Day - 9

Before I went to bed last night I checked my blood sugar as usual and it was 2.7 so I drank half a small glass of apple juice, but because I had used a lower dose of Lantus than usual my blood sugar was a bit high for before meal.
I will still try to keep the low dose of Lantus but be careful not to add more calories before bed time.

Today my body has started screaming for spicy food. I don’t usually eat the same flavour of food every single day, now I’ve started to feel the effect of doing it.
Maybe this is how an alcoholic feels when they do rehab, the body is screaming for a fix :-).

I have to admit it is getting harder and harder, especially when my family eat fry or pasta and I have to sit there watching them. I love fatty food and for me that’s the hardest thing to avoid. I don’t mind to skip dessert or alcoholic drinks but avoiding juicy chicken legs with the skin on or big fat sausages needs a strong will.

When I first got diabetes while pregnant it seemed easier to eat properly. My concentration was on my baby. It continued through breast feeding and then my second child. I lost so much weight after each pregnancy that I ended up even lighter than before I got pregnant. After my second girl passed her toddler age my discipline slacked. I didn’t watch myself as much as before. Cheeses and sausages are my biggest sins.
Even though I still eat in moderation, the constant fat supply to my body takes it toll.

Hopefully after I reach my desired weight I can maintain it. I will start back eating the way I used to just maybe in much smaller portions. I can’t wait to get back into my old clothes again :-).


What I ate today:

Breakfast:
Blood sugar: 7.2       Novorapid: 6 units
1 toast with margarine
Coffee

1 fat free Vitalinea yoghurt

Lunch:
Blood sugar: 4.9      Novorapid: 14 units
Noodles with spinach and baked fish cakes
Tea
3 teaspoons dry roast peanuts



1 Magnum Classic
1 apple

Note:
Extra 2 units of Novorapid to cover the ice cream.

Dinner:
Blood sugar: 3.4      Novorapid: 14 units    Lantus: 26 units
Soya bean and crab meat in sesame oil and Tuna sashimi with rice
3 teaspoons dry roast peanuts

My kids are proof that parents can train their kids to eat a good variety of healthy food. If you’re not afraid to give them stronger flavours, you’ll probably find that they take to them pretty quickly. You have to catch them early, though, otherwise they’ll get stuck with a very narrow range of tastes, and it’s a lot harder for adults to learn to like unfamiliar foods.