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I'm always looking for easy, fairly fun ways to control my diet. I usually just keep a running track in my mind of what I've eaten in the past few days. Sometimes this helps me say no to the cookies or the extra servings of something yummy. Other times, it just makes me feel guilty that I can eat so poorly and not seem to care.

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I made my four work-outs this week!  Yay me! I am pretty sore tonight, it might qualify for Tylenol before bed.  We've been back from vay-cay (vacation) for 1 week tonight.  Routines are settling back in, all the laundry's done, etc, etc.

I was sore yesterday too, but I keep reminding myself that this is good.  Plus the exercise seems to open my lungs better than any other bronchitis treatment.  My trainer has me moving to body-weight exercises, also known as resistance exercises.  I wasn't familiar with the term but I sure remember the exercises - squats, lunges, push-ups, crunches, etc.  They do seem to make you more evenly sore than the machines or free weights. They are nice too because they require nothing but your own body.  Can't very well give the excuse "I don't have time to go to my own body"! 

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nkzs

“What about honey?”

We came back to "Honey" 4 times in this exchange. I was going nuts.

Here is the deal, I am working at a church retreat in a few weeks and I was approached by the person in charge of food for the weekend regarding food choices. Apparently there are going to be some other people with diabetes attending the weekend and they thought they would get my suggestions. (READ MORE)

The combination of applying a new insulin pod and watching the nineteenth century framed classic, “Sense and Sensibility”, left me in a peculiar state of English tongued thought:

Can the trials bestowed by diabetes ever leave a notion of temporary withdraw from its present course, lest we imagine the worst? At what point would one reprieve to dwindle its preoccupation? And namely- how the heck do you take a break from diabetes!?

Not seeing the doc for most of the year is a start. (READ MORE)

thadz

This last weekend was a busy one. Between soccer, church, and work we were not able to find the time to do our regular Sunday grocery shopping.

So come Monday I knew I would have to pick up lunch instead of bring it with me to work. For the last 3 months I have completely fallen off the Weight Watchers wagon. I have gained some weight and frankly, I am not in the mood to care right now. Life has been a struggle lately and unfortunately my weight loss drew the short straw.

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A week into insulin pumping, I have to report that I absolutely love it. Love it, love it, love it. All of my worries and fears about it have completely been erased.

My blood sugar has never been better. I feel so much more stable and in control. And because I'm not dealing with the constant fluctuations, I'm not starving-hungry all the time.

I worried I'd have lots of lows, and knock wood, I haven't gone under 70 yet. I was also concerned about having a pump on me at all time. I thought the tubing would be annoying or the constant reminder of the pump would make it hard for me to sleep. I haven't experienced either.

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