Nutritionist Appt
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| Sat, 01-12-2008 - 9:31pm |
So I finally had my appointment with the Nutritionist in my Endo's Office. She set my carb goals at 45 for breakfast, 60 for lunch, 30 for an afternoon snack, 45 for dinner and 15 for my bedtime snack. That seems high to me. I find myself eating under that. My fasting numbers have gone back up around 137-149. My numbers through out the rest of the day are pretty good 99-115. I stay to a pretty good schedule when it comes to eating and I definitely get my exercise.
BTW Cheryl: I finally found my solution for the gatorade. Camelbak now makes an electrolyte tablet that you drop in 24oz of water and it is only 10 calories, 1g of carbs, 86mg Vitamin C, 36mg Calcium, 18mg Magnesium, 1.4mg Manganese, 68mg Chloride, 410mg Sodium, and 70mg Potassium. That is all higher than gatorade and so far it I like the taste.

Please don't mind my asking, but by your user name and nothing you have posted can I tell if you are male of female.
I am female which is one of the reasons I thought it the carb amounts is high.
Hi,
I looked at this and wondered if you are gaining weight but then I had forgotten that you are a bike patrolman. I certainly think this is too many carbs on the days that you are off unless you are riding a marathon or other heavy physical activity. Do you have any idea of how many miles you bike on most days?
I can't make a comment about your fasting numbers without knowing what your numbers were before you have your bedtime snack. If they are low, even with your bedtime snack, you may be dawning.
Try setting up a spread sheet which shows how many carbs you eat and what your blood sugar was at the various times you test through out the day. It may show you what is going on and for sure is needed for the nutritionist or doctor to make fine tuning changes to your eating plan.
Thanks for getting back to us. It will be interesting to see how you manage this with your lifestyle.
On average I ride somwhere between 25-40 miles per work day at a rate of 10-15 miles per hour.
Thanks for answering the questions...
Am I right to suspect that you will be off the bike and into a car for the night shift? If this is the case, you may experience more problems with your blood sugar.
One director of nursing wanted to leave me on the night shift forever because I couldn't eat when I worked nights as I was always sick to my stomach. I didn't think she was funny either. I have never as a diabetic had to deal with shift work. So my only suggestion is to test more than 3 times per day because you really don't know how you are going to react.
Remember muscles weight more than fat and muscles help us use up our glucose. This is probably what the dietitian saw.
"I have never as a diabetic..."
Just trying to fracture my grammar. On top of that I didn't finish why the DON wanted me to stay on night and it was because I would lose weight! Just because I don't