Before the “Saturday binge” of Saturday a week ago, I was just experimenting with carb ratio of 11:1 (means I take the number of carbs in food and divide by 11) and it was working for most meals. <\/p>\n
I went back to 10:1 because my insulin usage was up, and the 11:1 wasn’t working and I was chasing highs.<\/p>\n
Now I’m chasing lows… (I write this stuff so if I screw it up, I can go back and look at it, even print it out and show the CDE or Dr.)<\/p>\n
All weekend, two hours after I ate, I was in range of 120-130. If I am that “low” — the goal is 140, I tend to go low within two hours. I really don’t want to eat every two hours, it aggravates the GERD (the more often you eat with GERD, the more often you experience heart burn). In fact, in a perfect world, like tonight, I eat about 5:00 and don’t eat again until morning, and I sleep better. I ate enough slow carbs and protein to keep me going tonight, so far. Though I’m keeping a close eye.<\/p>\n
SO, I think I’m going to try the 11:1 ratio again, though I hate that math (10:1 is the easiest, you just move the decimal point). If I do a 7 day average, the 500 rule works out, it’s just that nasty 70 unit day that is causing problems.<\/p>\n
Besides, I’ll just be chasing highs rather than lows, and it takes less calories to chase a high — but more insulin.<\/p>\n
I really hate making two adjustments at once, but that’s the way it goes — when you reduce insulin usage, you reduce it all the way around, basal AND bolus.<\/p>\n
Fun stuff isn’t it? <\/p>\n
And I decided to look this stuff up in Pumping Insulin. Interesting facts: According to Pumping Insulin, I should be taking 72.5 units a day, based on my weight. So at an average of 44 units over the past 7 days, I’m doing REALLY REALLY good. My exercising is paying off.<\/p>\n
The book says decrease or increase by 5% and recalcuate everything, but I honestly am afraid that’s too much too fast. <\/p>\n
And according to the book, I’ve done two things that cause my TDD to go down: changed my activity level (more weights, more time on the treadmill), and changed my weight — lost weight. <\/p>\n
Anyway my goal is to make gradual changes without screwing up control. I really hate chasing highs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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