Day 13- April 20, 2017

This morning my blood sugar was 126. It is a lot better thanks to not eating any Kashi bars. Now to begin another day of trying to making good food choices. Here is what I ate today:

8 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 T ketchup
11 AM: 1 can tuna, 1 T mayo, 1/4 C vitamin water mixed in 2 C water
1:00 PM: 1/4 C vitamin water mixed in 2 C water
2 PM: 1 box mac and cheese
5:30 PM: 2 C salad, 1 hard-boiled egg, 3/4 C Halo Top ice cream

Day 12- April 19, 2017

Today my blood sugar was 163, so obviously Kashi bars are bad. We'll see how well I can stay away from them. Here is what I ate today:

8:30 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 T ketchup, 1/4 C vitamin water with regular water
11:15 AM: 1 can tuna, 1 T mayo
12:30 PM: 1 1/2 C mac and cheese
1:30 PM: 1/4 C Halo Top ice cream
4:00 PM: 1 box mac and cheese
6:30 PM: 3/4 C Halo Top ice cream

Day 11- April 18, 2017

After taking several days off from poking to enjoy Easter I need to get back on track. My blood sugar was 168 this morning. Not good. Here is what I ate today:

9:30 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 T ketchup, 2 Kashi bars
10:30 AM: 3 Kashi bars
4:00 PM: 1 can tuna fish, 1 T mayo
5:30 PM: 2 C salad, 2 C mac and cheese
7:00 PM: 1 C mac and cheese

I made progress on sweeping the floors and then scrubbing them. I also washed the rugs.

Day 10- April 13, 2017

I don't feel well this morning. In fact, I started not feeling well last evening. I think I am dehydrated. I had troubles sleeping. My pancreas hurts worse than yesterday. My blood sugar was only 113 this morning, but I am sleep deprived and hurting. Here is what I ate today:

7:15 AM: 1 C mint tea
8:00 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup, 1 C mint tea
11:45 AM: 1 can tuna, 1 T mayo
5:30 PM: 1 1/2 C bean pasta with 2 T pumpkin pasta sauce, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 T ketchup

Day 9- April 12. 2007

I am happy to report that today's rising blood sugar reading was 96! Hooray! I felt shaky and just wanted to eat, so I almost skipped taking it. But my curiosity on how low it really was won over. I guess the exercise and eating better yesterday paid off. Here is what I ate today:

8:30 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup
11:30 AM: 1 box mac and cheese
4:00 PM: 1/2 C Halo Top ice cream
5:45 PM: 2 C salad, 1/2 C shrimp/veggies, 1/4 C clam chowder

Day 8 April 11, 2017

This morning my blood sugar was 125. I figure that isn't too bad for eating a whole box of mac and cheese. Here is what I ate today:

7:45 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup
11:00 AM: 1 can of tuna, 1 T mayo
2:30 PM: 2 C salad, 1 slice soy cheese
6:30 PM: 2 C salad, 1 hard boiled egg, 1 T honey mustard dressing, 1 C bean pasta with pumpkin pasta sauce, 1/2 C clam chowder

I also swam 20 laps.

Day 7- April 10, 2017

I missed a few days due to lack of motivation from some of the glucose readings I had. Today I decided to try to get back on track. My blood sugar was 119 this morning. That isn't too bad considering what I ate yesterday. Here is what I ate today:

5:45 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup
9:00 AM: 1 can tuna fish with 1 T mayo
12:00 PM: 2 C salad with 1 T honey mustard dressing
1:30 PM: 1 box mac and cheese
5:30 PM: 2 C salad, hard boiled egg, 1 C tomato soup

Day 6- April 7, 2017

Today the blood sugar was at 135. I need to say no to the granola bars. My pancreas was hurting less. Here is what I ate today:

8:30 AM: 3/4 C cereal with soy milk, 1 granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chip)
10:00 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices of turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup
1:30 PM: 1 tortilla bowl, 1 granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chip)
3:00 PM: 3/4 C cereal with soy milk
5:30 PM: 1/2 plate of salad, 1/4 plate of vegetable chili, 2 egg salad

Day 5- April 6, 2017

Today I had a blood sugar reading of 125 which I figured wasn't too bad since I ate the box of mac and cheese yesterday. My husband had massaged my back last night and I took some pain pills to be able to sleep on my back. I woke up with less back pain. My pancreas has more of a dull aching pain than the sharp pain of the last couple of days. I took these as improvements.

Here is what I ate today:
8:30 AM: 1 granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chip), 1 C tea
9:00 AM: 1 bowl of cereal with soy milk
11:45 AM: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices of turkey bacon
3:00 PM: 1 granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chip), 1 C pasta with pumpkin sauce
4:30 PM: 1 granola bar (peanut butter and chocolate chip), 3/4 C cereal with soy milk
5:30 PM: shrimp with corn/red peppers/ketchup, 1/2 plate of salad

Day 4- April 5, 2017

Last night my pancreas hurt so much that I had to get up to take some pain medicine. I still had some troubles sleeping, but was able to finally get some rest. I woke this morning still in pain. Stupid turkey. I need to go back to a no meat diet. Anyway, I did get enough blood to get a good reading this morning of 108! Yay! The last few days work for the sugar has helped. Now to calm the pancreas down.

Here is what I ate today:
8:15 AM: 1 C tea
9:30 AM: 3/4 C cereal
11:00 AM: 1 box mac and cheese
2:00 PM: 1/2 C cereal with raisins
3:30 PM: 2 scrambled eggs and 2 slices of turkey bacon with 1 T ketchup
5:30 PM: 1 C refried beans, 3/4 C salad

Day 3- April 4, 2017

Today I woke up in pain. My pancreas was hurting. I think I was really dehydrated and had eaten too much meat lately. I also had been spending much of my last few days reading which resulted in sitting or lying around a lot. After drinking some water this morning, and then saying a pray, I was able to get a blood sugar reading of 130. Improvement! It is still a bit high, but it is motivating to keep trying with the blood sugar levels decreasing. Here is what I ate today:

9:30- 3/4 C cereal
12:30- 2 C salad
1:30- 2 scrambled eggs, 2 turkey bacon strips, 1 T ketchup
6:00- 1 1/2 C salad, 1/2 C vegetable chili, 1 C clam chowder soup

Exercise:
50 minutes walking (to church, the mall, and back home)
15 laps of swimming (about 20 minutes)
cleaned the fridge- bending, standing, moving

Day 2- April 3, 2017

Today I woke up and was brave enough to check my blood sugar level. It was 150. That is high, but not as high as I was worried it was going to be. It was motivating to get me to eat better though. Today's food diary is:

9:30- 1 C cereal
11:30- 1 C salad
12:30- 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup
2:30- 1 Crunch granola bar
3:30- 1 C mac and cheese
5:30- 2 S turkey, 1 C salad, 1/3 C stuffing, 1 T cranberry sauce
7:30- 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 T ketchup (had withdraw cravings)

Day 1- April 2, 2017

Today I finished reading Gretchen Ruben's book, The Happiness Project, and am ready to embark on my own happiness adventure. I had already brainstormed some of the areas of my life that I would most like to see change and had created a PowerPoint of those ideas a few weeks ago. That made it very easy today to check out Gretchen's goal charts off of her site: http://gretchenrubin.com/get-started/get-started/ and type up my goals for the month.

This month I have the goal of getting my diabetes under control. It was a year and ten months ago that I was first diagnosed with diabetes. After a year and several months of working hard to bring my blood sugar down, I had great results last September with an A1C of a 6.5. I had finally broken under the elusive 7 A1C that the doctor wanted me to have. I was ecstatic!

Then disaster hit. I had one challenge after another present itself around that time: my father-in-law's battle with cancer that ended with his death at the end of November, my mom announcing her engagement with the marriage being held about five months later in February, a classroom of students with recognizable learning disabilities that were not diagnosed, and more. With so much stress in my daily life, I turned back to the habits that probably led to my diabetes in the first place- my bad eating.

Now I am on a mission to get my blood sugar levels back down to where I know they can be and to keep them there. Here are my goals for April:

1. Say no to carbs/sugar.
2. Eat vegetables.
3. Try a new recipe once a week. (I get sick of eating the same healthy foods over and over, so I need to find more ways to prepare them.)
4. Swim 4 times a week. (One of the only types of exercise I enjoy.)
5. Hike once a month. (I live in Hawaii. I should take advantage of the beauty.)
6. Jump rope, tennis, basketball twice a month. (I need to switch it up.)
7. Check my blood sugar every other morning. (I hate poking. I haven't poked since September.)
8. Keep a food diary. (I have been successful with making better food choices when I record what I am eating.)

Now begins the hard part of keep track and following my resolutions through. Here is what I ate today:
10 AM: 1 C of cereal with soy milk, 2 eggs with 1 T of ketchup, 2 slices of turkey bacon
12:30 PM: 1/2 C of macaroni and cheese, 1/2 C Zippy's chili, 1 Crunch granola bar package
3:30 PM: 3/4 C of macaroni and cheese, 1/2 C Zippy's chili
6:00 PM: 1 enchilada bowl

I definitely need to eat some vegetables tomorrow. I wonder what my blood sugar will be like in the morning. I didn't have my goal sheet complete until dinner time, so I guess tomorrow will be more of my first day with the new resolutions. I am trying to psych myself up. Here is to the new resolutions!