[candy43]

Well, everyone...I blew it today. I kept thinking about how I missed my Dad on Father's day...he passed away from complications from this disease..heart attack, stroke, life support.

I ate steak and a pototo with smart balance and salsa
light apple juice-1 cup
sweet tea-1 cup
lowfat milk-2 cups
an almond hersheys bar
a small cup of spongecake with cherries, pineapplie and whip cream...

Why???????????? I am sooo mad at myself.

I was doing so good...today however, my one hour peak was 169!!!!!
I usually fall below 140 post-prandial somewhere between 120-139.....I have to do better tomorrow.

Question...when I saw that I was at 169, should I immediately have gone to take a walk to get it back down?
Is it the peak (the fact that I even reached 169 what is dangerous and is that what effects the kidneys or is it how long you stay at the peak? I don't understand how exercise works if you are peaking at a high level, doesn't that cause damage anyway? Is exercise in vain?

Thanks for any reply...i'm depressed. sorry. just not feeling well either.

[alicat61]

Hi Candy,
Don't be to upset about what you ate today. We are all only human and have off days.Sometimes stress or special occasions lead us into eating more then ussual. Try not to feel to bad about it just try to get back on track the next day.
Levels of 169 one hour post is not overly bad once in a while. It's when your levels are constantly high that the problems occur.
Exercise helps you use the extra glucose and it also helps to make you feel better by doing something positive.

[RobiJo]

Relax... you'll be fine. Everyone has an off day every now and again.

A walk may have helped bring it down, but it doesn't sound like you were that high for very long. A peak is just that, a peak. When it becomes a plateau of 169 or higher is when flags should go up.

[Hammer]

Hi Candy! Okay, what I'm going to say is only my opinion and there are a lot of people that might not agree with me, so just keep in mind that this is my opinion.

Eating like you did isn't going to hurt you as long as you don't do it very often. Just because you had a peak of 169 doesn't mean anything bad happened to your body. I would liken it to drinking alcohol. We all know that drinking alcohol destroys brain cells and hurts your liver. If you went out and drank so much alcohol one night that you passed out from it, how much did you hurt your body? Did you destroy your liver? Did you destroy you brain cells so much that your IQ dropped 10 points?

The answer is no. The same thing happens if you eat the wrong foods and you peak way too high. If you ate this way every day for 10 years, then yes, there would be damage to your body, but you only did it once. You might do it again. Each time you do it will cause you to have a really high peak, but since you aren't doing it often, I would think that peak would hurt you in any way. It's only my opinion, but I don't think that you hurt your body at all. Whatever miniscule damage that might have occurred will most likely be repaired, so I don't think it's anything to be concerned about.

Again, this is only my opinion and others might disagree, but I think I'm right.

[mortis505]

Just my $0.02. A One hour PP may be frightening but you should really look at the 2 hour as a better indicator. You really haven't digested that much at 1 hour.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by candy43

Why???????????? I am sooo mad at myself.

I believe that such anger probably poses more health risk than the occasional 170 mg/dL.

(If not, I'm in trouble. I mis-estimated my pasta today, hit 55 at 2-hr post, corrected upward, then wound up at 185 once all was said and done.)

I believe that, as conscientious as you appear, you're automatically a step ahead of the average diabetic. Hang in there, relax, and just chalk up today to "stuff happens".

[davef]

Candy,

Deep breath, exhale, now relax

You are suffering from a thing called being human.

You really didn't mess up badly at all, everynow and then we all spike, sometimes intentionally we have a day off, sometimes it just happens. As the others have said, you only need to worry if you are doing this all the time. The fact that you posted about this coupled with feeling angry means that you like keeping you BG under control and this is only a blip.

Yes, walking can help, I'm guessing you are a fellow T2, so I can understand the frustration, when something like this happens you really wish there was some way of correcting things quickly.

Don't beat yourself up, just put it behind you and move on and don't be worrying about it, these things happen.

[candy43]

Hey Alicat61, Thank you. I'm feeling a bit better today. So that is what exercise does? It uses the glucose so it doesn't go into your blood!! That makes sense!!! Here I thought the exercise was just to get the peak down so the beta cells wouldn't die. I have lots to learn. Thank you again. )

Candy

[candy43]

Thanks RobiJo for your encouragement. You have a great day. )

Candy

[candy43]

Hey Hammer,

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate you putting things into perpective for me. ) Yes, I was pretty much thinking I'd blown it for good and I was a goner.) but you are right it probably won't be the last time either. I think stressing out hurts more than the peak!! I just don't want them beta cells dying ya know? I'm type 2 so they say by that time you are dx, 50 percent of beta cells have already died or something scary like that. Take care of yourself. You are always so kind to respond and thanks again. I needed that talk!!! Its like getting cold water poured over your head and told to snap out of it!!! Rofl...something like that. ;-) anyways, it was good to hear.

Candy

[candy43]

Hey Mortis505,

Thanks for your 2 cents. ) I really appreciate it. I'm adding it to my gas-tank of knowledge. or maybe just my gas-tank..jk, jk..So maybe next time, I'll try the 2 hour also and see if it comes down by then. Sounds like all the extra insulin from a peak enters your bloodstream unless you exercise it off. I may be wrong. This is confusing sometimes but i'm learning. Thanks sooo much. )

Candy

[candy43]

Hi Eddy,

Thanks. I needed to hear that .Yes...stress is not good for diabetics. on the flip side, humor helps. I really appreciate your encouragement and this site. I've learned a lot. Have a great day. Was that with dreamfields pasta or regular pasta? I love pasta so afraid to try either one because I'm not sure i woudn't overeat but I was thinking of getting one of those cheap plastic circle things that measure one serving. Thats the only way I'll be able to eat it I think. Have a great day!

Candy )

[candy43]

David,

Thanks. and may I commend you on your A1C? Awesome work. I hope that is me in a few months. Well, yes. this is all so overwhelming at times. I feel better today. Yesterday I felt like a failure. I kept saying if I only hadn't had that juice, if I only hadn't had that potato...it was making me feel crazy. I just dislike that we have to watch every single morsel that goes in our mouths but that is just the way it is...it could be worse...I am type 2 and on metformin but really don't want to rely on it. I'd love to go off it one day but it really has helped me so far. Thanks so much for responding and have a good day!

Candy

[princesslinda]

Candy, as you can now see, tomorrow is another day. We all fall, pick ourselves up and go on, resolving to do better....until the next time we fall. Its the nature of the beast. Its hard to have to constantly think about every bite we put in our mouths, esp. when everyone around us gets to eat "normally" or what was normal to us in the past.

No point in beating yourself up...its in the past, leave it there.

One thing that has really helped me is that I don't keep a lot of things at home that I can't have. Hubby has eaten much healthier since I was diagnosed, and if he wants sweets, he has them at work. At home, he eats s/f pudding or ice cream with me...his idea, not mine (but it does make things easier).

Make sure you have s/f chocolate pudding on hand when the urge for a sweet hits. If you like apple juice, Walmart has a s/f water add in that tastes just like the real thing...try it!

When we go out to eat, we'll sometimes "Split" a dessert...meaning i'll have a couple of bites, and hubby will have the rest. I get a sweet potato rather than a white one, and add splenda and butter...yummy!

Hang in there. We all have our days, but things get better with time.

[Scrabblechick]

Candy, I really sympathize with you about your Dad. I lost mine to this disease in 1995. I miss him.

As the other folks have said, though, try to go easy on yourself. This is a marathon, not a sprint race. Marathon runners don't run full out for the whole 26 miles. They jog, and even walk, but they KEEP MOVING! That's the idea. Keep moving, keep going. Once in a while, you're going to end up flat on your butt. Get up and get back in the race. Keep learning and doing what you know you need to do.

Get some good, 60 percent cocoa chocolate. When I eat a square of that, I feel I'm getting a real treat, and it doesn't run my BG into the stratosphere. The s/f pudding is good, too. Helps get that sweet tooth monkey off my back. LOL.