Well I am back from my business trip. I actually enjoyed it a lot! Which is surprising because I often find travel kind of stressful ... It was nice to meet colleagues and clients at another office. The city I stayed in was tiny (about 70,000 people) so I am glad to be home in my city of almost 2.5 million people. Where I stayed seemed sooooo quiet and there were hardly any people or cars around.
I will be going back to this place sometime in the not too distant future. I found out there is a public pool a few blocks from the hotel, so next time I will definitely be bringing my swim suit to do some lane swimming. I LOVE swimming; the only form of exercise I don't have to sort of force myself to do. I did bring some workout clothes and shoes with me this time but had no time to exercise, and it was too hot to go for a walk on the streets even if I had.
I got a small fridge in my hotel room but had no time to go grocery shopping ... The nearest grocery store was about 10 blocks from the hotel and I didn't feel like walking that much in the evening. Next time I will try and bring food with me. This time I brought only carry-on luggage which I really liked. I am not sure if I can bring a ton of food in carry-on (due to room), but I will try and plan ahead more next time.
When I ate out I tried to stick to food that was either obviously low carb (like salads) or that I had nutritional information for. I tried to stick to < 30g per meal which wasn't too hard. The first day there I used up my entire lunch hour running around looking for something low carb. All I could find was sushi, sandwiches, doughnuts, etc. Finally I ended up in Tim Hortons where I explained my plight (diabetic looking for something low carb) and they made me a salad even though they don't usually sell anything like that. It was so nice of them and it wasn't a half bad salad, either.
My blood sugar had the usual highs and lows, but overall was pretty good except for the last day. The last day I had eggs and bacon and sausage and the only carbs I had were two pieces of toast with jam and two strawberries, about 40g because I decided I would splurge ... Well, at home I eat the Weight Watchers bread which is thin, so I'm only ever eating "one piece" of normal bread at a time (each piece has 9g carbs so two pieces equal 16g). So anyway, I had been 7.5 that morning, but two hours after that breakfast I was 20.5! I did two corrections over the next few hours but at lunch I was still 13.9, so I barely ate anything for lunch. I really hate when I get stuck so high like that for hours, ugh! I actually forgot to bring any extra insulin so it's a good thing I came down eventually, otherwise I'd have had to go find a pharmacy.
All in all it was a great trip. Also, my probationary period at work is coming to and end, which means health benefits kick in soon. I am not holding my breath, but I am going to see if they cover CGM systems. I am not even sure what is in Canada as far as they go, but it is something I think would help me a LOT if I could get one.