did not stop my low BS episodes...  someone suggested dr Bernstein's book and within a week my BS was stable and i slowly started losing the regain do to carbs I had to eat to prevent the crashes... 

Achieving normal blood sugars for diabetics with the aid of a low carbohydrate diet and exercise is the focus of Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, and The Diabetes Diet, Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution. http://www.diabetes-book.com/

I will check it out.  thanks, Tri