I've Really Been Slacking...

So it's just after midnight on June 1st, and I have finally decided to start blogging again (instead of sleeping obviously). Hubs and I went to the doctor yesterday to do our 3 month diabetes "follow-up", and things went well for him, but not so much for me.

I Suck at This Game...

What game am I talking about? This whole low carbohydrate, cut out the carbs that are my favorite foods to eat game. I just haven't been able to stop eating what I'm not suppose to have, and it's going to kill me. I finally realized that every other doctor has been right. It's not genetics fault I'm this bad, it is completely and totally my fault. It's just so hard to resist the foods you love that are sitting 10-20 feet away (literally), and I haven't been able to do it more than a few days at a time. Like this evening I had some sweets sitting close to me and went ahead and finished off the bag so they were gone. I keep telling myself I'm going to stop, and I'm going to stop buying this stuff, then do it anyways because it's cheap or something easy for us to fix/grab when we want something quick.

So I decided tonight it's time to start changing things. I started writing in a journal and plan on doing a lot of blogging to help hold myself accountable. I'm also going to do a food journal again (in writing and in the Carb Manager app) so I can manage my net carbohydrates again. I'm going to try to stay under 50 grams a day, and that should help significantly. I no I am no where near that right now.

My doctor said everything looks good other than my A1C (11.2 ugh). He told me to start adding extra of one of my pills to see if that will help. He also tried to help out and say hubs and I eat pretty much the same thing daily (his was almost 5 points lower than mine, and this is how the doctor was explaining it is genetics causing this in me) and I cut him off and told him no, this is my fault, I don't exercise enough and I'm too close to food all day long again. I have started to try to get in between 2,000 and 4,000 steps each day, which is a whole lot more than the less than 1,000 I was getting some days just a month ago.

I need to start getting away from the house again, and away from my kitchen/pantry. Hubs suggested I find a job to occupy my time (since I haven't been doing Avon much lately), but I'm not sure how I feel about that yet. While I would love to get a job for spending money and out of the house time, I really am not sure if doing something like working at a retail store is a good thing for me. I don't have to make up my mind any time soon, so I can just think on it for a while.

Crap, the Kid is Growing Up!

So school ended last week, and we had a lot to do to prepare for Midget to go to Virginia for the summer and didn't get it all done. We tried to get his learner's permit, but he failed the eye exam the first time, and then got a 32 out of 40 the second time. So, no learner's before leaving. Hopefully he will "find" time to study this summer so he can get it quickly after he gets back. 

Also, we were trying to get his hair dyed, but the stylist called in the day we were suppose to go, and I canceled the next appointment because it was after they would be leaving. I wish we could have gotten it done, but it will have to wait til next time. 

Fortunately, his grades weren't failing, but he could have done so much better in all of his classes. It's going to be hard for him to get into the colleges and universities he wants to get into if he keeps this up. He actually started trying this last 9 weeks (too late to fix them this year unfortunately) so I am hoping he will start off with that determination next school year. Before we know it he will be graduating (2 years left) and the next adventure will begin. I'm excited but not looking forward to it all at the same time.

TTFN!

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