low blood sugar and other updates

[gayathri]

I woke up this morning at 4 30 am out of a sound sleep feeling awful. I got up to pee, and then realized I was shakey. Went downstairs and checked my blood sugar. 60. yea. really. 60. that's low for me.

I drank a whole 2 glasses of orange juice and made a protein shake with soymilk and drank all of that and stopped feeling shakey and merely felt sick, so I went back to bed after checking that yes, indeed my blood sugar was moving upwards. Checked again around 7 am, and was a more normal 110. I was 106 before bed, but lowered my night time insulin dose and didnt eat a snack (wasnt hungry, didnt want to eat) -- I didnt lower my night insulin enough.

On one hand, its actually _good_ news. The issue with tighter blood sugar control is that you _can_ go low. On the other hand, its YUCKy, cause I feel awful. I did good on the rebound, getting just enough sugar and then enough fat/protein to raise my blood sugar and keep it up without bouncing around.

I did actually GO to the gym! :) I only did 30 minutes on the bicycle because EVERY SINGLE PRECOR was taken by people hogging 'em. :/
I got completely distracted by a tv show on how to do stunts, so it went quick.

Got to work at 930 am, so even that wasnt too bad. (after getting to the gym at 7:15)

Before lunch BG: 105. yay me! 

oh yea, and another 3 lbs lost this past week, GO ME! :)

This coming Friday was the end of my 6 week trail of going to the gym every work day. I've lost 15 lbs so far, gone down two jeans sizes, have a ton more endurance and am breathing better. The best news is getting my blood glucose under control, tho. I dont want to worsen any of the nerve damage I've already suffered to my feet (really minimal, but still...) or eyes (also really minimal, but I suspect I have a lot of years left on this planet and the smaller that number stays, the better)

 I'm going to extend it another 6 weeks to see if I can lose another 15 or 20 and have a goal of doing a motorcycle track day in August or September that means I have to 1. fit in my leathers (I'm almost there!) 2. have good enough leg strength and endurance to ride in the heat all day.

Comments

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Following along with the above, I'm thinking you might want to pick up a copy of "Optimal Muscle Recovery" by...jeez...forget the name. Anyway. It talks a lot about what exercise does to blood sugar, the insulin response, etc. It's all about "normal" physiology, but I'm thinking that perhaps some of what he says post-exercise still applies: you're not getting insulin from your pancreas, but apart from that, a lot of the heightened this and lowered that probably has relevance.

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

hey, thanks for the recommendation, if its this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Muscle-Recovery-Achieving-Performance/dp/0895298848

I'll order it right now.