I'd gotten away with doing it for several months: purposefully letting my blood sugars run high because I hate having lows. I'd developed this bad habit one year ago, during a summer where I was filling all of my free time with mile-long runs to the gym where I'd spend at least an hour weight lifting, taking yoga classes three times a week and jiu-jitsu classes twice a week.
That all sounds dandy for a healthy diabetic, but...
It is the beginning of summer and what I am doing? Sitting on my patio typing a blog on my laptop, listening to the screaming kids in the... Read more »
This morning I woke up and my blood sugar was 255. Ouch. So I bolused in a correction. I had a baby shower for my cousin's wife at 1pm and... Read more »
David Mendosa recently posted a blog about "glycemic variability." Most people have come to expect that their diabetes control is primarily... Read more »
Pregnancy Tracker: 5 weeks postpartum Size of the Baby: 9 1/2 pounds... we think! Biggest Obstacle: Keeping blood sugars in range... Read more »
The journal Diabetes Care just published a study showing that a diet built around low-glycemic-index foods appears to result in better... Read more »
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