Not My Idea of a Good Time

whine. moan. whimper. complain.

this diabetes diet SUCKS. not fun. the poking the fingers? not fun! the eating on a strict schedule? not fun. i keep having to eat my dinner at 4:30 and then "snack" when everyone else eats at 6:30.

okay, i got the complaining out of the way. i do have to say that the diet isn't as restrictive as i expected, and some of my favorite foods (cheese, nuts, and peanut butter) are my "free" foods meaning i can eat them even when it's not time for a meal or a snack. i am finding, though, that even if i get the right carb count, i have to be careful where those carbs come from. i seem to be reacting very poorly to high fructose corn syrup, so things that i've been approved for, such as crackers and protein bars, are not working well..they seem to cause my blood gluclose (BG) to go too high and stay too high.

despite not eating the limit of carbs i've been allotted (keeping below the limit), i am having a tough time getting my BGs down into the appropriate ranges. a call into the endo (per my log sheet instructions) yesterday revealed that i have to break up my exercise into 10 to 15 minute intervals t/0 the day and right after meals/before i test the BG level instead of getting 30 to 45 minutes at one point during the day.

this sounds easy, but with an "employer" who is very finicky about when she leaves the house/car/store/_____, this is actually a bit of a challenge. oh, and it's still FREAKIN' hot, so ducking out for a quick walk around the greenbelt/block results in a sweaty pg lady waddling around at incredibly slow speeds ;-p i'm hoping i can find a good rythm with this in the next week or so, too, and that once DH is back at work, that i can convince the "boss" to ride around in her stroller a couple times a day. lord knows i am not in any condition to fish toddlers out of the local creek or chase them across sunny fields ;-p thus far, my exercise routine has been grocery shopping...there's 45 minutes of walking, lifting, and bending ;-p but, we can't go grocery shopping every day, and definitely not 3 times a day!

tomorrow is my first ketone test, which will reveal if my carb intake is too low and is causing me to go into ketosis (bad for pg ladies).