The snack was a little "granola bite" thing that's basically like a little chunk of granola bar.
I think the high probably was from the snack kicking in late ... I corrected it and woke up this morning at 5.5 (99 mg;dl), then went back to bed and woke up two hours later at 4.5 (81 mg/dl), that was with running a -10% basal rate overnight. Then I had 17g for breakfast and am 8.9 (160 mg/dl) at two hours, which I don't understand since yesterday I ate the same breakfast but with more carbs and didn't spike as high.
I tossed 20U of a reservoir that was down to 20U last night before we went to dinner. It was the last of the last of the bottle, which never seems to work as well as the first of the bottle and with a big dinner on the horizon, I figured I wanted to have "the good stuff" ready for action.
I like the 99---->81 combo in the AM, even on weekends when I don't move as fast, it will cover the breakfast and weird hormone stuff going on then. If you don't like it, you could set a -10% basal rate for the first part of the night and then a bump an hour or two before dawn? The MM SalesNurse suggested that to me and I've found it useful. Oh wait, you probably know that already!
I came down to 4.4 (79) before lunch and am eating 7g for lunch (but 12g if fibre is included ...). I still had insulin on board from the correction after breakfast so not sure what happened ... I just ripped my site out on a doorframe, though (it was in my arm), so will be putting a new one in when I finish eating.
Low carb muffins are easy & so are low carb pancakes & cookies. It's substituting almond flour, or a combo of almond flour & coconut flour, for wheat flour. Need more eggs with almond & coconut flour since there's no gluten to bind things together. Coconut flour requires more liquid because it sucks up liquid like a sponge. Search low carb recipes sites because there are tons of great things to eat. Low carb isn't meat & lettuce.
Muffins (Endless variations on what could be added--poppy seeds, lemon extract, lemon zest, maple extract, banana extract.) You can also make savory muffins by leaving out the spices & sweetener, & adding herbs, grated cheese & anything you like.
Makes 12 muffins, 2 net carbs each (using zero carb sweetener)
1 1/4 cups almond flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 Tablespoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt Sweetener equal to 1/2-3/4 cup sugar 4 large eggs, beaten 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil 1/2 cup water 1 Tablespoon vanilla 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 12-muffin tin very well, or use cupcake liners for no clean-up.
Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the rest of them.
Pour into the muffin tin. Bake for about 18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean & muffins just barely start to pull away from the sides of the tin.
jen, i think the fiber thing is another YMMV. I was told (taught) too to subtract fiber, anything about 5grams and divide in half. I tried that but now I don't subtract any fiber...I just bolus normally. It kinda depends on you and your numbers, ya know. Sounds like you have some insulin resistance going on, not sure if subtracting fiber from the carbs, requiring you to use a smaller bolus would work or be beneficial. I also was told not to count carbs in veggies, which makes no sense. I count carbs in everything and subtract nothing..ha!
I definitely have some insulin resistance going on. It started pretty suddenly in October/November so not sure what is going on, but I am hoping losing weight (in progress) will make it go away ...
My blood sugar has been seriously GREAT the past few days after all meals except breakfast. This morning I tried not subtracting fibre and spiked even higher than I had the previous two days, which makes no sense ... I think I need to find other foods to eat for breakfast, but I just REALLY like cereal and milk, but I will ditch it eventually if this keeps up ...
yeah, i hear ya. sometimes i spike in the morning no matter what I eat or don't eat I still go up, DP I guess. Sometimes it seems it has nothing to do with 'carbs' for me..but more just getting the insulin dose right. I have to do a 1:6 in the morning now (on MDI's)..crazy! I love cereal and milk too, have you tried almond milk? I hear cereal is tough for a lot of folks though. Good news about your numbers lately..good work..I know you're trying so hard. This is tough...it's not just the numbers, we're more then numbers, it's about feeling better, good, great, huh?
To me, the "equation" would be similar if you call it "insulin resistance" or just stop cutting for the fiber? It might streamline the process by trying different math and ditching the fiber math? I know that fiber is supposed to be ok and all that but it seems like the "answer" would be closer to where you want to be?
Well, I'm calling it insulin resistance because I used to be fine using a 1:12 ratio and I'm now using a 1:6 ratio and am still high sometimes ... and using double the correction ratio as well, and a higher basal rate ... So I think that's something beyond just not counting fibre when I should.
Breakfast seems to be the only meal I'm going high afterward, lunch and dinner and snacks are all perfect (I subtract fibre for all of them). I think I need to just change what I'm eating for breakfast, because today I included fibre and still spiked:
I'm already drinking almond milk (I drink very little dairy milk, I think I'm slightly lactose intolerant, actually), and I've cut the "serving size" for the cereal to about 1/4th and eat some strawberries on it plus some cheese, but still seems to be spiking me relative to other meals. But overall my numbers have been freaking FANTASTIC the past few days (see below), and if it keeps up it will HAVE to pay off eventually. :)
looks great..i too have a hard time w/breakfast..i eat the same thing every morning, just a low carb yogurt (4 grams no sugar) and coffee and have to do a 1:6 too. yesterday it was great, today 179..but I woke up high too so I had to do a correction. frickin hate this..ugh! i'm gonna make those low carb muffins gerri posted, tomorrow, they look good..maybe that will work in the morning. i think my issue is my basal is still off, either I wake up in the 60's at 4am or 140 like this morning, I keep tweaking, play the game, the rules keep a changin'. we just gotta keep pluggin' along and keep fightin'. you're doing a great job, jen!
I'm glad you are making awesome progress! One other thing that I did at breakfast, and still do sometimes, if I'm not sure is what I call "the double tap", after Zombieland, and do 2 tests, maybe 15-20 minutes apart to make sure I know which way the AM bg is blowing? Sometimes it'll be surprising.
I love the Clif Mojo Bars. They are about 20g of carb and about 8g protein per bar. With a plain greek yogurt, that works for a breakfast or lunch for me and I don't need any other snacks until my next meal.
I also like Kavli crisp with cream cheese and lunch meat. Or the cracker with some PB on it (I add dark chocolate for a pre-bed snack! soooo good!).
I like the Almond-Macadamia-Walnut flavor, 11G of carbs, extra protein (I think they have that whey stuff in there, but it adds a tasty texture to the bars...)very good stuff.
I like the Wasa light crackers, 5g carbs each, with some peanut butter or meat/cheese. Joseph's Bakery has 5 carb pitas and tortillas and 11 carb lavash that make great quick wraps, crisped for pizza...
Hope you like them. I use just a small amount of sweetener because I don't like things very sweet. They're also good with half almond flour & half coconut flour.
I make them for my husband with chopped green apple & walnuts, or cranberries. I subtracted out fiber for the carb count only because almond flour carbs are half fiber.
You can add chocolate & some Greek yogurt for wonderfully moist cupcakes.
