The other month I was having a really hard time keeping my blood sugars consistent. No matter what I did, I felt like I couldn't get it right. I'd eat the same things I normally ate and give the same amount of insulin I would normally give ... and end up with a blood sugar through the rough. My blood sugars would run high and never seem to come back down, no matter how much insulin I pumped through my system. Then, when I finally got my blood sugars to come down, they came shooting down so fast that I had to eat sugar pills .... which shot my blood sugar right back up where it started. Talk about frustrating when everything that used to work just didn't anymore!
A few months ago I remember a doctor told me that there are about 1,000 that can affect blood sugar and I can be in control of about 5 of those things. WOW! So I started trying everything I could ... I kept myself as hydrated as possible (to make blood flow through my body faster). I switched out both of my insulins (thinking that one or both had gone bad). Started to try and get back into an exercise routine (which is really hard to do with high blood sugars). And then decided to REALLY up my game in the food choices department.
These days I've decided to go with portion control rather than just say no to a lot of things. My main diet includes a lot of low carb options, but I am sure to keep the carb-rich and sugary foods to a minimum. Right now I am really loving my current food routine:
Breakfast: 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk, 1/2 a banana, 1 scoop of peanut butter blended into a smoothie
snacks: rice crackers (only 6 carbs so sometimes I can get away without any insulin!)
Lunch: salad with 1/2 a tomato and 1/2 an avocado + plain Greek yogurt
Dinner: protein (flank steak, chicken breast, fish, etc), salad, + a veggie
Dessert: Hershey kisses in the freezer
Of course this doesn't happen EVERY day but I am loving the consistency that this diet really gives my blood sugars. I did a lot of experimenting, like figuring out that vanilla almond milk and vanilla yogurt are just TOO many carbs, and of course I miss the yummy flavors of those two options. But today I am celebrating 2 weeks of AWESOME blood sugars and that feeling is worth monitoring every bit of food that gets put into my body.
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