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I'm currently on a DAFNE course, 1 day a week for 5 weeks. I had my first day last week and decided I wanted to do a fasting day to check my basal dose was correct.
We were told last week not to count carbohydates in baked beans as they are high in fibre and you should not count these carbs. I was amased by this as I have always taken insuling for beans the same as anyother carb, but I thought this would make a carb free fast day much easier.
I was expecting with 30 hours of no carbs or bolus, just basal to see a smooth flat line maybe gradually going up or down showing I need to up or lower the amout of basal, but this is what I got and I don't understand why?
These are my BG's over the day, I'll give 1 per hour ( I wear a libre so can see alot more details but want to keep it simple).
Last Bolus\carbs taken 22:00
00:00 - 5.0 (bed time basal 00:00)
01:00 - 6.6
02:00 - 11.7
03:00 - 13.9
04:00 - 13.3
05:00 - 12.5
06:00 - 12.1
07:00 - 12.3
08:00 - 10.6
09:00 - 8.4
10:00 - 9.4
11:00 - 11.2
12:00 - 12.4
13:00 - 13.2 (chicken soup for lunch 13:15)
14:00 - 15.7
15:00 - 14.3
16:00 - 13.2
17:00 - 11.8
18:00 - 10.9 (baked beans 18:15)
19:00 - 13.6
20:00 - 17.9
21:00 - 18.0 (beef koftas 21:30)
22:00 - 15.9
23:00 - 17.2
00:00 - 18.4
01:00 - 19.3
02:00 - 17.6 (basal 02:30)
03:00 - 17.0
04:00 - 17.0
05:00 - 15.3
06:00 - 13.9
07:00 - 13.0
08:00 - 11.8
09:00 - 9.9
I should also mention I fall asleep and miss my lantus @ 00:00 and don't take it until 02:30 (currently only single dose of basal) so during those hours theres no basal in my system either and yet BG comes down!
Also I have zero activity during the day, I'm sat in meetings back to back which is why I chose this day to do the fast.
What I see looking at these is....
They're all too high! I normally get a spike in the morning around 7am as I am about to get up and do a correction for this, as I am delibrately not taking bolus during this test I don't correct.
The chicken soup does seem to raise my BG a little so maybe there are hidden carbs in it?
The baked beans definately rise my BG, so maybe I should cover these carbs with bolus as normal but count 50% of the carbs? (I did question the amount of sugar in the sauce at DAFNE but was told its not an issue)
Apart from when I have eaten a "carb free" meal it does seem to be on a general downward trend which is interesting as on a normal day when I'm eating carbs and taking bolus I feel it goes up during the night and morning (I never eat breakfast) so expected to need to increase basal.
We were told last week not to count carbohydates in baked beans as they are high in fibre and you should not count these carbs. I was amased by this as I have always taken insuling for beans the same as anyother carb, but I thought this would make a carb free fast day much easier.
I was expecting with 30 hours of no carbs or bolus, just basal to see a smooth flat line maybe gradually going up or down showing I need to up or lower the amout of basal, but this is what I got and I don't understand why?
These are my BG's over the day, I'll give 1 per hour ( I wear a libre so can see alot more details but want to keep it simple).
Last Bolus\carbs taken 22:00
00:00 - 5.0 (bed time basal 00:00)
01:00 - 6.6
02:00 - 11.7
03:00 - 13.9
04:00 - 13.3
05:00 - 12.5
06:00 - 12.1
07:00 - 12.3
08:00 - 10.6
09:00 - 8.4
10:00 - 9.4
11:00 - 11.2
12:00 - 12.4
13:00 - 13.2 (chicken soup for lunch 13:15)
14:00 - 15.7
15:00 - 14.3
16:00 - 13.2
17:00 - 11.8
18:00 - 10.9 (baked beans 18:15)
19:00 - 13.6
20:00 - 17.9
21:00 - 18.0 (beef koftas 21:30)
22:00 - 15.9
23:00 - 17.2
00:00 - 18.4
01:00 - 19.3
02:00 - 17.6 (basal 02:30)
03:00 - 17.0
04:00 - 17.0
05:00 - 15.3
06:00 - 13.9
07:00 - 13.0
08:00 - 11.8
09:00 - 9.9
I should also mention I fall asleep and miss my lantus @ 00:00 and don't take it until 02:30 (currently only single dose of basal) so during those hours theres no basal in my system either and yet BG comes down!
Also I have zero activity during the day, I'm sat in meetings back to back which is why I chose this day to do the fast.
What I see looking at these is....
They're all too high! I normally get a spike in the morning around 7am as I am about to get up and do a correction for this, as I am delibrately not taking bolus during this test I don't correct.
The chicken soup does seem to raise my BG a little so maybe there are hidden carbs in it?
The baked beans definately rise my BG, so maybe I should cover these carbs with bolus as normal but count 50% of the carbs? (I did question the amount of sugar in the sauce at DAFNE but was told its not an issue)
Apart from when I have eaten a "carb free" meal it does seem to be on a general downward trend which is interesting as on a normal day when I'm eating carbs and taking bolus I feel it goes up during the night and morning (I never eat breakfast) so expected to need to increase basal.