I was in the car, on the Treo when I started on the other Agility Experiments and got side tracked.
I’ve posted on this before I think, but one of the things I don’t do well enough with my pump is adjusting my basal rate. That’s one of the things I’m working on.
We’ve been able to come up with a pretty good basal rate that works well during the week, which is a good thing, since that is usually 5/7 of my life. However, I have spend spending weekends chasing mild highs.
So first, I set up a basal rate I’ve called weekend, and set it to my evening rate all day. I still was chasing mild highs, so I upped it by 10%. I think its better, but I haven’t had enough days to judge.
I’ve also set a rate for my agility trials. That one will take a bit more tweaking, but the good news, is that I have two days this week and 2 1/2 days next week to work on that one. That one is now 10% higher than the weekend rate I established.
That’s one reason I packed extra food. I’ve also restocked my emergency food supply, just in case. I talked to a diabetes sports specialist about this about a month ago, and he convinced me that on agility trial weekends I shouldn’t focus on losing weight, but I should focus on keeping my insulin levels low enough to compete better. I also shouldn’t be as tired, since the high blood sugar levels I’ve been experiencing on trial days, wear me out.
I also think that if I mentally feel better, the dogs will do better. Marcie is more affected by my physical well being that Maggie — and if I am not as tired, I will run faster.
Anyway, we’ll see how it goes.