So, I wasn't at work on Friday. I'll get to that in "The Froo-Froo Bits".
The Crunchy Bits:
Date 05/17
Blood Pressure 141/97 pulse 85
Blood Sugars
5:30 AM 84
11:00 AM 107
12:30 PM 92
4;00 PM 91
7:30 PM 111
10:30 PM 118
Breakfast Breakfast Smoothie & Scrambled egg
Snack Swiss chard salad w/ 1/2 avocado, 1/4 cucumber, 1/4 beet & 2 tbsp newman's own balsamic vinagerette. 1/4 c.almonds
Lunch 1 c garbanzo beans w/ cocnut oil & peri-peri sauce (1tsp & 1 tbsp respectively)
Snack 1/4. c hummus w/ 3 celery stalks & 1/4 cucumber
Dinner Cauliflower w/ curried garbanzo beans
Exercise AM Yoga, 15 min walk
Notes: Ran out of insulin @ 3:30 PM. Sugar stayed under control. WOOT!
Date 05/18
Blood Pressure 136/87 pulse 72
Blood Sugars 5:45 AM 90
10:30 AM 82
12:00 PM 58
no bs
8:00 PM 78
no bs
Breakfast
Snack Breakfast smoothie
Lunch Swiss Chard Salad
Snack No notes
Dinner 4 oz. tilapia w/ steamed vegetables
Exercise AM Yoga
Notes: This was a bad day, but we realized that blood sugar control is possible, even through stress. & disruption of schedule.
Date 05/19
Blood Pressure 130/78 pulse 94
Notes: Took the day off mentally
Date 05/20
Blood Pressure 150/78 pulse 92
Blood Sugars 7:30 AM 73
no bs
2:00 PM 91
no bs
7:30 PM 144
10:30 PM 121
Breakfast Breakfast smoothie
Snack no
Lunch 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 c. refried beans, 1/4 c. guacamole, 1 tbsp pico
Snack 3/4 c.(aprox) banzo nuts, almonds & walnuts (too much food)
Dinner 2 c. broccoli w/ garlic sauce
Exercise AM Yoga
Notes: unrestrained snacking is BAD. Order in from Panda Wok is possible, but care & extra insulin must be taken.
The Froo-Froo Bits:
So, some of you may have noticed that I didn't post on Friday. I was going to, but then I stayed home from work. Why? Nick needed me to.
Nick has an anxiety problem. Its pretty controlled, but like all problems, it sometimes gets out of control and Friday was the day for it. When this happens, I'm sometimes able to help him remember that life's really not spinning out of control. Again, this was one of those times.
Bottom Line: He's more important than just about anything I'd have been doing at work. 'Nuff said.
I did, however, learn that we are able to keep to diet, even if we aren't able to keep to routine. That's HUGELY important for me. Prior to this, we'd all be exhausted from the day of wrangling anxiety, and order in - usually comfort foods. Ordering in isn't always horrible, but for me, its not the best choice. There's a lot of hidden sugars & fats in restaurant food, and especially Chinese take out. The place we do order from (extremely rare now) is Panda Wok, which has some really awesome choices for folks in the area who are trying to eat healthy. Quite a variety of vegetable dishes (a number of which are steamed) w/ either sauce on the side or not-so-bad sauces.
We didn't order in Friday, but we DID order in Sunday evening. My sugar was up b/c I got the munchies in the afternoon, and let myself eat too much in one sitting. That, I'm finding is a big key to the blood sugar control. Small meals eaten throughout the day. Its working, and I broke it, and now I know not to do that. I took insulin to counter the sweet in the garlic sauce, and my sugar didn't respond obnoxiously. YAY!!
So, that was the weekend. It came in like a lion pouncing and went out like a lamb dozing in the sun.
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