It was easy to avoid food logging because, on the whole, my blood sugars aren’t a disaster. I bolus for the foods I’m eating, and I don’t graze much so stacking insulin doses isn’t as much of a problem as it has been in the past. But the other night, when 9 pm rolled around and I was asking Birdy…
The No Good (Sort of Good) Food Diary.
Blood Sugars, Diet and Food, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesPlastic Apples and Measuring Cups.
Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Memories, Diabetic Mommy, Diet and Food, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesHer desk was anchored on either side by tall bookshelves crammed with pretend food. Plastic fruit – apples, bananas, oranges, kiwis that looked like fuzzy dumplings – and the cardboard shell of cereal boxes. Plastic slabs of steak with edging to make it look like it had a pat of butter melting on top, and the entire plastic carcass of…
Redefining “Diet.”
Blood Sugars, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Videos, Diet and Food, Real Life DiabetesThe concept of “diet” has been defined and redefined by diabetes throughout the years – is “diet” just tied to blood sugar? Just tied to weight? Can “diet” be healthy and consistent? Why is my relationship with food so complicated by diabetes? Yeah, there’s a video to follow. Here it is, talking about the fact that diabetes has made me…