Hidden Carbs

Yesterday I made a banana bread and ate a big ass slab of it late in the evening because it was hot out of the oven, and perfect. It was so good. I was stunned when I took my blood sugar, considering I was pretty darn low carb for the day. Did the banana bread really rock my world that hard? 

Yiiiiiikes. 

Today, I worked and worked and lots of meetings, and a good hour long chat with my work bestie. And I decided more vodka tonics at 7pm. 

We usually use diet tonic which has zero carbs but Geoff bought regular tonic and I said, yeahhhhhhhh. I'll use the regular tonic. Last night I had 3. 

Tonight I went to make a cocktail and I looked at the back of the bottle, where it says 35 grams of carbs/sugar. 

Jeeeeeesus. Okay, so last night right before bed, I had about 90 grams of carbs. And a slice of banana bread. No wonder my glucose was so high. 

And tonight, yeah. I did use the tonic again but no banana bread and only 2 drinks. Sending Geoff to the market to get freaking diet tonic tomorrow. 

If doug hadn't had all the zero sugar ginger ale I would have finished the wine instead. 

Anyway. 

The unintended consequence of the regular tonic. 

This morning was hard to get started for me. Actually no, it started but early. Doug's office does all staff meetings at 7am so doctors and nurses going off duty and those coming on can all attend. His alarm went off, and I got up to pee. The dog got up too. But did not want to go out and pee because it was raining and super cold. I wondered how long she'd last. 

I fed her, Doug went to work, and it was 6:45am, man. 

I was awake but. The weather. No. Back to bed. Cozy. Cuddles with the dog. Fell asleep and had my alarm set for 8:50. Another two hours of zzzzz and it was worth it. I got up and Toffee was absolutely not wanting to get up. And it was tempting to bypass the rest of the morning but I went. It was a busy day and I made a lot of progress. I wrote a request for my colleague V to get a "spot bonus" for the work he is helping me do. We'll see if he gets it. 

Right then. Bed. With this girl. 

Tuesday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  no walk, 5k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

9am: 166
5pm: 145
11pm: 236 *   

food:

coffee/water/tea
10:30am: English muffin w/pb
11:30am: Metformin
2:30pm: tuna melt on 647 bread
6pm: Chicken Parm w/sauce
7pm: Metformin+jardiance
8pm: slab of banana bread
Vodka tonic

Wednesday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  no walk; 5500+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

9am: 198
5pm: 199
10:45pm: 175  

food:

coffee/water/tea
9am: slab of banana bread
11am: turkey+roast beef w/2 slices of cheddar on 647 bread
6:30pm: small bowl of beef stroganoff w/a little bit of noodles; metformin+jardiance
Vodka tonic