Weight, 197.0
Morning blood sugar: irrelevant … well, not really, but it’ll make sense soon
I won’t be weighing myself every day, but right now I am because I want to monitor the water weight loss, and I’m told that can be pretty significant over the first week or so. I am absolutely exhausted tonight, so this isn’t going to be the post I’d hoped it would be. I don’t know whether I’m tired because I didn’t sleep well last night or if it’s got something to do with the different way I’m eating, or a combination of both. Whatever it is though, I’m totally ready to go to bed. But, I said I was going to try to write something every day, and don’t want to skip a day already.
But, I have news! I’m absolutely blown away. Last night, my blood sugar level was around 9.8 or so. Given that usually around that time of night I’m at a very unrespectable 17 or higher, I knew it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to take my full insulin dose. So, not knowing for sure how much to cut it, I decided to give myself half my usual amount. It turns out this was a really good decision. I didn’t have any lows overnight, and when I woke up I was right around 5. It doesn’t stop there though.
I use what is called a continuous glucose monitor,(CGM). The one I use is the Freestyle Libre. I wear a sensor on the back of my arm. It’s about the size of two quarters stacked on top of each other. There’s a little needle under my skin that constantly monitors my sugar levels, and I’m able to get readings as often as every sixty seconds. I have an app on my phone that scans the sensor and keeps track of all the data. I have the option of bringing my phone to doctor appointments, or, if they wanted to, I could share my data with medical professionals online. The stats that are stored in this app are pretty incredible, but they’re mostly inaccessible to me because they’re in the form of charts and graphs. I do get a few stats though, and at the moment, I consider them to be the most important. According to my app, I have now spent more than twenty-four hours in the normal range. It will tell me the percentage of readings that are in target, and for the first time ever, the app is showing 100 percent! I’m absolutely blown away by this. If I’m seeing this kind of difference in two days, what’s going to happen as things progress? I’m going to have to cut the insulin again tonight, and when I emailed our dietician this morning to give her the good news she said that I’m doing the right thing, but to keep some regular juice on hand just in case. She said that the meds I’m taking during the day could also bring down my numbers, so I’m still being extra careful. I have a phone appointment with my doctor on Friday, and I have a feeling he had plans to talk to me about my latest test results and my high A1C, which is a test that shows the average blood sugar levels over an extended amount of time. My app will also calculate that for me, and when I have a bit more data to work with I’ll have a look at that number too. But, I think I’m going to have some pretty interesting stuff to share with the doctor.
We had cheesy scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast, and pizza on a keto crust for supper today. Then we also got a snack of dark chocolate and almonds. I found the best keto snack bars too, although I’d like to find a better way to get them in bulk, They’re GoodTo Go bars. They taste fabulous, and have the consistency of a cookie. They also have so many different flavors. Our meal plan allows us to have these, so in a couple of days it actually calls for them as part of our breakfast. I’ve tried, I think it was the Love Good brand, but we both thought they tasted like sawdust, and even the flavors weren’t all that good. I really do love these though. Eventually I’ll add the bars to my links section for easier reference.
But, that’s about all for tonight. Tomorrow is going to be a challenge for me. I’m attending a get-together and I’m sure there’s going to be quite a lot of food. There’s going to be at least one other keto person there, so she and I will be able to stick together, but this close to the beginning I’m sure it’s going to be hard, but I want to be with friends, and I need to get used to this kind of thing anyway. I’d hoped to make some no-bake peanut butter and coconut keto cookies to take with me, but I just don’t have any energy left. So tomorrow evening I’ll let everyone know how it went.