I have been away from blogging and been pretty disconnected from social media as well. My parents were down here on vacation week and a half ago and I was sure eating like I was on vacation. I was eating a lot of carbs as well, which means I was going through a lot of insulin. My daily amount of insulin that I use from basal rates is about 67.5 units currently. When I was on vacation, my overall daily average was over 200, around 210-215. That’s a lot of insulin. My normal daily average when not on vacation is about 175.
I have decided that I am going to go low-er carb than normal to try and decrease my average insulin to less than 140 to start, then try and get it to less than 120. That means less than 60 units of insulin from boluses a day. That means about 180 units of carbs day. That may seem like a lot to you, but to me, that is nothing. A normal meal of chicken, rice, and broccoli would be about 50-70 grams of carbs by itself.
Yesterday was my first day trying this and I was starving all day long. Finally, by night time, I was so hungry that I had to just give in and have a small sandwich, I couldn’t take it. Today is day two and I skipped breakfast and ate a salad for lunch. I am now typing up this post and I am already starving.
I am making adjustments to my low-er carb diet still. I am doing this without growing grocery shopping and buying anything different then what is already in my fridge and cabinets. I am all out of broccoli though and I can just eat and eat and eat broccoli until I am full. Sounds like a plan to me.