Learning to embrace the animal I am

So I was very psyched last night with my 105 blood sugar! But it was the VERY last test strip I had. So I broke down and got brave today and called my doctor’s office and asked for a new script for test strips. And I made an appt for a physical and A1C in January.

And I was happy to see that the scale jumped down 1.5 pounds today.

And I did well staying on plan - exercised, lots of water, ate right. But I still came home headachy and hungry. So I ate probably more than I should. I linked, so I’m on plan. But still. And it made my tummy feel yucky. I forget that both dark meat chicken and popcorn can sometimes give me that yucky tummy feeling. And guess what? I linked leftover bbq chicken legs (2) and a one serving size bag of microwave popcorn. Lot of food at once and in a bad combination for me.

My stomach has been doing so much better this week, that I was actually surprised when it started not feeling good. I drank a small glass of milk to try to counteract it and took another probiotic. Crossing my fingers that I won’t be up sick half the night.

It’s amazing to me how vigilant I have to be to keep on track and to keep feeling good. I know it’s been less than a week, but I was feeling so good and it seemed so easy. I know it will get easier with time. But wow. Just one little lapse in really thinking through what I was doing could potentially reek havoc. It’s hard work living healthy.