from awful to dreadful

Well, because I ate so horribly yesterday, I went to bed with a high blood sugar, I think it was about 270.  I bolused (took insulin) for the high and figured I'd wake up somwehere in the 160 range.  Wrong!  I was 232.  I ate my usual breakfast of a slim fast shake and banana and went to volunteer at the school for a few hours while Ryan was in Kindergarten. 

-Side note- I was in a really crummy mood because yesterday hadn't gone very well and I really didn't want to go over to the school at all but I had promised a few teachers I would go.  I didn't spend as much time as I usually do on myself in the morning and it showed.  I looked like junk.  And people noticed. 

Then I started feeling pretty poorly, and people could really tell.  I had a weird chest pain and what felt like a fever.  Being diabetic, I automatically thought it was my sugar.  I decided that my attempt at getting anything done at school was futile and figured I'd better get home and get some more rest (didn't sleep well last night either which is pretty normal for me).  On my way out into the parking lot I figured I'd check on my pump site.  It was disconnected.  Which meant that it had probably been that way since I put my shorts on, before I ate breakfast, and bloused for breakfast.  Translation: I hadn't gotten any insulin to cover for my high, nor my breakfast, nor for the past three hours.  I KNEW my sugar was high but I only live about three minutes for the school so I decided to just throw the toddler in the car and check it when I got home.  It was 521!  (Normal range is 80-120).  I tested again just to be sure and my meter was only 3 points different. 

So, I'm feeling pretty crappy and now I know why.  I took a shot of 16 units, bloused 2 units with a 1 hour reminder so that I could check it to see how far it had come down. 

It has now been about 6 hours and I'm still running in the 300 range.  I ate a few crackers for lunch and drank 2 diet cokes and 1 water.  I'm hoping my sugars will be down in the 100 range here pretty soon. 

What's really a bummer about highs is the inevitable low that follows.  I'll end up with too much insulin in my system, and probably not enough food, and will go low.  It will probably happen during my tutoring session which is scheduled in about an hour from now.  Then I won't be able to think straight and the kid will think I'm a weirdo. 

Ah, the roller coaster of diabetes. 

food logs SFS

Saturday
fiber one cereal
turkey and cheese on wheat
apple
cheeseburger
yogurt

Sunday
fiber one cereal
peanut butter and apricot jelly on wheat
waffles and sugar free syrup
wheat thins with honey & peanut butter

Monday
slim fast
banana
cheddar on wheat
pepperoni pizza
fruit snacks

Tuesday
arg, today was awful!
oatmeal and banana
3 mini corn dogs
garlic chicken & rice
cheezits
4 cookies
chicken sandwich
small fries
arg, awful!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 large slice of Great Harvest Cinnaburst bread
2 bowls shredded wheat
1 C veggie Lo Mein
1 BLT roll-up
ice cream sundae with lots of bananas

Not enough water and no exercise.

food log(S) SFS

Thursday:
slim fast & banana
beef & broccoli with rice
garlic chicken with rice
Cheetos
carrots

walked about a mile pulling boys in wagon

Friday:
fiber one caramel delight cereal
four crackers with peanut butter
8 wheat thins
peanut butter and apricot jelly on wheat bread
1/2 apple
1 cup rice
1/2 peanut butter sandwich
1 yogurt

no exercise

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

2 orange scones
cookie dough (1-2 cookies worth)
1 bowl cold cereal
1 slice pepperoni pizza
5 Hershey kisses

1/2 gallon of water and 1 hour of Jazzercise

MJMs Food Log

1 1/2 C cold cereal with milk
1/4 cantaloupe
1 peach
1 slice 9-grain bread
1 C hamburger/hashbrown soup
1 C pasta salad
1/3 C baked beans
3/4 C lemon trifle
2 rolls
1 C peach crisp

I drank 1/2 gallon of water and did 1 hour of Jazzercise.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1/3 C Zoom whole wheat cereal
1 peach
1/2 C dry cold cereal
1 can Progresso Hearty Tomato soup
1 C peach crisp
1 peach
1 C hamburger hash brown soup
3 rolls

I shouldn't have eaten so many rolls but they were homemade and warm - a big weakness of mine. I got lots of exercise (1 hour of step Jazzercise on double risers and 2 hours of hiking). Drank 1/2 gallon of water.

Not losing any weight these days.

food log

B: slim fast and banana
L:peanut butter sandwich , a hand full of Cheez-its and nectarines
D: mini pizzas on English muffins, with pepperoni

I'm feeling so out of it.  I can't get motivated to do anything.  I've felt this way since Sunday night.  Not sure what's causing my funk, but I sure hope I snap out of it soon. 

I think I need a project or something but I just don't feel like doing anything. 

Depressed?  maybe....

MJMs Food Log

1 bowl shredded wheat
1 peach
2 oz smoked fat-free turkey breast
1 peach
1 C dry cold cereal
1 stalk celery with peanut butter
1 C lemon trifle

Not great on water and no exercise (unless you count running around doing millions of errands).

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1 waffle topped with fresh peaches
2 C light chocolate soy-milk with 1 banana and 2 C strawberries
1 C dry cold cereal
1 C crunchy cheeseroni
1 C peach crisp with light Cool whip

No exercise - I went to Jazzercise but the teacher's asthma acted up so she couldn't do cardio. My shoulder is injured so I couldn't do weights. Such a bummer! Then I just never seemed to fit anything else in during the day.

MJMs Food Log

1/2 C cold cereal
1 peach
3 oz Russian chicken (chicken breast with dry onion soup mix, russian dressing, and whole cranberry sauce)
1/2 C rice
corn on the cob
1 peach
1 Big Hunk candy bar
vanilla ice cream with bananas and hot fudge and caramel
1 burrito

Tips for becoming a Sugar Free Sweetie

I haven't been as diligent as I thought I'd be at posting this week.  I thought that for today, instead of posting my food log or weigh in, that I'd post some tips for going sugar free, or low carb, how ever you like to phrase it.  I wrote this post a while back on my friend's fitness blog.  Her blog is called "Fit me Pink" and she does an amazing job of writing about health and fitness.  You can link to it here: http://fitmepink.blogspot.com My original post can be found here: [my post] but I'll also just paste the text in this post as well. 

My name is Jen and I’m posting mostly because I’m diabetic and I thought I’d offer a few tips for how to go sugar-free, or low-carb. A little about me to introduce myself to the readers… I’m 30 and have 2 kids. I’ve had diabetes for  a little over 9 years.  I have type 1 diabetes which means that I am insulin resistant (ie, I have to take insulin to control my sugars and essentially stay alive). Because I was diagnosed as an adult (20 years old) I was basically expected to figure things out for myself. At the time of my diagnosis, I pretty much went information crazy. I looked up everything I could find about diabetes and learned a lot. I continue to read a lot about the condition and find it very fascinating. I love to talk about diabetes and how it affects my life. I also blog about my diabetes occasionally. You can check out those posts on my blog by clicking on the diabetes label link (found in the footer).


Life post-diagnosis has changed in some ways greatly and in other ways very minimally. I can still eat like pretty much every one else, I just have to monitor all of my carbohydrates. As a diabetic, I’m concerned with all sugars: glucose, fructose, and lactose. But what I have to pay attention to most on a food label or food item that I’m eating is the total number of carbohydrates. I count carbs in everything I eat and drink so that I know how much insulin to take. My diet is not completely carbohydrate-free and I don’t really recommend that sort of an approach.

Having children is one way that diabetes greatly impacted my life. I have to monitor my sugars extremely carefully and work really hard at keeping them within a very normal range. I’ve had two healthy baby boys and they both weighed about 8.5 pounds. Their lungs were fully developed and neither boy suffered any post-birth effects from my diabetes. These are my greatest diabetic accomplishments. While living with diabetes can be difficult, there are even days when I forget that I am diabetic, and for that, I am very thankful. It wouldn’t be possible without the help of all of the wonderful diabetic advancements and improvements science has brought us.

Here are my tips for going sugar free!

1.Decide what kind of carbs you want to cut, and then set some goals.

2.Cut the unnecessary carbs. Desserts and things high in sugar often have an alternative. Be aware that some things that say "sugar-free" or "no sugar added" on the labels actually do have some carbs, so you’ll want to check the label to find out how many. If you compare the sugar free version with a regular product, you usually notice at least a 20% decrease in total carbohydrates.

3.Just because it’s "sugar free" doesn’t mean it tastes like cardboard! There are a lot of really good "sugar-free," or "no-sugar-added" products that taste pretty good. Some of my favorites are: Jell-O sugar free pudding, Yoplait light yogurt, Smuckers no sugar added jelly, light maple syrup, and Dryer’s slow-churned no-sugar-added ice-cream.

4.Choose a favorite sugar-free treat...and stock up! There are actually treats out there that have very few carbs, and some have none. 7-11 has a great Crystal Light Slurpee with only 5 calories per 8 ounces and zero carbs. The Cheese Cake Factory sells a "Carb Free" cheesecake that only has 6 carbs! My suggestion is to take it home and add some sugar free cherry pie filling on top!

5.Eat the good carbs! Fruit and fruit juices are good carbohydrate choices that often satisfy your sweet-tooth!

6.Try to never drink carbs or calories! There are so many great diet drinks out there…drinking empty calories or carbs really doesn’t make sense. My one exception to this rule is while working out…a good sports drink with some electrolytes can be an excellent choice.

7.Keep a back up for when you’re feeling you may cave! Gum works really well. Apparently the ever-so-obvious people from product placement at the Biggest Loser think so too!

8.Choose a day to cheat. Sometimes it’s okay to cheat. Set aside a cheat-day for yourself. One day a week (or less, if you’re brave) is good enough. A friend of mine eats whatever she pleases on Sundays. She doesn’t count calories or carbs on this day, and she’s been able to maintain an 80 pound weigh-loss for 8 years!

9.Remember how good you feel. Going low-carb can be a difficult thing to do. However, it does make you feel great. My sugars get much more level, and overall I feel so much better. Remember that when you’re about have some leftover birthday cake.

10.Do it with a buddy. Having support makes things much easier!

MJMs Food Log

Saturday's food:

Breakfast
2 C cold, dry cereal
peach

Lunch
peach
another peach
celery with peanut butter

Dinner
BLT on light wheat bread using turkey bacon
peanut butter ice cream with waffle cone (Cold Stone)

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1/4 of a cantaloupe
1 gingerbread scone
pear tomatoes
dry cold cereal (Cinnamon Life)
1 peach
3 orange truffles
1 slice pizza

I Jazzercised for one hour and should have drank more water.

MJMs Food Log

Wednesday I ate the following:

1/3 C hot 7-whole grain cereal with brown sugar
grapes
1 cupcake (from the Sweet Tooth Fairy - yum!)
peach smoothee
ziti
11 potato chips

I drank 1/2 gallon of water and got LOTS of exercise. I did one hour of step class on double risers. Then I did a 9 mile hike. I also spent 1 hour walking around Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Thusday (today) I ate:

2 C light chocolate soymilk with strawberries and bananas
3/4 C white chicken chili soup
2 rolls
tossed salad (no dressing)
1 chocolate chip cookie
12 coconut M&Ms
1 peach
1 apple
1 small Cold Stone ice cream
3/4 C ziti

I didn't drink enough and did 1 hour of Jazzercise.

food log SFS

B: fiber one cereal
L: honey and peanut butter on wheat bread, cheezits
D: nectarine
S: graham crackers and peanut butter, granola bar
E: none :(

Better Eating Day

Good Eating Day for me:
B: Eggs & Cheese, 1 Sausage Patty, 1 pc Ham, Cinnamon roll
L: Chips and salsa
D: Turkey Club sandwich & Fries
sn: 1 bg Sun Chips, Banana

Thats all today: And I am Full

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 1/2 C dry cold cereal
2 slices of toast
grapes
granola bar
1/2 C Ziti (pasta)

food log SFS

I did not log my food today.  It was crazy busy.  However, I will sit here now and try to remember what I've eaten. 

B: slim fast and banana
L: quesadilla (wheat tortilla, light mozzarella) and salsa
D: half grilled chicken sandwich from McD, small fry (doh!)
I also ate: an almond joy, a fruit snack, two Quaker granola bars and one graham cracker

too many snacks as usual

E: walked while pulling wagon 1.3 miles

Eating lots

Woke up in Montreal, Canada this morning and ate the following:
B: Yogart, Fruit and Granola
Sn: Cookies
L: Peanut Butter & Honey Sandwich, Torilla Chips and salsa, Licorice
D: Hamburger, Fries, Water to Drink
Sn: Cookies ( Cookies all gone now so better tomorrow)
70 oz water, No exercise (Just Lazy)

Back to the routine

Well, I've been out and about so much lately that I haven't had time to blog.  Have you heard the saying; "Living not Blogging"?  Well, that's been me I guess.  Not meant to be an excuse, just and explanation.  I did okay eating my first two and a half days in Seattle.  Came home and washed laundry, did dishes and grocery shopping then packed up our stuff again for another four day weekend.  This time we went to Yellowstone.  We did TONS of driving and hardly any exercise at all (had my 80 year old grandparents with us, they don't get around too well) but we did go pretty long between meals and I didn't do much snacking so I feel good about that. 
Tomorrow I'm planning on getting back into the routine.  I've done so much traveling this summer I don't care if I see another suit case until at least Christmas.  There may be a Thanksgiving trip though, who knows! 
I'm very much one to love the routine, so I'm glad to get back to it. 

MJM

I haven't don well at posting lately.

I've done even worse at eating healthy.

Two good reasons why my weight has gone UP.

Today I am posting to remind myself why I want to eat healthy and lose weight.

1) I want to be healthy. I want to live a long time. I want to lead an active lifestyle. I want to be able to play with my kids and grandkids. I have a family history of diabetes and I would like to avoid that. I just plain feel better and have more energy when I eat better.

2) I want to feel better about myself. By losing weight, I will look better and fit into clothes better. This increases my self-esteem. I am not seeking to be model-skinny but I'd like to look healthy.

3) My body is a temple and I should treat it as such.

I was lost, and I have gained

Thanks for the invite back. I was so focused for 2 days then fell into dispared. Now I am really to start again. Heres my days eating.



B: 2 bowls of Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal

Sn: 2 Cookies, 3 Hersery Kisses

L: Broccoli Soup and Rolls

Sn: 7 Cookies

D: Pasta Ziti, Corn on Cob,

Well now I am back to recording my food, hopefully it will deter my poor eating habits. Exercise might be good. Does anyone have a web site that can help someone learn to swim. I would like to swim however am not very good at it.
Until tomorrow.

MJMs Food Log

What didn't I eat yesterday?

2 lemon muffins
3/4 C strawberry smoothee
broccoli salad
Caesar salad
pasta salad
Pani Popo (Hawaiian sticky buns)
corn on the cob
BLT wrap
2 macaroons
1 cream slush (from Sonic)
more corn on the cob
more BLT wrap
more Pani Popo
1 sucker

Ugh!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

2 bowls of cold cereal
1 oz fat-free chicken breast
2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and a banana
1 Dunford chocolate donut
1 tomato

I didn't eat too much but it wasn't all healthy either. No exercise and only 1/2 gallon of water.

My weight is remaining constant (which is up a bit).

MJMs Food Log

Sunday I ate the following:

1 1/2 C casserole (hamburger, macaroni, spaghetti sauce, cheese)
1 ear corn on the cob
1/2 C cucumber slices
1 C cantaloupe
1 cupcake
1 bowl of Wheat Chex

Yesterday I ate:

2 bowls of Wheat Chex
1 C non-fat vanilla yogurt with 1/3 C granola
fat-free turkey sandwich on light wheat breat with reduced-fat pepperjack cheese, lettuce, and tomato
11 Lay's potato chips
2 peaches
1/2 raspberry bar
1 stick licorice (small)
9 mini Tootsie rolls

No exercise on Sunday but on Monday I did 1 hour of Jazzercise and went hiking.

food log SFS

Seattle Day #2
So our second day here seemed to be ALL ABOUT THE FOOD! We ate from morning till night but we're having a great time and things back at home seem to be going well too.
B: fat free raspberry yogurt, egg with mozzarella
L:Dim Sum, gellato, chicken chowder, sour dough bread, and a canolli filled with cream cheese
D: BLT, goat cheese, sour dough bread, dark green leafies
S: Tim Tam cookies, YUM!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1/3 C Zoom (hot whole-wheat cereal)
2 rolls from Texas Roadhouse
2 oz BBQ chicken (from Texas Roadhouse)
1 oz pulled pork (from TR)
several bites of sweet potato
1 piece of chocolate cake
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal
1 1/2 C fat-free, sugar-free pudding

No exercise and not much water.

food log SFS

Day #1 in Seattle:
B: scrambled egg, 1/2 piece bacon
L: turkey club on sour dough and a bag of salt & vinegar potato chips
D: 1/4 of an egg sandwich, 1/4 of a bratwurst, 1/4 C. pulled pork, garlic fries (we went to a Mariner's game and I just ate bits and pieces of things)
S: lots of yogurt covered raisins, 4 fig newtons
E: some walking
I feel I did pretty well for being on vacation. If the brat had tasted better I would have eaten much more of it. As it was, I can make them much tastier at home.

MJMs Food Log

Thursday I ate:

3/4 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 slice pizza
1 burrito
1 chicken salad sandwich on a small croissant
2 chocolate covered strawberries
grapes

Friday I ate:

3/4 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 fat-free turkey sandwish on light wheat bread with pepper-jack cheese, tomato, and lettuce
1/2 oz dark chocolate
3 rolls (Texas Roadhouse) with honey-butter
several bites of sweet potato
2 oz BBQ chicken
3 oz BBQ pulled pork
way too many cheese fries!!!!
some peanuts
1 C raspberry slush
1 piece chocolate cake

Thursday was okay. Friday I was doing fine until we went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Shanley's birthday. Thursday I got in a Jazzercise class but Friday I taught an early morning seminary class so I didn't get any exercise.

I have totally gained weight this week. Ugh!

food log SFS

Thursday

slim fast, bananas, small yogurt
turkey on wheat with tomato
grapes
Pho noodle soup with chicken
graham crackers with pb and cream cheese (separately)
peach

no exercise again, boo

On vaca in Seattle with the husband (and no kids!) so I'll be keeping close track of my calories so that I don't gain any MORE weight. Hoping to get some good tourist miles on my feet too!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

dry cold cereal
a lemon bar
a chimichanga from Bajio
2 slices of pizza
1/2 peach

I did Jazzercise for 1 hour.

MJMs Food Log

Monday I ate:
cold cereal
hot chocolate
veggie sandwich from Subway
1 oz dark chocolate
1 cupcake
2 slices of pizza

I did 1 hour of Jazzercise and also ran 3 miles.

Yesterday was a blur. I left the house at 4 am and returned about 9 pm. Otherwise I was only home to say goodbye to my children in the morning and to unload groceries. I didn't really take time to eat but snatched whatever was available.

2 C light chocolate soy milk with strawberries and banana
2 Lion House rolls
1 peach
1 Fiber One bar
1 cupcake
2 lemon bars