Just Something Little

I'm going to be testing this theory out, but I'm thinking that I'll be okay with eating almost anything I want as long as the servings are small, I keep the carbs and sugars down, and make sure to get some protein at every meal.

I say this because for dinner I had two ribs with some bbq sauce on them (the sauce was applied before I got them), some baked beans, and some strawberry shortcake. The strawberry shortcake was made with those individual cake things you see at the store in the produce section with the strawberries, sliced strawberries with very little (if any) sugar on them, and lite whipped cream. And no, I did not go out to a restaurant. My mom's hubby made the ribs, my mom's friend made the baked beans.

This meal was chock full of sugars. There was also cole slaw and corn. I skipped the corn because yesterday it sent my sugars to 145 with just the tiniest help from some small servings of banana pudding. I made the banana pudding myself, reading the labels carefully. Each dish had only about 22g of carbs and very little sugar. And I skipped the cole slaw because I'm not a mayo fan.

I didn't get to check my sugars until 2 1/2 hours later, but they were at 75. My 2 hours usually have me in the 90s.

Then, because I was hungry, I wanted to try the banana pudding again, see if it was that or the corn that upped my sugars last night. So I had one of those little dishes and then had some popcorn. Maybe 2 cups (all fresh popped). An hour after that I checked my sugars and they were 95. Which told me the corn was a big culprit the night before.

I'm about to go to bed soon and I have consumed three carb choices: Half a banana, some 2% milk (most likely not quite 8oz), and a Fiber One bar (which has about 17g of carbs). I will be checking my sugars soon just to see what that did. I'm trying to make my fasting sugars be between 70-85. I read somewhere that some woman found if she ate more carbs at night, her fasting sugars were lower.

I was talking to my mom about fasting sugars the other day and she said that some people give off this big thing of insulin while they sleep, ridding their blood of sugar. Their brain then realizes there's no sugar in the blood and so tells the body to begin pulling it from the stores. When that happens, that gives a higher fasting test. So it made sense that eating enough carbs to cover you through the night would help.

I'm not sure what kind of number I'm aiming for before bed, but I guess anything between 100-120 is good.

When I get more info on my theory of eating what I want just watching the serving size and all, I'll post it here.