The New New Diet

Lots to report on. In the last post, I mentioned my new diet for April. I started a rough approximation of the exchange system (1 fat, 3 protein, 2 startches, etc). I must have been cheating (it was the pecans).

I started April at 156.5 lbs. I went on vacation until April 10th. After vacation, with lots of exercise and trying the exchange diet, I weighed in at 158. This was not working.

I went back to very strictly counting calories. Bye-bye pecans! I am doing 1900-2300 calories per day. Something seems to be working. My weight went from 158 to 157 to 156.5 to 156 to 154.5 to 153 to 155 (not clear why) and then 154 today. So, 4 lbs in 7 days. We'll see if I can keep this up. I'm pretty hungry.

On another note, I went back down to 8 units of Lantus a night. I started on 9 on Feb 18, 2010. Prior to that my 30-day average morning reading was 108. While on 9, my average morning reading was 87. Over the last 30 days it has been 78 with a few low 60's and high 50's.

So, with the diet and lows, I went back to 8 on April 14, 2010.

March Update-- New Diet, Blood Sugar Good

March was not a great month for keeping the weight down.

My average weight for the month was 155.9. It is time to go back on the diet. This is almost 3 lbs more than the Jan avg. It is no mystery what the problem is--- too much hummus and rice crackers after work. I can tell I was overeating, because the lingering hunger from eating the right amount is coming back.

However, the AM blood sugar readings proved to be pretty good. My average for the month was 93 with a high of 111 and a low of 69.