some days, you should just stay in bed

[gayathri]

I've been having terrible nightmares and having a ton of trouble sleeping.

This holiday season in particular, I'm having a _ton_ of trouble dealing with the Holiday Sugar Craze. As I'm continuing this journey on maintaining good blood sugar control, overindulging is now even more obvious in the immediate - high blood sugars make me feel like _crap_ and trigger lows that make me feel worse.
I know people are trying to be nice and generous during this time, but I really really do not want to go down into the kitchen at work, and am happy I'm avoiding being in the office today as its apparently "Cake Day" - already, gingerbread cookies, cinnamon rolls, muffins, various chocolate cakes are being advertised on the local office mailing list. I love gingerbread. LOVE it. :(


I dont know why in particular its so difficult this year, but I just wanted to note it to comment to myself.

(Results from the doc are in, my internal estimates were correct, just a boot to the ass to get myself in gear again regarding being consistent about exercise.)

Upcoming: starting to keep a food log, keeping up on the exercise log and bg logs - looking back at my bg / exercise logs, I can see where I'm falling off, and the correlation between the two.

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[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

It's a tough time of the year. I went to the office Christmas party last night and ended up binging on Biscochitos (New Mexican Sugar Cookies.)

I find that carefully logging everything really does help me to stay on track. I've gotten into the habbit of checking weight, BG, BP, and resting pulse every morning. and the trends provide really useful feedback.

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

yea, the GOOD news from the doctor was my blood pressure is normal, my cholesterol is normal, triglycerides and A1c were high, and weight was creeping up, but really, the good news still outweighs the 'bad'.