Diabetes - Day 3

Today I moved on to the exchange system for meal planning. I like this method much better, because it is more flexible and I don't feel like my plate has to look a certain way. On that note, I put everything in a BOWL this morning for breakfast. I had my favorite - oats made with skim milk, banana, and walnuts. I used the other half of the banana from the other day, which I put in the freezer (I am waaaaay to cheap to throw that away!). Well, I found out the hard way that previously frozen bananas are not so good. I sliced it up straight from the freezer and put it in the hot oatmeal to thaw it. Yuck, what a mushy mess it became. I've put "on the edge" bananas in the freezer before to use for banana bread later, but never tried eating one. Well, I won't be doing that again. I'd rather adjust my exchanges so I can put the whole thing in my cereal.
I developed a meal pattern, based on my usual intake, to use for my exchange system meal plans. I more or less followed the plan today - except I didn't put cheese on my sandwich at lunch (hadn't been to the store yet), and didn't end up having a piece of bread with dinner. It just looked like I already had way too much food on my plate.
I haven't commented on checking my blood sugar yet. I have remembered to do it three times per day, and have chosen sporadic times in order to get a wider range of values. This morning my blood sugar was 74, which is in the normal range but somewhat low compared to the rest of my values. I wonder if it was due to my using the plate method for my meals. I definitely felt like I was eating less than normal, and certainly taking in much less carbohydrate than I'm used to.
Today felt a lot more "normal" for me, as the exchange system allows you to individualize your pattern, and switch things out. For example, I could easily trade out a starch serving for a milk or a fruit, since they all have about the same carbohydrate content. The goal is to keep carbohydrate intake fairly even throughout the day, at meals and snacks. This was relatively easy since I was already doing this fairly well. The one thing I have to keep reminding myself of is that potatoes and potato chips count as a starch, not a vegetable, because their carbohydrate content is higher. I'm used to counting them as a vegetable when I plan my meals according to the MyPyramid guidelines.