Today's Triumph: I love you fall

Thursday, September 16, 2010

I love you fall

Yes, that's right. I love fall. My favorite season, and its here!!!

My favorite indulgence, pumpkin spice lattes, are back and now Caribou offers them sugar-free - wahoo, a guilt-free (and non-bolus requiring) indulgence!! In fact, I am enjoying a pumpkin protein smoothie right now, love it!

I was also excited to get in a longer outdoor run with my TBFL tonight! We ran the trail by our gym, extending it past our usual turn around point to get an extra mile. Total of 5 miles and it felt good and of course went by fast because we chatted quite a bit! (I was surprised to see my BG fall from 166 pre-run to 70 post-run)

Then, another fall favorite, when I got home it was freezing in our house, but I was uber excited to put on big comfy, warm SWEATS!!

Now that the sun goes down earlier, it should be a little easier to fall asleep earlier and get my much need 8 hours of sleep - another plus in my book : ) Speaking of books - more indoor time will also allow me to get caught up on the 4+ books I have started and should really finish (yup nerd alert!)

I know that this love of mine is short lived (I live in MN and before I know it never-ending winter will set in, shuddering just thinking about it), so I am going to enjoy this while I can : )

1 comment:

UnknownSeptember 17, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Fall is my favorite time of year too! :) And I smiled to hear that someone else gets excited to put on sweats! :)
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Diabetes Data

For your information:

BG = blood glucose. Currently I am required to track my BG levels (prick my finger) prior to each meal and before bed. My goal is to be between 70 & 140. The day I went into the Dr. to find-out while I felt so crappy, my BG was 495 (instant Diabetes diagnosis). When I go below 70, I start to feel shaky, weak and sweaty. When I am above 200 I feel tired. I am working to find the right balance of food and insulin to prevent that from happening.

Insulin = I take fast-acting insulin to cover the carbs I eat. I keep going back and forth between taking background insulin or not taking it. My body is "honeymooning", or still producing limited insulin on its own, so with exercise I found I don't need the background insulin yet.

A1C = This blood test tells you approximately what your BG levels have been for the past 3 months. My first test showed an A1C of 12.4, which meant that prior to that point my average BG was 330. I hope my next test comes back much lower!