As The Temp Rises

The blood sugar falls. That seems to be the trend with me in the heat. Whether I am sitting outside in the sun or in the pool I must make sure to adjust my insulin. Over the past few days my blood sugar has been pretty good, but there have been some really annoying moments. Like last night.

As the holiday weekend came to a close it was great being able to spend it poolside and BBQ'ing with the family in the evening. 

Usually I stick to a cheeseburger, but I was really feeling a hot dog as well. I do not make them a usual simply because it is well, a hot dog. I tried not to beat myself up about it. I had been working really hard in the gym, see here and also I had been getting some extra exercise with swimming.

After dinner I controlled my desire for ice cream and treated myself to my version of "dessert." A ThinkThin Chocolate Brownie Crunch Bar and a cup of coffee. (Who needs ice cream or brownies when you can be just as satisfied with a protein bar?) Before dessert I was 190, a little high, but figured I had just eaten dinner. So I covered for my bar and figured I'd be good to go. Not the case.

This was a picture recap from bar time to bed time. 

Had some juice... 15 mins later..

More juice...

Relief! Had a cracker to stabilize. Was extremely erked that I had to eat again after I HAD JUST Eaten, but off to bed I went. 

20 mins later... 

                       REALLY?!?! 

*** I just want to sleep!! *** 

More juice...

What better way to pass the time than to tweet your frustrations. 

Ok... Waited another 10mins. I didn't want to over do it and thought maybe everything that I had just eaten would catch up. Wishful thinking.

Not the case...

Really, this has GOT to be a joke. 

One more cracker. 

10 mins later I tried going to sleep again as I had come up to 95. Now I feared waking up at 300 and something. However I was pleasantly surprised to wake up at a lovely 130. Go figure. 

This is just one example of the detours involved in T1D. Annoying and frustrating when they happen for what you feel like is no reason. Even more annoying being forced to eat what feels like a whole meal when you do not want to right before going to sleep. I tried to be good and pass on the ice cream and look where it got me. Can't win sometimes. 

#type1diabeticproblems. 

WIAW - Bleu Cheese Burgers!

Breakfast started with my usual egg white omelet and paleo toast. When I am working out I like to stick to what I know works. After breakfast it was off to the gym for some interval sprints on the treadmill and a total body circuit! 

Since yesterday was one of those hot summer days it was perfect for the pool. Actually it was a little too hot out! Usually my blood tends to drop when I sit out in the sun so I tried to adjust accordingly when I had lunch. Usually post gym I like my apple with PB but there were these new wraps I wanted to try a sandwich on. It took me a good 10 minutes to decide what I wanted to eat. I would have been very disappointed if I wasted a meal on something that wasn't all that great. 

Luckily I was not disappointed. These tofu wraps found in King Kullen were good and less calories and carbs than my trader joes wraps. 

As I said I was going to be sitting outside and it was the first time trying these so I didn't know exactly how they would impact my blood sugar. There are 18g of carbs in one. I take 1 unit of insulin for every 9g so that's two units. Typically my other wraps I need to take more than what the carb ratio tells me, but for these I stuck with the 2 units. 

Could have gone with some more because by bar time I was 209 when I was 114 at lunch. Failed attempt. :( 

Ahhhhh.... 

Dinner was the highlight. Bleu cheese burgers with mushrooms! On my cruise on the Norwegian Epic back in January these were discovered at the Buffett for lunch. All I have to say is WOW. Mom did a good job of recreating them. 

Not the Epic, but still pretty good! 

Stay cool during this heat wave. Water, water, water!