Weight Update for Nov 30

Just a quick weight update for today:

weight: 207.2 lbs
fat percentage: 44.2%
hydration: 38.3%
muscle: 27.5%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2329

It's possible that the increase is due to my period, which should be starting in the next couple of days.  But I will admit, this is disheartening because I keep yo-yoing between about 205-208lbs.  I put my Fitbit weight goal up to 200lbs today as a result - I would be ecstatic to see my weight go down just that tiny bit.

Lesson Learned

So last week, I was on vacation from work.  As I already said, I had a fantastic week doing very little except reading.

But over the weekend and over the last few days, I've had a heck of a hard time controlling my glucose.  At first I thought it was because I wasn't eating very well/more than normal (I went to a Christmas party on Saturday night, then went to my parents' place Sunday night for a big Asian food feast).  Then I started blaming my period because it'll be starting soon....but that didn't seem right either because it never gives me this much trouble.  But when Monday rolled around and I had a heck of a time bringing my glucose level down, even with proper carb counting (I made sure of it all day), I knew something else had to be going on. 

It was around that time that I started to suspect my lack of exercise may be the culprit.  On a normal week, I typically walk to work a couple of times, plus I'm on my feet quite a bit while at work (maybe not tons, but a typical work day nabs me somewhere between 1000 to about 3000 steps without walking there and home).  I took a random week from October where I didn't go out of my way to be active (ie I didn't go swimming, didn't have any days with more than 10,000 steps) - I took about 44,000 steps.  Last week I took less than half of that (21,000).  At a glance, last week actually looks like my least active week all year.

I had to run a higher temporary basal yesterday all day, which managed to keep my glucose relatively okay.  I also added more insulin to carbohydrate boluses.  As a precaution, I was only running the temporary boluses for about 8 hours; I kept checking to see how things were going before running another one. 

As of last night though, things thankfully seemed to start going back to normal.  My glucose is back into range, and food isn't making it go unexpectedly and crazily high.  I'll have to make sure that I maintain my activity levels next time I'm on vacation so this doesn't happen again!

Weight Update for Nov 17 and 23 and Vacation :)

These are a bit old, but here are some weight updates from November 17th and 23rd:

Nov 17:
weight: 205.0 lbs
fat percentage: 43.8%
hydration: 38.6%
muscle: 27.7%
bone: 10.8%
cal: 2317

Nov 23:
weight: 205.8 lbs
fat percentage: 44.0%
hydration: 38.5%
muscle: 27.6%
bone: 10.8%
cal: 2322

November 17th was my last day working before a week of vacation.  November 23rd was near the end of my week of vacation. During my vacation, I visited a little bit, but otherwise spent most of my time reading; these stats aren't bad for a week of little activity. :)

My vacation was fabulous by the way.  Last time I had a week off from work, I was so busy that I actually felt worse by the time I got back to work the next week (I hate to think what that week would have been like had I been working, too!)  So this time I went out of my way to make as little plans as possible and it was wonderful. :)

Fasting Attempt Two and Weight Update for Nov 14

So yesterday I attempted my second fast. It failed as a complete no-food fast because I went low twice (once right before bed, and again in the afternoon). I treated the lows with as little food as possible, so the day still ended up a really low food day. Interestingly, having that little bit of food meant I wasn't super hungry once 4pm/5pm hit. 

Then I made a really stupid decision: after fasting all day, I decided to go swimming. I went in the evening, after eating dinner. I walked to the pool, and did glucose: I was lower than I wanted to be, but still at an okay level, so I decided to try swimming but to test my blood periodically (and I gave myself a cut-off: if I was 5.0mmol/L or lower, swimming was over). After 15 minutes I was 4.7, so I packed it up right then and there. I continued on the downward trend, so I ate a power bar before walking back home.

What made this whole escapade even stupider was that a few minutes into swimming, I was HUNGRY!!! I don't think combining swimming with fasting is a good idea, so I'll make sure I don't do it again.

So after yesterday's escapades, here are today's numbers: 

weight: 205.0 lbs
fat percentage: 43.6%
hydration: 38.7%
muscle: 27.7%
bone: 10.8%
cal: 2317

Not bad. :)