I started a 365 day project on January first and am taking photos of my dinner each day (my wife is an amazing cook and is 100% paleo). The plan is to start posting those pictures and recipes as well.
Anyway, good numbers this week too:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Glucose Results - week ending January 29th
It's been a while since I put my first post on the site - December is an incredibly busy month. I looked up this morning and realized that today is the last day in January. Yikes! Numbers have been really good, except for the week before last when I came down with the flu and a nasty side effect of insulin resistance.
I started a 365 day project on January first and am taking photos of my dinner each day (my wife is an amazing cook and is 100% paleo). The plan is to start posting those pictures and recipes as well.
Anyway, good numbers this week too:
I started a 365 day project on January first and am taking photos of my dinner each day (my wife is an amazing cook and is 100% paleo). The plan is to start posting those pictures and recipes as well.
Anyway, good numbers this week too:
Monday, November 28, 2011
First Post - Best Week in a While
My plan is to post my weekly Medtronic CGM reports and discuss my diet/exercise and treatment protocols on this blog. Hopefully people will find this interesting and will start a discussion of alternate ways to treat Type I diabetes (and Type II) to the current ADA standard.
To start - and without any real context ;) - this has to be one of my best weeks recorded. I averaged 90% within range of 70 - 140, but am thinking I need to tighten that range a bit - is 140 really a good number? I think it should be 120 on the upper end.
One big thing I did that has helped me keep atight control is that I turned on the predictive alarm features of my Revel 523 so I'm now getting alarmed when I start to go high or low, instead of when I'm already hitting a high.
Are these numbers great? I definitely think there is room for improvement. On the Hypo side of things a 44 for a low looks pretty low, but I'm really working on my overnight basal rate and hit most of my lows then. But, I managed to exit the week with a 4% overall below 70 - not bad.
Stay tuned for more details on what I eat to maintain control, how I exercise and other pump details.
To start - and without any real context ;) - this has to be one of my best weeks recorded. I averaged 90% within range of 70 - 140, but am thinking I need to tighten that range a bit - is 140 really a good number? I think it should be 120 on the upper end.
One big thing I did that has helped me keep atight control is that I turned on the predictive alarm features of my Revel 523 so I'm now getting alarmed when I start to go high or low, instead of when I'm already hitting a high.
Are these numbers great? I definitely think there is room for improvement. On the Hypo side of things a 44 for a low looks pretty low, but I'm really working on my overnight basal rate and hit most of my lows then. But, I managed to exit the week with a 4% overall below 70 - not bad.
Stay tuned for more details on what I eat to maintain control, how I exercise and other pump details.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
My Personal Diabetes Details - Summarized
Details:
46 Year Old Type I diabetic, diagnosed at 31 years old
Using a Meditronic Revel 523 Insulin Pump w/ Novolog and a Dexcom CGM
162 lbs, 5' 7"
Diet:
Paleo based - in a nutshell, I don't eat any grains, rice, or beans. I don't drink milk and eat very little fruit. My meals are mainly protein, veggies and fat. I do use almond meal as a substitute for wheat flour.
Exercise:
Mainly Crossfit with some traditional cardio/weight training.
Goals:
Normal glucose range 80 - 100 95% of my day
a1c below 6.0 (June 2014 5.9)
blood panel within normal - better than normal range
below 10% bodyfat, high level of cardiovascular fitness
46 Year Old Type I diabetic, diagnosed at 31 years old
Using a Meditronic Revel 523 Insulin Pump w/ Novolog and a Dexcom CGM
162 lbs, 5' 7"
Diet:
Paleo based - in a nutshell, I don't eat any grains, rice, or beans. I don't drink milk and eat very little fruit. My meals are mainly protein, veggies and fat. I do use almond meal as a substitute for wheat flour.
Exercise:
Mainly Crossfit with some traditional cardio/weight training.
Goals:
Normal glucose range 80 - 100 95% of my day
a1c below 6.0 (June 2014 5.9)
blood panel within normal - better than normal range
below 10% bodyfat, high level of cardiovascular fitness
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