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Blood sugar this morning is 218 fasting. I made it out yesterday afternoon, did some shopping, had a bunless burger, then slow grilled a beef roast and had some of that. It doesn't add up, blood sugar this high. Nothing I ate was much volume, and the macros to calories should have worked? My metabolism must be slow?
A small slice of beef, a couple eggs, and a smaller fatted tea... Three eggs, dour ounces of beef, and only an half cup of cream in the tea. That and the standard 10 cc's of insulin. When I can get around to it. Nothing is quite doing what it should. This is similar to yesterday. I'll watch carefully. It doesn't make sense. Some organ(s) isn't(aren't) working? Which. Am I doing something wrong with food? Should I reduce insulin? But the reads are so high.
Oh well. Cloudy, rainy, cool. I liked the shower so well I planned another for today. A shave too, if blood sugar doesn't collapse. My fingertips are becoming sore, but I have been required to monitor a bit more closely for a bit now. What a week. I am sure it will get better.
Half cup of cream is a lot...and you're doing that multiple times per day?
ReplyDeleteAre you taking the insulin 5-15 minutes before eating?
Maybe some advice from a trusted nutritionist?
It took a couple months of experimenting to figure out the only creamer I can put in my coffee without ramping up my glucose is half and half. And then only about a tablespoon.
All powdered creamers are terrible. Sweetener was not an issue since I never used it .
Also, glucose tablets are good to keep on hand to help recover from serious drops. No Rx required.
ReplyDeleteThe cream I use is raw whole, bovine... cow. It hasn't raised blood sugar on it's own, I am just cutting calories, at once, just in case it's a calorie density thing. It is 51 (50 are fat, so excellent for keto, and even two cups helps me to eat enough per day) calories per tablespoon or ~870ish per cup. I need to eat 2,400 calories, which is a 20% reduction at that, for weight loss. But as with your sister, I can't always eat enough, without the cream.
ReplyDeleteI usually take insulin right with my meal, but it is suposed to be the fastest acting insulin. And I thought that was as instructed, but could be wrong... will check. The V.A. did send those tabs, but I can't find them. I'll see if I can reorder when I reorder the rest. Thanks for helping sort. And this isn't arguing, just offering additional info. I'll set up another appointment with the diabetes dietician soon. If you see a potential flaw, with the extra info, I am all ears.
Taking the insulin just before eating is what I was told, too.
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