Quote Originally Posted by juliedevos
Hey Gemstone,

Just something to think about if you want to look at what you are eating to try and help reach your goals....one gram of fat provides 9kcal and one gram of protein provides 4kcal
Yep... the only problem with that is most source of protein are also providing quite a bit of fat. Beside fish-poultry-eggs and some meat, I eat quite a bit of cheese and snack on peanuts and almonds. That's where I get my extra calories which prevent me from losing much weight I believe. The 1/4 cup of almonds or peanuts is giving me something like 300 calories after all! That's what I eat with my evening insulin shot as I've been told to never have a shot without eating.

When I was diagnosed I lost 70 pounds which I nearly all put back after a hysterectomy and when I stopped smoking, both the same year. That slowed down my metabolism quite a bit it seems as even on Atkins I stopped losing and put on weight.

Quote Originally Posted by juliedevos
One more question...when you exercise what is your bg before and do you always go higher when you exercise or only when you start off higher?
Frankly, I rarely get higher than 7mmol, when I am faithful to my diet that is so I can say that the starting point is most of the time between 6 and 7mmol.

Liver dumps are a pain... I know there is two different causes: liver dumps due to hypos ( can'T remember the name right now) and liver dumps due to metabolic syndrome which is Dawn Phenomenon. Very hard to tell in between both without waking every 30 minutes during the night to take the bg...not for me!! That's where the non-invasive-weareable glucometers would come handy.

Since it's not possible to know, I've been doing what told... as long as my morning bg is over 7mmol, every 3 days, increase my NPH insulin by 2 units...stay at that level at least 3 days and then, increase again if my goal of 6 isn't reached... Well, each time I increase, I get something like 6.4 mmol for a day or two and then, back to over 7... over 8mmol this morning as a fasting bg! Wait 3 days to test if it is still over 7, which it always is and then, increase again. I am now taking 22units. I see the Dr. only in May but I am stopping there, not increasing until I see him. I am under the impression it's a never ending wheel.
Any idea?