You have the vocabulary now. This week, you put it to work — not by doing things differently, but by noticing what's there to be seen when you pay attention to one variable at a time.
Today's idea
The first variable is the one you learned about on Day 8: timing. You don't have to change your pre-bolus practice. You just have to look at it.
Some people are surprised to find they're already pre-bolusing without naming it. Some find they're not pre-bolusing at all, and the post-meal spikes they've been blaming on "this food" are really timing issues. Some find their timing is good at breakfast and falls apart at dinner, or vice versa. The patterns are usually personal.
The Pro Tip series frames this as a science experiment, not a performance:
Diabetes management is a daily science experiment. You're given a new petri dish every morning. The work isn't to get it perfect. The work is to notice what the dish does.
From Pro Tip 1003
You're the scientist. The day is the laboratory. The data is honest.
I'm a scientist today, not a student.
Pick one meal today. Just one. Notice the gap between when your insulin enters and when food enters. Notice the CGM line for the 90 minutes after. Don't change anything based on what you see. Just look.
Small Sip #1477 — Trust Will Happen
What did the timing tell me about that one meal?