The Cruncy Bits:
Blood Pressure 131/80 pulse 100
Blood Sugars
6:00 AM 70
9:00 AM 73
12:00 PM
3:30 PM 122
7:30 PM 60
Forgot to check @ Bedtime
Breakfast Diabetic Formula Crimson Sunrise smoothie
Snack no AM snack (@ home w/ panic attack)
Lunch Swiss Chard salad w/ avocado & cucumber & ginger dressing, stewed kidney beans
Snack 1/4 c. Guacamole w/ 3 celery stalks & 1/4 cucumber
Dinner Kidney bean salad w/ cucumber & ginger dressing, 1 c. Dal w/ cilantro & coconut milk (1 tbsp)
1 sq chocolate (1/2 inch by 1 inch,72%)
Exercise AM Yoga
The Froo-Froo Bits:
This day was both good & bad.
The good - well, look at those numbers! What I haven't yet reported here (and I probably should) is my daily totals on my insulin usage. I've dropped my insulin usage by 20 units so far (average). That's not chump change, folks. That's a significant reduction of insulin. That's GOOD. Excess insulin prevents weight loss & also insulin is one of those drugs that the more you need it & use it, the less it works: that's called insulin resistance and its VERY BAD. Picture it this way - you drink a glass of water, your thirst is sated. The next day, it takes a glass & a half. The day after 2 glasses and so on until there simply isn't enough water to sate your thirst. That's what insulin resistance is like. Thankfully, I've not yet reached that charming plateau of poor health. I'm not going to if I can help it.
The bad - I can count on one hand the number of panic attacks I've had in my life. Unfortunately, that number increased by one yesterday morning. I was having a jittery morning,but was holding it together because that's what I DO. I got into the shower, and I was washing my hair, thinking about the day & life in general, and then. . .I don't know. I got overwhelmed. I don't really remember much of it. I was washing my hair & then I was crying. Nick helped a TON (as he is wont to do), and tucked me in on the couch for 20 minutes. I felt better then. Nick compared panic attacks to emotional diarrhea, and I have to agree. I know that this was b/c I'm not eating to cover my emotions any more. I just hope that from now on, I'm able to head that off at the pass. I REALLY don't like those. I'd much rather maintain control (okay, stop laughing all of you). I spent the rest of the day pretty jittery & thin skinned, but okay otherwise. Rough day, but I'm proud of the fact that I didn't trash my diet or routine. That's important for me. That's where I fall down when I try to get things going in the right direction. This time, I didn't fall off track.
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