Insulin Stabilisation Scheme Food Diary
This was an attempt by a third party to stabilise my blood glucose levels with a view to my being a suitable candidate to start insulin pump therapy which could give me a better quality of life. Each day I rang in my blood glucose levels to a member of the group and they would advise the amount of insulin that I should inject over the next 24 hours, according to these results. Their Dietician advised me to have 60% carbohydrate at each meal, which I did, however my readings escalated far beyond acceptable levels with the increased carbohydrate, even when I increased the fast-acting Humolog insulin. As a precaution against having these high levels, I kept the following Food Diary to find out which particular carbohydrates could be contributing to the high levels. It became apparent that all carbohydrates were contributing to the increased levels and that 60% carbohydrate at each meal was certainly far more than my body required.
INSULIN STABILISATION PROGRAMME FOOD DIARY
L = Lantus insulin
H = Humolog insulin
BGL = blood glucose level
High levels shown in BLUE
Low levels shown in RED
See Log book scan of week23-2008
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6 a.m. |
Breakfast |
12 p.m. |
Lunch |
6 p.m. |
Dinner |
9 p.m. Bed |
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2-Jun-08 |
8.6bgl |
Spaghetti/toast |
18.7bgl |
Dim Sim/carrot, potato, |
8.3bgl |
Noodles/stir-fry veg. |
10.2bgl |
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10units Lantus |
3 units Humolog |
3units H. |
peas. Extra 3 units Humolog |
3 Humolog |
½ piece raisin bread |
10 units Lantus |
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Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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3 H |
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3 H |
Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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3-Jun-08 |
9.2bgl |
Raisin bread |
7bgl |
Pumpkin cannelloni |
17.1bgl |
Noodles/stir-fry veg. |
10.1bgl |
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10 L |
2 H |
4 H |
soup |
4 H |
1/2 cup sweet potato |
10 L |
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4-Jun-08 |
7.1bgl |
2 toast/butter |
7bgl |
Seafood Platter/Salad |
3.6bgl |
Meaty pasta dish/veg/cheese |
2.5bgl |
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10 L |
3 H |
4 H |
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4 H |
3 loads of washing, shopping |
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5-Jun-08 |
14.4bgl |
Muesli/milk |
7bgl |
Pea soup/2 toast |
8.2bgl |
Pea soup, meat pasta dish |
20.9bgl |
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10 L |
4 H |
3 H |
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4 H |
8pm1hr phone call from friend |
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Av.bgl 10.0 |
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raised blood glucose to 20.9 |
10 L |
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Stress |
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6-Jun-08 |
9.3bgl |
2 toast/peanut butter |
9bgl |
Steak/salad/chips |
12bgl |
Fettuccine, meat/veg./roll |
2.5bgl too much insulin |
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10 L |
2 H |
4 H |
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4 H |
Apple |
10 L |
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Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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7-Jun-08 |
12.6bgl |
Muesli/milk |
10.1bgl |
Fettuccine, sauce |
12bgl |
Boiled rice, pattie |
11.3bgl |
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10 L |
4 H |
4 H |
Banana |
2 H |
2 H |
10 L |
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8-Jun-08 |
13.1bgl |
PROTEIN drink |
10.3bgl |
Fish/tomato/mushroom |
10.8bgl |
1 Salmon rice pattie |
20.3bgl |
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0.3gram carbohydrate |
2 H |
Casserole |
4 H |
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10 L |
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10 L |
4 H |
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EAT LESS |
34 tests to here |
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EXERCISE MORE |
372.7, 10.9bgl average |
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9-Jun-08 |
4.4bgl |
Protein drink |
7.7bgl |
Fish casserole/rice |
12.8bgl |
Salmon pattie/fish sauce |
5.1bgl |
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10 L |
2 H |
2 H |
Apple |
2 H |
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10 L |
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10-Jun-08 |
2.8bgl |
Soy Protein |
5.5bgl |
Steak/salad/bread |
11.1bgl |
2 bread/avocado |
14.3bgl |
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Banana smoothie |
Low |
Apple |
2 H |
Lower the carbohydrate |
Insufficient insulin |
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10 L |
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2 H |
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10 L |
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11-Jun-08 |
2.9bgl |
Toast/peanut |
8bgl |
Seafood Platter/chips |
19.2bgl |
Cheese on toast |
9bgl |
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10 L |
Butter, 1 H |
4 H |
Chips too high carbohydrate |
4 H |
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10 L |
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12-Jun-08 |
11.6bgl |
Protein drink |
10.9bgl |
Poached fish, s/chips |
9.3bgl |
Curry Fettuc./Cheese |
15.4 bgl |
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10 L |
3 H, 2 H |
4 H |
Apple, pear |
4 H |
Ice cream/banana |
2.1bgl |
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8 L |
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13-Jun-08 |
9.9bgl |
Egg/tomato/toast |
9.8bgl |
Chicken, sweet potato |
17.6bgl |
Roast lamb/veg's. |
15.6bgl |
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10 L |
2 H |
2 H |
broccoli,beans,peas |
4 H |
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8 L |
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Banana |
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Pear |
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14-Jun-08 |
20.6bgl |
Fruit bun/apple |
17.6bgl |
Chicken, cheese, ham |
18.6bgl |
cheese fettuccine, lamb |
17.8bgl |
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10 L, 3H |
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2 H |
Diet mayo, bun |
2 H, 2 H |
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8 L, 3 H |
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Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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Get off carbs when finished |
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Normal bgl is 5.4 |
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on the stabilisation scheme |
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9-Jul-08 |
6.0bgl |
Tomato/egg/bacon |
10.3bgl |
Fish/salad/chips |
12.6bgl |
Blackbean steak/rice |
4.9bgl |
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12 L |
Cheese 2 crackers |
4 H |
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4 H |
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9 L |
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3 H |
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10-Jul-08 |
12.7bgl |
Banana smoothie |
9.1bgl |
Blackbean steak/potato |
7.4bgl |
Sausage/fettuccine,veg. |
5.7bgl |
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12 L |
4 H |
4 H |
2 crackers, ½ banana |
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Cheese/2 crackers |
6 L |
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11-Jul-08 |
8.4bgl |
4 prunes/crackers |
10.1bgl |
Chicken schnitzel, |
7.5bgl |
Chicken soup |
19.2bgl |
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12 L, 4 H |
Rolled oats/milk |
4 H |
chips and salad |
4 H |
3 mini springrolls/chilli sauce |
6 L |
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12-Jul-08 |
8.9bgl |
Egg,sausage,tomato |
5.6bgl |
Fettuccine/Italian sauce |
3.3bgl |
Rice salmon patties/zucchini |
7.0bgl |
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16.9bgl |
and 4 crackers |
3 H |
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No Humolog |
Apricots/ice cream |
6 L |
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13-Jul-08 |
8.3bgl |
10 prunes, 4 crackers |
13.8bgl |
Steak, salad and chips |
19.8bgl |
Corn and vegetable soup |
24.8bgl |
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12 L, 3 H |
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4 H |
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4 H |
4 crackers |
6 L, 3 H |
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14-Jul-08 |
8.6bgl |
Banana smoothie |
9.6bgl |
Pumpkin Cannelloni |
12.7bgl |
Supreme pizza 3 slices |
6.7bgl |
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12 L, 4 H |
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4 H |
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4 H |
2 crackers |
9 L |
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15-Jul-08 |
20.1 bgl |
5 crackers - 21.5bgl |
16.9bgl |
Pork medallions/chips/ |
4.6bgl |
Corn, veg soup/crackers |
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