Blood sugar

Sorry for sounding a bit defensive and rude, but it seems whenever I have this conversation it always gets side tracked. People usually want to find an opening to somehow demonize me just because I enjoy comfort foods. I don't think wanting some biscuits and gravy every so often should be considered an offensive crime for a diabetic. I've generally been pretty good about maintaining my diet all throughout most of the 2 year term between medical cards. I just simply forgot what the "pass" and "fail" marker was.

 

It's funny because "pre-diabetic" levels keep changing. I remember back in the 90's "pre diabetic" didn't even exist. You either were a diabetic or you weren't. And of course even when you stay away from the blood sugar, when I'm fasting for example, my blood sugar can creep up to 130. Because they told me now when my pancreas is suffering my LIVER can actually kick in and produce it that way. ###### if you do, ###### if you don't. My philosophy is just do your best. Whenever I have a "weak moment"( as I have come to describe them) I make sure I'll limit it. Instead of one whole biscuit I'll just have a half. Life is too short to become so stickler that you haven't had a single carb in over 20 years. You gotta enjoy yourself every so often.

 

I have a working theory. I can't really get that heavy because my body's frame just won't support it. Everybody has that certain limitation. I have been a type 2 diabetic for 4 years now. I have beaten my blood sugar twice over the course of those 4 years already. What I mean by "beaten" is that my fasting blood sugar stays at 81 and I can get a two year card. I managed to do that because I stayed underneath my body's 250 lb limitation that mother nature has set in place for me. This recent spike is a result of me fattening myself up again and neglecting my diet for a longer period of time than I was suppose to.

On a side note I really wish these truck stops would serve more avocado and asparagus.

 

No insulin, just metformin