Hi Theresa! Thanks for all the info...you and Brian sound very committed to this diet...ooops, "lifestyle change"!! I really appreciate all of the info you gave me.
I am 43 years old and 5' 3 1/2". I find it interesting that Brian is still losing weight even though his BS are not always in the normal range. I thought that having highs might be affecting my (lack of) weight loss, guess not!!
I have a Minimed Paradigm and take between 1.3 to 1.5 u/h basal equalling 35.8 u/day. I take about 45-50 u/day total, including my meal and correction boluses. When I did a history, I see that my BS are running from 70-190. I was overeating on the nuts and, lately, on sour cream dip with veggies. I keep forgetting to bolus for this healthy stuff! Today: Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 sausage patty, Lunch: 1 frozen meal (11 g carb--chicken and spinach), 2 slices ham with cheese stick, Snack at 5:00 pm: 1 hard boiled egg and another sausage patty, veggies (celery and cucumbers) with way too much dip, Dinner at 7:00: steak and salad with o&v dressing. Breakfast (8:30): 126 BS, Lunch (12:00): 95 BS, Snack (3:15) 190 BS, Dinner (7:15) 197 BS, and now (10:00pm) 159. Sooooo....I really don't know what made me high after lunch...the ham? Dinner I can understand b/c of the dip. You're right, I'm not drinking much water. 16 oz coffee and 2 bottles of H2o.
Brian has been exercising, right? That's what I HAVEN'T started yet! Maybe, that will be the key...soon....
My husband has lost 10 lbs...you have lost 13--way to go!! I'm sure my endocrinologist will be tweaking my basals and corrections next week...I'll let you know! I can't tweak myself b/c I don't see a pattern yet.
Best of luck to you and Brian!