CGM Log: Day 14
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Today, I decided to test all the foods I don’t usually eat but occasionally indulge in, all in one day.
I faced an unexpected challenge as soon as I woke up.
Normally, my blood sugar stays around 80–100 while I sleep, but for some reason, my sensor started warning that my blood sugar was low.
Since my blood sugar couldn’t have dropped that much, please take today’s cheat day and blood sugar log with a grain of salt.
I ate a vague portion of rice cakes.
Someone ate more of the rice cakes I had saved for today, so I scraped together the leftovers and ended up with a half-hearted portion.
Even though the sensor has been tending to report my blood sugar on the low side, it’s good at catching the peaks. I saw my blood sugar hit 200 for the first time—it was quite surprising.
Maybe I ate too much?
Maybe I ate too much?
Luckily, I didn’t feel too bad or uncomfortable.
My blood sugar was all over the place, rising and dropping like crazy.
When I did a finger prick test to check, the discrepancy wasn’t too bad. Especially for high readings, the sensor seemed reliable.
For a snack, I wanted to buy a baguette and spread some butter on it, but unfortunately, it wasn’t available yet.
So I bought a coffee bun and a cheese bagel instead. Since I don’t react much to flour, my blood sugar didn’t spike much.
For lunch, I went out and bought sushi. I ate 12 pieces of sushi, a roll, and some udon, then walked about 1,500 steps back home.
On the way back, my blood sugar dipped once but peaked again at just 105—not as big a deal as I thought.
But I still had candied fruit skewers (tanghulu) left.
Yes, I bought that infamous tanghulu.
By the way, did you know?
These days, some places make tanghulu with allulose.
Will one allulose tanghulu raise my blood sugar?
Probably not much, right?
That’s why I bought two.
My blood sugar didn’t plummet into the hypoglycemic zone like it was shown in the picture, so it seems to be a sensor error.
I’ve been diligently adding correction values, but I’m losing trust in this sensor.
As I get closer to day 15 of use, the discrepancies seem to get worse.
For dinner, I went out and had jajangmyeon and sweet and sour pork, then walked about 800 steps home.
I said earlier that I don’t react much to flour, right?
It wasn’t too extreme, but my blood sugar didn’t drop easily this time. Maybe it’s because the sauces for jajangmyeon and sweet and sour pork were so sweet.
I was fine after eating rice cakes earlier, but after having jajangmyeon and sweet and sour pork, I got drowsy.
I guess the high blood sugar did have some effect on me. I wasn’t completely exhausted, but I did feel a bit tired.
Looking back, I’m starting to think how ridiculously high those rice cakes spiked my blood glucose.
After two hours, I checked my blood sugar again to reduce the sensor’s error margin.
As long as I’m not in the hypoglycemic range, the error is manageable.
As I’m writing this, it’s been about two and a half hours, and my blood sugar still hasn’t come down.
It’s pretty amazing. In my experience, it usually takes about three hours for it to drop.
At this point, I feel like today's log was a bunch of shits and giggles.
I hope you enjoyed reading.
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be back on my usual low-carb diet.
Have a good night!
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