Well, Springtime in New York is the best time for Diabetics!! Holy cow, it has been super easy to "be good" here. First of all, the walking.... you walk everywhere here and exercise is like the anti-diabetes. It lowers your blood sugars. So, I've walked probably 5 miles or so each day.
Then, you add in Vitamin D. Recent studies have shown that Diabetics have very low levels of Vitamin D. They think that may cause lower abilities to correctly process sugars/insulin. So, I'm out in the sun on the double decker bus and walking and getting my Vitamin D!
Then, you add the food. Okay, sure... I've passed 200 bakeries and thought about throwing a temper tantrum in front of a cheesecake place today. But, with all the other food here... bread can kiss my tushie!!! In Chinatown, I brought a super cold, freshly cut up mango that was literally so perfectly ripe it dripped juice all over me (worth every shirt stain). The street vendors have kebabs, shwarma, kosher dogs, etc. Every street corner has a fresh fruit/veggie stand. Healthy food is everywhere!!!
The funniest thing has been trying to find Diet sodas that I like. I am addicted to fizzy drinks (although drinking much less of them than I used to), but I hate the taste of diet cola. So, I usually drink either diet orange soda or diet root beer. I couldn't find either one here for the first day. But, found a 2 liter of Diet Sunkist, so I've lugged that back to the room and am going to town on it!!!
On a side note, the absolutely GORGEOUS and perfectly, wonderfully functional meter case I had made on Etsy is doing a GREAT job and has garnered many a compliment. So, good to know!
Even after erratic sleep on the way up here, and meals at odd times yesterday, my blood sugar was only 130 this morning! I was very pleased! I will be interested to see what it is tomorrow. I had several pieces of fruit today. And, even though it is healthy sugar, it's sugar none-the-less. So, we shall see.
On yet another side note... Mom has been eating almost healthy while we are here. She is diabetic and is so non-compliant it is not even funny. But, she did only eat half of her bagel this morning and has drank all diet drinks! Probably because I am the one who ordered them, but hey... whatever works. Right?!
Well, off to take a shower, take some glucophage and take a nap. LOL!!!
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