Birthday Party

It's hard to throw a birthday party for teen girls and keep your diabetes under control.  We had pizza and cake.  I had a bit of both. Had to keep portions very small because neither are a diabetics friend. The temptation is a bit high for me since I love both cake and pizza.

I've read that the best thing to do when faced with a party and dietary restrictions is to pick carefully what foods to partake and then be careful of portions.  So, one piece of pizza and a small piece of cake are all I had.  They were probably too much, but it was my daughters birthday.

Have been counting my carb intake for about a month now and the one thing I've learned is that I cannot keep my carb intake within a certain range.  One day I'm around 140-150 and the next I'm over 200. This is so much harder than I could have ever imagined.  I haven't decided whether I'm glad not to be checking my blood sugar throughout the day or not.

This last week I began a new job and I've found that my eating habits are changing because of that.  I have a very long commute to and from work.  Because of that I found that from the time I have a snack in the afternoon until I get home I am having low blood sugar.  This has made me take an extra snack for the ride home from work.  Low carb, high protein snacks are so important in this case.  I am having low fat cheese sticks or a 2 tbsp serving of peanut butter to keep the overall carbs as low as I can.

In two weeks I'll have my A1C level checked again.  Honestly, I'm worried that it won't be as low as it should be.  While I can imagine insulin is in my future, I'd like to postpone that as long as possible. I'd also like to postpone having to check my blood sugar throughout the day as long as possible.

So thus far, I'm realizing more fully just how hard living with diabetes will be for me.  I wish I could say that it will get easier, but I know that it won't.  All I can suggest for myself and others is to keep learning as much as possible.  This is the only way to give yourself the best chance to be healthy as a diabetic.  I don't know about you, but I'm not giving up, no way.  I'm all in.