Had a wonderful weekend with great sugar control and even though I have changed a lot of my eating habits I can still have treats in moderation. I am a type 2 diabetic and and have been for 10+ years, during pregnancy insulin is perscribed because it is safer than oral meds, or so they think, since they don't test oral medications on pregnant woman. Doing 3 shots a day is not as bad as doing 4...lol. Testing my sugar on my arm is a walk in the park compared to doing it on the fingers.
The worst thing is when your not hungry but know you need to eat something so that your sugar doesn't get too low. Like last night before giving my night dose of the long lasting insulin I knew I had to eat something since my sugar was only 104 and if I went to bed was afraid I may wake up in the middle of the night too low (which is not good either), so I ate 2 cheese sticks (4 grams of carbs) and 2 cups of frozen peaches (26 grams of carbs). The trick is to look at your carb intake, and trust me there are days I want a cookie and I do eat one, just factor it in and try to eat better the rest of the day. I also try to eat more protein and eat little meals throughout the day. Sometimes it doesn't always work out, but it's a bit of trial and error the first few weeks. And so far so good.
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