I loaded up the beagle girls after a quick dinner and workout. We’re off to a fun match. Blood sugar is 99 so I’ve stopped off for a Sonic salad and diet limeade and I think I willskip the bolus. With the insulin on board i’m in danger of crashing.
I think i’ll pick up some CadberrySwepps sugar on the way to, just in case.
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From my Treo
Amy at http://www.diabetesmine.com comments:
Obviously, I disagree. I do think you have to “look a gift horse in the mouth” sometimes if ethics, hypocrisy, and/or dangerous messages are at stake.
Of course Cadbury also makes some “good” products. That is not the issue. On the whole, they represent the companies that are fostering BAD HEALTH with their aggressive marketing of sugary, non-nutritious foods. I think we do well to question their motives here…
Yes, it is good for the ADA to get an influx of money, but at what price?
Amy — and the rest of the people who think this way is guilty of wrong thinking about food. I think that is very dangerous for both diabetics and parents. There are really NO wrong foods.
Gee, I ate a Snickers bar this afternoon. It tasted very good, and it solved a problem I was having — I was having trouble maintaining my blood sugar level. I choose a Snicker’s bar over several other vending machine choices primarily because of the combination of sugar, chocalate and peanuts. There are times I’ll choose pure sugar — if I am having a sudden crash. Other times I might choose chips.
As I said before — there are no “bad” foods and really no “junk” foods. Carbs aren’t bad, protein and fat isn’t bad. We need all of them, we just have to choose wisely.
There are no bad food manufacturers, either. The ADA is not accepting money from evil doers at all.
As for parents, labeling food bad or forbidden DOES lead to food disorders. I’ve seen it in my students, and I saw it in myself and others in the numerous attempts at controlling my weight in group settings.
One of the healthiest things you can do for children is to teach them how and when to eat appropriate foods. Not labeling things as bad or forbidden. That goes for a lot of other items we ingest too.
I’m REALLY having to watch things today. Now that I’ve got my food intake under control, and have the blood sugar under control, I’m running a tad low. I was at 116 fasting but by the time I got to school and got some running done, I was down to 95.
I did grab something to eat and am testing every hour and before I get in the car.
Here’s the fun part. Your total daily dose affects your carb and correction factors. This is documented in “Pump Insulin”. As my total daily dose goes down, that means my ratios go up, which means I end up with a lower total daily dose. Which means I have to adjust ratios again, etc.
My basal rate may also be a tad high, though most of the time when I’m not eating and bolusing or exercising, my blood sugar is staying stable, just low.
I’ve gone through this before, and it just means you test more often.
And a very long day. But Thursday’s usually are. I call it my Girl Dogs’ Night Out.
I have dog agility with both Maggie and Marcie (photos are at http://www.kweaver.org/photos/) We drive over an hour to class, Maggie’s class starts at 7:30, and Marcie’s at 8:30. Then it’s about a 45 minute drive home, provided that TxDot or some idiot driver hasn’t fubarred the roads. For some reason, Dallas drivers HAVE to drive 20 mph over the speed limit at that time of night.
There are a couple of reasons we drive that far — it’s pretty hard to find enough land in the city of Dallas to do a proper dog agility class. Second, I’m pretty picky when it comes to instructors.
Anyway, after a full day of class, where I spent the day with my blood sugar cruising around 110 most of the day, and post pranial after lunch at 130, I went off with the dogs. After supper and getting ready, my blood sugar was at 95, so I grabbed Snicker’s minature and a couple of lifesavers. Was still at 95 a half hour later, so did a second dose.
Also hit the temporary basal at -20% at 5:30 and grabbed a hot dog right before class, so I would have a bit of sugar (from the bun, the hot dog is to slow things down) to keep from going low.
When I finished class, I was at 140, and was 125 when I got home, so I hit another Snickers Minature a few minutes ago, so I don’t have to worry about going low in the night.
I’m also going to up my boluses — I haven’t had to correct all day, and have been lower than I like postpranial.
That also means my TDD will go down (TDD = Total Daily Dose).
I’ve been under 65 units for the past 7 days! That’s not bad, considering in end of my crisis I was doing 120+ units.
In fact, I’m going to be a VERY adament that I think that the diabetics who are criticizing the ADA for accepting donations from Cadbury Sweppes are at the very least, very short sided, and that the very most, very bigoted.
I went out to the Cadberry Schweppes, and as I suspected, they make more than “junk food”.
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I personally don’t label anything as junk food, or forbidden food, first of all that is VERY dangerous and can lead to eating disorders. Yeah, I’ve been treated for an eating disorder myself, though I thought the process was a waste of time. (And for another post).
I’ve been involved in non-profit organizations before, and am a teacher at a public school, and one thing I’ve learned, is to NEVER EVER look a gift horse in the mouth. Maybe it helps being a drug dog handler and knowing that most of the funding you are getting are from confiscations, but frankly, I’m not to proud to take any money given and use it.
I also bet that the very people who are condemning the ADA buy Cadberry-Schweppes products on a regular basis. Mott’s Apple products, for example, or how about Welch’s products, or even Sunkist products?
For over a year I was the only one, and now they are cropping up all over the place!
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Yes, I am still using it. I have another vial left.
I finally have my blood sugars at “normal”. Today I was running around 110 with a total amount of insulin since midnight of 11 units. No corrections etc.
Lunch was 78 carbs, and 2 hours after I was at 141. Couldn’t ask for much better.
I’m down to below 55 units of insulin, though may go up today. I tend to eat more on dog agility nights, partly because of the drive, partly to make sure I don’t go low during class.
I still use more insulin with Apidra than I did with Novalog, though that might change if I can keep my exercise level up and my carb intake level low.
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I had to stop in the middle of my cardio again, with an 85. This time I did turn on the temporary basal. The good news, is that I had not eaten dinner yet, so stopped and ate dinner.
I’ve got my TDD usage down below 50 — not bad when my blood sugar is under tight control again, and I was doing around 100-120 units a day.