What a weekend it was.  I accomplished a lot this weekend, and did it all with pretty good blood sugars.  There was however about a 3 hour period this weekend that my sugar went close to 400, and that was during the Eagles game.  It wasn’t because it was a close game or anything like that.  It was when Brian Westbrook took the screen pass 70+ yards for a touchdown, and when I jumped up screaming, my infusion set came out, and I didn’t even know it.  This just so happened to be right around the time that the chicken tacos (Taco Bell boxed stuff, since the diet doesn’t allow me to eat at Taco Bell).  The infusion set wasn’t fully out, but enough to where the insulin leaked out.  And it wasn’t until later on when I tested my sugar and saw the high number that I realized it.  But, I fixed it pretty quickly.  Other then that, it was a good BG level weekend.

I even went to the gym on Saturday morning and rode the bike and lifted.  That was the first time that I went to the gym on a weekend since I was probably in high school.  I felt pretty good all day long then too, so I will try to keep doing it.  I am still trying to get myself to go to the gym in the morning before work, but it is tough to do, because I am not a morning person.  The weekend was fine because it was at like 10:30 - 11, so I wasn’t too tired.  If I went before work, then I would have to go at like 6:30 - 7, not so attractive.  The weight is slowly coming off, it has been 2 pounds since I came back from Christmas vacation, so 2 pounds in one week.  I was hoping to burn off a little more then that at the beginning.  My eating habits have not been as strict, but I am slowly getting better.  The weekends are still hurting me a bit.

But, this week is going to be a good one!

Well, I haven’t been posting as often as I usually do or how often I should be.  But it is the last day of 2008, so I will definitely put a quick one up.  I am not going to make a resolution saying that I will post more often, because then I definitely will not post as much, and will probably end up posting even less than I have been lately.  I have gone to the gym both nights so far this week and not only did the bike, but also a pretty intense lifting workout.  I have also been eating a little better too.  2 days, no fast food so far.  The worst meal that I have had was for lunch yesterday.  My girlfriend LOVES this Cuban restaurant near my work, so she met me there yesterday for lunch.  I had a skirt steak and rice and beans, not too unhealthy, but not very healthy either.

I will continue to eat well going into 2009 because I have a goal of losing nearly 40 pounds, and I will not stop until I do it.  I will stay motivated and dedicated to do it.  It will make me healthier, and has already kept my blood sugars at better levels.  I haven’t had a reading over 180 since Sunday night.  That is the first time that has happened in…… I can’t even tell you when.  My levels in the morning are even lower, around 150, getting better.

Well all this is making me hungry, and it is coming up on lunch time, so I will see you all next year!

Have a fun, and most importantly safe New Year’s!

So I just got back from Pennsylvania from my Christmas vacation and also a doctor’s visit.  Everything went good with my educator visit except she didn’t like the levels of my morning blood sugars.  So what we decided was that we will increase my basal rate throughout the night to 2.5.  If that creates too many lows then I will decrease it then.  But I think this will definitely help fight these highs in the morning.  She also didn’t like the weight that I had put on over the past few months.  I will be starting my 2009 diet a little early and start it today.  Before I was riding the bike, but was not doing any lifting.  Now I am going to be riding the bike, plus doing lifting but with light weights just to  build definition.  While I was home, I saw some pictures from back in the day when I was in high school and playing sports.  I took it back here with me for a little bit of motivation.

I have a lot more things to be doing now, which means less time to make it to the gym.  However, the difference now is that I am going to make more time to go to the gym, and less excuses to not go to the gym.  That was my problem before, and then I would eat too much after the gym, but not anymore.  I am going to do a lot better this time!

Last full day in Florida until after Christmas.  I can’t believe that I am already going back home tomorrow.  I haven’t backed, I haven’t done laundry, I haven’t cleaned, I haven’t done a single thing that I need to do in order to be ready to go home.  I finished up all of my Christmas shopping yesterday, and then by the way, my car wouldn’t start.  That was really great for my blood sugar.  I popped the hood and my battery was like disintegrated.  There was so much battery acid on there, it looked like blue whipped cream on top of there.  So I cleaned it off and had to jump it.  Oh, great, I’m not able to jump it because there are cars near me and I can’t reach my girlfriend’s car, so I have to go to Sear’s and get a longer cable.  Finally I get it to start and I cleaned it out with baking soda and water then and let it run for about 20-30 minutes and try to charge it up a bit, no luck.

I need to take the battery out and charge it, but there is a problem on that also, I can’t get the bolt off!  So after all that, I test my sugar and I was at about 325.  So I go to correct and I realize, oh crap I was out of insulin before all this started and I had to reload my pump and I totally forgot because of this whole ordeal.  So I fly home for a week tomorrow, so I will let the battery charge for a while since I will be gone and hopefully I come back and it is all ok.

Anyway, I received an e-mail with my A1C yesterday and I was highly disappointed.  It was exactly 7.0%.  My educator suggested that the reason could be elevations right after meals because I tend to not bolus until about 5 minutes before my meal or maybe in the middle of it.  So I need to start bolusing about 20 minutes before hand.  When I go out to eat, I usually do because after I decide on what I am going to eat, I will bolus and then by the time the food gets there, it has been a good 10 minutes or so.  I will continue to work on that, so my next goal is to be at about 6.5%, or at least between 6.5% - 7.0%

I probably won’t post again until after Christmas, so…. to all a good night

So I got the blood work done this morning, now I am just awaiting the results.  I will probably get an e-mail later today, or tomorrow morning from my educator, but I will get the actual paperwork and full results when I go to see her next week.  But, there wasn’t much work done this time.  It was just A1C and microalbumin.  It was a non-fasting, but I didn’t read that until this morning, so of course I fasted for the testing.  My sugar was 210 when I woke up, so I tried to correct it before the test, so I’m curious to see how much it dropped in about 30-45 minutes, not much I’m sure.

However, right afterwards I ate breakfast because I was starving, and I took too much insulin because at about 10:30, I tested at 54.  I ate a bunch of candy quickly and even drank a half of cup of regular sode (eww disgusting, more on this later).  I tested about an hour later and I was only up to about 110.  So, my sugar must have been low and still had acting insulin for it to only correct that little for the amount of sugar that I ate!

Now, back to the regular sode thing.  I have been drinking diet soda even before I was diabetic.  It was all that my mother bought when I was in high school.  I started out drinking diet Dr. Pepper because that was the only one that I couldn’t tell a difference in, then went to diet Barq’s root beer.  I could not do diet coke or pepsi, because I could definitely tell the difference and didn’t like it.  I then started drinking diet pepsi cans, not bottle because that was gross, but cans and then I slowly started drinking diet everything.  Then when I became diabetic, it was normal for me to be drinking all diet drinks, because that’s all I did anyway.

Everyone have a great day!

Christmas time has come so fast.  I will already be going back home in just a few days.  It seems like it was just yesterday that I was flying back home from Thanksgiving.  Well tomorrow is my A1C test, so that means fasting tonight.  I will probably eat some fruit right around 10:30-ish, and then that is it.  Drink some water in the morning to make the blood work go a little easier and hope that I’m under 7%.  I think that I may be this month.  It would be a great Christmas gift, plus it will make my educator happy.

I’m also in the process of trying to get approved for CGMS through the insurance company.  From what I’ve read, I have a long road in front of me.  But I can’t do anything other than just try and wish for the best.  I don’t know if I want to wear a whole new infusion set on my body along with the one that I already have, but if it helps me control my levels better, then I guess it is worth it.  I will do a little more research about it before I obviously go on it.  Either way, I still want to upgrade to the newer version of the pump I am on, just in case I do decide to go on the CGMS, at least I will have the right pump.

You know what, I have so much shopping and things I still have to do before Friday night.  We are having an early Christmas dinner and Christmas gift exchange since I will be flying back home this weekend.  I have no idea what to get anybody, and with time running out, who knows what I will settle on.  Maybe I should make a list, that would probably help.

What I just ate for lunch today is not going to help me out in my diet.  Chinese food.  I wasn’t going to eat it, but everybody pretty much, in the office was ordering it, so I decided, ahhh why not.  I made sure I got one of the dishes that has the most fattening sauce, and sugary things in it.  Honey Garlic chicken with a lot sauce, plus fried rice, and not to mention egg roll.  That should knock about 4-5 pounds off of my holiday weight loss attempt.

Well, I tested right before I ate and it was 125.  It’s only been about an hour or so since I ate, so I’m not going to test yet, but I’m hoping it is still within a good range.  I received a fax today to get my A1c test done.  So I better add that to my list of things that I need to do in the next week before I go back home for Christmas.  I have a lot to do tonight.  I was supposed to put my Christmas tree up last Saturday, but I didn’t have a chance to do it, so I will have to do it tonight.  Christmas music, lights, cookies, and a tree.  The worst part about doing this is that I fly home in less than 2 weeks and won’t be here for Christmas, so I will only see it for a little bit.

Hope you all have a great day!

Lately, my dawn phenomenon problem has not been so much of a problem.  I am not eating past 11 o’clock really anymore and that sems to be working.  When I do eat, it is just a little snack like some grapes or veggies and dip.  Sometimes it is a dessert, but I am trying to stay away from that.  My sugars were reading at about 250-300 in the morning, and now they are at about 160-180.  I know this still isn’t too good, but it is better then what the previous numbers were.  I am still working on decreasing this number.  Mornings that I have exercised the night before are giving me lower numbers compared to when I don’t exercise.  Maybe that’s a sign, more exercise equals losing weight, plus lower sugar levels.  Sounds like a win-win to me.

On another note, it is almost time for me to get another order of pump supplies.  This is going to be the first time that I won’t have to pay a single penny for them.  I love it!  I am going to start working on getting on a constant glucose monitoring system.  Any suggestions on the best system out there?

Thanks!

I’ve been looking for some plane tickets to fly back down to Florida after Christmas, but they are so expensive.  It’s cheap to fly up there, but almost $500 to fly back.  Ridiculous.  It makes me just want to stay there for that price.  I did a good job of testing my blood sugar frequently when I just was home for Thanksgiving, so I am going to try my best to do the samething during this trip home.  I have to get my A1C test done when I am at home, so hopefully that will be the best gift that I get this Christmas.

 My dieting hasn’t been going according to plan since I get back from Thanksgiving.  The first few days I was good, but then I started slacking again.  I made it to the gym yesterday, but not for long.  I will be going to the gym tonight for at least 30 minutes on the bike, but I need to try and do some lifting also.  I burn about 300 calories on the bike, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything at all.  The lifting will help tone things up a little bit also.  I really need to get this weight off before I go home for Christmas.  I think I eat more at Christmas time then I do at Thanksgiving time.

Have a great day everyday!

My blood sugars have been improving over the last month or so.  Other then last week’s holiday highs, they have been better.  I’m looking at about a 30 day average of about 130-140, which for me is probably one of the best month averages that I’ve had.  I’m looking for my A1C to also be the lowest it’s been.  Which reminds me, I have to schedule that appointment soon.  I actually just now e-mailed my doctor to get a script sent to me for the bloodwork.

This is a big weekend for sports for me again.  The most important is that the Eagles play the hated Giants, and it’s a huge game in a lot of fashions.  First, we have to win just because it is against the Giants and they beat us earlier this year.  Secondly, we have to win if we want to have any chance at all to make it to the play-offs.  The next big event is that tomorrow is the ACC championship game which Virginia Tech is playing Boston College for the 2nd straight year.  People counted us out, but if we win this game, we automatically go to a BCS Bowl game, so whose laughing now!  Finally, tomorrow night is the first Panthers game I’ll be going to since I left for the holiday.  I missed 3 straight home games, I don’t like that.  That also reminds me (I seem to be reminding myself of a lot of things), that I recorded last night’s game and I have to watch it before I check the article online.

So, how does all this relate to diabetes?  You know how, because I’m trying to prove a point that even though I have diabetes, I live a normal life.  So even though I talk about blood sugars and A1C and these type of things, I don’t ever talk about complications really because I live my life just like the people who don’t have diabetes, except I prick my finger several times a day (ok, maybe only once sometimes, but don’t tell me doctor!)

Well, everybody have a great weekend and hopefully you all cheer for my Eagles, Panthers, and Hokies!

Fly Eagles Fly, Go Cats Go, Hokie Hokie Hokie Pride!

Wait….the workday isn’t over yet!