Not feeling well & Food Diary

I am feeling like complete butt. Last night I got up at 3 AM to use the restroom (which I do every single night, multiple times, thanks to a certain little baby that is sitting on my bladder) I noticed that my throat felt really swollen and was sore. I got up this morning and it felt about 100 times worse. All day I’ve felt just majorly under the weather. My nose is a lot more congested than it usually is and I’ve pretty much had the same headache all day long. When I walk around my head feels fuzzy and dizzy and I just feel like poop in general! I’m staying home tomorrow to try to get some much needed rest and hope that this gets better before it gets worse.

So when I went to the OBGYN on Tuesday she gave me a prescription for 2.5mg of Glyburide and told me to take it with my evening meal or snack to try to get my fasting sugars down. I started my new carb strict diet the next day and over the next 5 days it appears to have gotten significantly better. I track all of my food intake and blood sugars using a Word document on Google Docs (this way I can access it from anywhere). Below is what I’ve recorded so far, just for future reference.

Wednesday, January 7 2009
Fasting: 100
Breakfast (7 a.m.): 2 small low-carb tortillas, 1 egg scrambled, 2 tbsp salsa, Water
After Breakfast (9 a.m.): 128
Snack (10 a.m.): 6 whole grain wheat thins, 1 light string cheese, 1 cup decaff hot tea with 1 packet splenda
Snacks (11 a.m.): handful of almonds
Lunch (12:20 p.m.): peanut butter (low fat) & jelly (1/2 sugar) sandwich (light wheat), 1 light laughing cow cheese wedge, 1 clementine, 1 c. skim milk
After Lunch (12:00 p.m.): 149
Snack (3:00 p.m.): 2 light string cheese, handful of chocolate animal crackers
Dinner (6:20 p.m.): 2 turkey patties with 2 pieces of 2% cheese, asian steamed vegetables, water
After Dinner (8:20 p.m.): 93
Snack (10:15 p.m.): handful of pecans & sugar free vanilla pudding cup

Thursday, January 8 2009
Fasting: 102
Breakfast (7:30 a.m.): 1 small low-carb tortilla, 2 eggs scrambled, 1 slice 2% cheese, Water
After Breakfast (9:45 a.m.): 100
Snack (10:25 a.m.): 2 light string cheese, 3/4 small apple
Lunch (12:20 p.m.): 2 hamburger patties, 1 c. shredded cheese, 1/4 c. low fat cottage cheese, 3 tomato slices, 1/2 pickle spear
After Lunch (2:44 p.m.): 98
Snack (4:00 p.m.): handful of almonds
Dinner (6:10 p.m.): chicken breast, roasted cauliflower, sugar free vanilla pudding cup (started Glyburide after meal)
After Dinner (8:10 p.m.): 83
Snack (10:00 p.m.): handful of pecans & sugar free chocolate pudding cup

Friday, January 9 2009
Fasting: 99
Breakfast (7:15 a.m.): 1 small low-carb tortilla, 2 eggs scrambled, 1 slice 2% cheese, water
After Breakfast (9:20 a.m.): 102
Snack (10:20 a.m.): 2 light string cheese, 1 small apple
Snack (11:00 a.m.): handful of m&ms and handful of almonds
Lunch (12:40 p.m.): tuna salad (tuna, 1 tbsp light mayo, 2 pickles) with special k whole grain crackers, 2 pieces of celery, 2 slices 2% cheese, sugar free vanilla pudding cup, water
After Lunch (2:40 p.m.): 114
Snack (4:00 p.m.): handful of m&ms and handful of almonds
Dinner (6:20 p.m.): salad, chicken, crushed walnuts, peppered bacon pieces, sugar free raspberry vinaigrette, sugar free chocolate pudding cup
After Dinner (8:20 p.m.): 104
Snack (9:45 p.m.): 1 fat free strawberry banana yogurt, handful pecans, 10 turkey pepperonis (Glyburide)

Saturday, January 10 2009
Fasting: 85
Breakfast (9:00 a.m.): 1 small low-carb tortilla, 2 eggs scrambled, 1 slice 2% cheese, water
After Breakfast (11:00 a.m.): 114
Snack (11:30 a.m.): 1 small apple, 1 string cheese
Lunch (1:00 p.m.): chicken breast on wheat bun with 2% cheese & dijon mustard
After Lunch (3:00 p.m.): 92
Snack (3:30 p.m.): 1 fat free vanilla yogurt and handful of pecans
Dinner (7:35 p.m.): 2 turkey burger patties, 2 slices 2% cheese, 1 wheat hamburger bun, 1 vanilla pudding
After Dinner (9:35 p.m.): 119
Snack (9:45 p.m.): low glucose boost chocolate drink, 1 tbsp peanut butter (Glyburide)

Sunday, January 11 2009
Fasting: 87
Breakfast (9:00 a.m.): 1 small low-carb tortilla, 2 eggs scrambled, 2 slices canadian bacon, 1 slice 2% cheese, water
After Breakfast (11:00 a.m.): 110
Snack (11:45 p.m.): low glucose boost vanilla drink, 3 canadian bacon pieces and 1 slice 2% cheese
Lunch (2:10 p.m.): 2 turkey burger patties, 2 slices 2% cheese, 1 wheat hamburger bun
After Lunch (5:10 p.m.): 88 (an hour late, in bed, sick)
Snack (5:45 p.m.): 1 small apple, 1 tbsp peanut butter
Dinner (7:35 p.m.): turkey with gravy, cucumbers, sugar free vanilla pudding
After Dinner (9:35 p.m.): 111
Snack (10:00 p.m.): pecans & peanut butter cracker sandwiches