Day - 8

I still feel like I have no energy today even though I had lots of rest over the weekend. My cough is still there and I can’t sleep.

I got hypoglycaemic again last night. It was 1.8 and I had banana and some apple juice. While waiting for my body to absorb the sugar and get back to normal again I had a chat with my husband about why I have been hypoglycaemic several times since I started the diet.
The food that I’ve been eating during this diet contains almost no fat at all. I think this is part of the cause of the lows. Usually the fat helps to slow down the absorption of calories, but without fat and the amount of insulin I take, I think the calories get used up too quickly.

I’m still trying to find the right dose of insulin while I’m dieting. It’s not easy. The more often I get hypoglycaemic the longer it will take to lose weight because it means I have to eat/drink (calories) to return my blood sugar to normal.
My husband suggested to reduce the Lantus (slow release insulin) and see what happens.
So far I had just reduced (quite a lot) the Novorapid (fast release insulin) and it hasn’t solved the hypoglycaemic problems. Maybe if I combine it with reducing the other one as well it will.

I’m starting to feel bored with the food (not bad considering it is over a week). Usually I cook different carbohydrates (pasta, rice, potatoes, bread etc) each day, and now I have rice all the time except at breakfast. I used to cook with consideration of texture and colours beside the flavours. I miss all of those.

I weighed myself this morning. On the first day of my diet I weighed myself, it was 65kg and this morning was 62kg. It feels like it’s not quick enough for me but maybe this is what healthy dieting all about. Slow but more constant weight lost. I’m still not giving up yet. I think I’m on the right track.
My next appointment with the doctor is in August so I have plenty of time :-).

Breakfast:
Blood sugar: 4.6 Novorapid: 4 units
1 toast with margarine
Coffee

Lunch:
Blood sugar: 5.1 Novorapid: 14 units
Left over Okonomiyaki with rice
10 pork crackers
Tea

1 fat free Vitalinea yoghurt
1 teaspoon dry roast peanuts

Note:
I tried fat free or light yoghurt from other brands before but they were not good. They might be fat free but definitely not sugar free or they gave me diarrhoea (I have a mild intolerance for dairy), but this Vitalinea fat free one is really good, it’s not only fat free, it’s got no added sugar too (it uses fructose which is sugar from fruits).

Dinner:
Blood sugar: 5.2 Novorapid: 16 units Lantus: 26
Cap Jay (Chinese influence mix vegetable dish) with rice and grilled fish
Some mango
Tea



Note:
I reduce my Lantus and we'll see what will happen tomorrow.