Numbers like a pro!!

So I haven't really been training the last few weeks because I sprained my ankle pretty bad back in June and then a few weeks later I got pretty sick for about a week. I went to my Endo at the beginning of July and my A1c was way higher than it has been in the past. I definitely was not happy about that. But...my fault, right? Last semester I was up and down way more than normal mostly because I was being irresponsible and eating things that I definitely shouldn't be eating. Well that appointment was another wake up call in accepting this disease. Since that appointment I have pretty much cut out all sweets. Which sucks because I have such a sweet tooth but it just isn't worth it. I haven't bought sweets when I'm at the store and the sweets I do have I have kept self control and only eaten a couple or one thing at a time....that's really good for me. I even turned down wedding cake a couple of days ago...multiple times! I hate looking at my meter and seeing numbers over 200...I hate it. It is such a downer psychologically. So I've cut out most sweets except when I'm low and even then I don't over do it anymore. Even if I'm starving I only take the minimum I think I need to just bring my numbers back to normal. It has made such a huge difference!! My average numbers on my meter when I went to my endo on July 2 was over 200!!! Terrible!! Since then, my average over 30 days is 165, for the last 14 days is 144, and for the last 7 days is 140!!! Much better:) And I am happy to say that those numbers do not include very many lows...I have had my 45 and 50's here and there but not as often as before when I was averaging over 200.

I'm so proud of myself and feeling this way is way better than the feeling I get when I eat a piece of chocolate or a piece of cake. So back to my original story....

This last week I have really picked up my training again since I sprained my ankle. I ran about 7 miles yesterday morning and then later yesterday afternoon road about 50 miles. I woke up at 74, started my run at 59 but ate half a luna bar and had no insulin on board. Half way through my run I was 154 so I took .2 units. I ended my run at 153. Later that morning I was 93. Before I left for my bike ride that afternoon around 1pm I was 140 with no insulin on board (I don't change my basal rate when I exercise...I only have one basal rate... 0.45 units/hr). 50 minutes into my ride I was at 83...I ate 16g of carbs (2 clif shots)...50 minutes later I was at 95...I ate another 16g of carbs (2 clif shots)...50 minutes later I was at 96....I ate the last of the clif shots (2 of them). I got home and did a couple of things around the house before I checked again and I was at 74. It's amazing how much better you feel with normal blood sugars. I'm trying to get out of the habit of starting high with insulin on board and then potentially and pretty commonly going low. I felt great during and after the ride....a little sunburned but that's only because the ride took an hour longer than I originally thought it would. I feel great today....day after....went down to 60 last night but hey....atleast it wasn't 45:)