BG report from the JR Tadami Line
Japan's most beautiful train ride got on my nerves • Tadami Line
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The second half of today’s adventure was a four-plus hour ride on the Tadami train line, said to be Japan’s most beautiful train ride.
My ride began at Koide Station, where I had just finished lunch. My BG had been low when I entered the little eatery, so I’d had glucose after ordering my soba noodles. It was only as I was finishing the noodles that I actually took my Humalog shot for the meal.
Right after that I strolled over to the station itself and began my ride on the Tadami Line.
My eccentric insulin timing for the lunch spiked my BG briefly up to 206 at its highest, but then it went back down. An excellent arc.
Around 3:30 pm, train still pushing through the dramatic mountain scenery, I wanted my afternoon snack: donut from a vending machine in Koide, and sparkling water purchased from an unusual train vendor.
BG was 163 at this point, not perfect but not too bad. The donut had about 20g of carbs so I knew what to inject.
Somehow though, it didn’t work. I spiked up to nearly the mid-200s for too long.
Ultimately it worked out: at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station I walked about 20 minutes, with my heavy backpack, through the waning humidity of the Saturday evening to my hotel. In front of it was a MosBurger, a fast food place popular in Japan. That clearly would be dinner.
By now I was 148. The arc had been too high and long, but the landing wasn’t too bad.
I overdid the shot for the unhealthy hamburger, chicken nugget, and convenience store cookie dinner though. At 11:30 pm I got a low alarm from the CGM so I had a bit of glucose and hit the sack – tomorrow is Sunday but my day will begin early. No time to rest!
