Greetings and Salutations. How is everyone this week?
I find myself at kind of a crossroads. My eating and exercise goals, while not perfect, are at a sort of background place. It doesn’t mean they can’t be improved upon or there’s nothing to work on, particularly that ol’ mindful eating thing (as I type and eat dinner), but it does mean that I’m not feeling really focused on new changes at the moment.
Maintaining change is important too, I suppose. Also, fine tuning changes such as I still am kind of lazy on non-rehab days. I am dealing with extra stress with Mom right now and probably I need to just stay with keeping up with the changes I’ve made for a little while.
Diabetes goals - well, I’m off insulin well before my predicted date of the end of May. I started having hard to deal with lows, particularly after exercise. So, I stopped insulin last week and my fasting and postprandial numbers have stayed nicely steady - in fact I don’t see much of a difference at all, including those pesky lows after exercise.
When “low” is in the low-70s, I have never particularly worried about fast acting sugars. Generally, anything I eat will bring my sugar back up to a more reasonable for me range. That strategy no longer works. It takes extra time for the food to get through the pouch so I can continue falling for some time after eating. I’ve bought some hard candy to keep in the car and am trying that for the time being. I suppose if I continue to have issues I’ll buy some juice boxes. Does anyone know how those fair in a hot car in the summer? They won’t do me a lot of good if they go rancid out there.
So how are you guys in your goals? I know Eve was feeling pretty down and frustrated last week. What can we do to give you a lift? How is TDW? You’ve been making good progress. Are you still getting out more? How’s the new exercise machine working out?
Greetings and Salutations. How is everyone this week?
I find myself at kind of a crossroads. My eating and exercise goals, while not perfect, are at a sort of background place. It doesn’t mean they can’t be improved upon or there’s nothing to work on, particularly that ol’ mindful eating thing (as I type and eat dinner), but it does mean that I’m not feeling really focused on new changes at the moment.
Maintaining change is important too, I suppose. Also, fine tuning changes such as I still am kind of lazy on non-rehab days. I am dealing with extra stress with Mom right now and probably I need to just stay with keeping up with the changes I’ve made for a little while.
Diabetes goals - well, I’m off insulin well before my predicted date of the end of May. I started having hard to deal with lows, particularly after exercise. So, I stopped insulin last week and my fasting and postprandial numbers have stayed nicely steady - in fact I don’t see much of a difference at all, including those pesky lows after exercise.
When “low” is in the low-70s, I have never particularly worried about fast acting sugars. Generally, anything I eat will bring my sugar back up to a more reasonable for me range. That strategy no longer works. It takes extra time for the food to get through the pouch so I can continue falling for some time after eating. I’ve bought some hard candy to keep in the car and am trying that for the time being. I suppose if I continue to have issues I’ll buy some juice boxes. Does anyone know how those fair in a hot car in the summer? They won’t do me a lot of good if they go rancid out there.
So how are you guys in your goals? I know Eve was feeling pretty down and frustrated last week. What can we do to give you a lift? How is TDW? You’ve been making good progress. Are you still getting out more? How’s the new exercise machine working out?