Weight Update for June 22

Just a quick weight update for today:

weight: 207.4 lbs
fat percentage: 44.6%
hydration: 38.0%
muscle: 27.2%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2331

I survived my birthday without substantially changing weight, so that's pretty great.  :)

Soooo Many Basal Tests

I don't think I mentioned it here, but a week and a half ago I had a really scary low blood sugar.  So I've been attempting to fix that problem area pretty much since then (hence the attempted overnight basal test on June 2).  In the process, almost everything has been going wrong to the point where I now need to check ALL my basals and carb ratios (and since all this is wrong, I might as well check the correction factors while I'm at it).  The sensor I'm running (which ends this afternoon) has helped, but I've also done glucose a ton of times over the last (I've averaged about 11 tests per day over the last week).  This whole thing has been super frustrating and will probably continue to be frustrating for another few days until I can get some of the basals sorted a bit better.  I have an idea of some of the carb ratios that are particularly off, but need to make sure the basals are working before dealing with them.

I borrowed Pumping Insulin by Ruth Roberts from the library, and that has been a huge help while I'm looking at fixing things.  I think I'm going to pick the book up for myself because it has been a really handy reference (specifically when I'm looking at carb ratios and stuff like that - knowing how long before your glucose should return to normal and how big of an increase is acceptable is great).

Oh, I also weighed myself today for fun. 

weight: 207.4 lbs
fat percentage: 44.7%
hydration: 38.0%
muscle: 27.2%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2331

I'm having to cut out my activity due to the basal tests (and lows), so I'm not surprised to see that slight gain in weight. But it also occurred to me that I may not be losing weight because I've been going low too much lately (and treating the lows, causing a yo-yo in my glucose levels).  So maybe once I get through this hurdle and get back to being more active I'll start to see the scale move a bit.  I'm still wanting to get my weight to a healthy level after all.

Weight Update for June 2

For fun I decided to weigh myself today, just to see if there was any change.

weight: 206.8 lbs
fat percentage: 45.2%
hydration: 37.6%
muscle: 27.0%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2327

Huh.  Neat.  I have no idea why such a big change since yesterday (I'm literally 2lbs lighter, and magically 0.7% more muscular), especially since I barely did anything.  But whatever.

In other news, I attempted to do an overnight basal test yesterday, but had to stop it because my carb ratio at 5:30pm was off.  I changed it last night and am attempting another basal test tonight.  Unfortunately I accidentally ate part of my meal during one carb ratio, and the second part of my meal during a different carb ratio (I currently have a new one at 6pm), so I have no idea what will happen with that.  If it fails again, I'll have to make sure I'm in either one or the other for tomorrow night.

I also was cleaning out some notes and discovered that I had set a new carb ratio while I was trialing the 630G.  I'm putting that into my VEO now, too.

I also started a sensor today.  I am trying it in an alternate site, rather than in my abdomen like I normally do.  The alternate site is approved by Medtronic, so it should be good.  So far it has been pretty good; we'll see what happens with it over the next few days!

Weight Update for June 1

Alright, so since my last update, I had my period and went on a trip.  Here are my numbers now that I am back home (and period-free):

weight: 208.8 lbs
fat percentage: 46.6%
hydration: 36.7%
muscle: 26.3%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2338

I was hoping that my weight would stay about the same because I was walking lots on my trip, but I also ate more/worse than normal.  Not horribly badly (thanks to being able to have a relatively normal breakfast like I am used to), but still, it was different enough that my stomach wasn't 100% happy over the course of the trip.

Oh, it's the beginning of the month.  Time for the Fitbit stats as well.  In May I took 244,245 steps in total.  Oh, and for the first month ever, I actually tracked EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!! :D  Not only that, but I met my goal of walking 5000+ steps five days a week (I walked less than 5000 steps on only 5 days out of 31).  That led to a 7879 steps taken on average per day.  That's a huge increase from last May (over 77,000 more steps, and an increase of almost 2000 steps on average per day!)

Finally, I have made gains on getting my money's worth on my gym membership.  I went to the gym 8 times over the month.  If I go an extra 5 more times (plus the 6 I need to go per month to break even), I will be roughly on par with how much I have spent.