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Does anyone else ‘fall off the wagon’ big time?
I get so frustrated, and feel I’ve undone all the good I’ve achieved. ie brought my BG back into prediabetic numbers at my last check up.
Mother in law recently fell and broke her collar bone and has needed extra care. It seems to have opened the flood gates to eat chocolate (Easter eggs!!!!), and once I start.........!!!!!!!
I find it so hard to motivate myself to ‘get back on it’. Please tell me others ‘fall off the wagon’, and I don’t mean a little bit, I mean as much as would make you decide checking your morning BG levels would not be a good idea for a while.
TD
 
Ingressus was saying he came off the wagon big time in a post Those Dam Easter Eggs, so you are not the only one 🙂
 
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Teadance said:
Does anyone else ‘fall off the wagon’ big time?
I get so frustrated, and feel I’ve undone all the good I’ve achieved. ie brought my BG back into prediabetic numbers at my last check up.
Mother in law recently fell and broke her collar bone and has needed extra care. It seems to have opened the flood gates to eat chocolate (Easter eggs!!!!), and once I start.........!!!!!!!
I find it so hard to motivate myself to ‘get back on it’. Please tell me others ‘fall off the wagon’, and I don’t mean a little bit, I mean as much as would make you decide checking your morning BG levels would not be a good idea for a while.
TD
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Hi Teadance
So if you managed to bring your bg levels down once you can certainly do it again and you know HOW to do it. I would not be afraid to keep checking your levels so you know what precisely you have to achieve. I know many members on here have had such setbacks and you just have to bite the bullet and get back into the bg normal levels range as soon as you are able. As for motivation, I personally do not want to cause any of the diabetes complications any time soon so that motivates me. The longer you leave it the harder it becomes. If you want support keep coming back on this forum and tell us of the progress you are making.
You don't say if you're T1 or T2 but there are members of either type on here who can advise you about low carb diets and give encouragement to achieve your target. None of us is perfect and we just do the best we can. We are only human and Easter eggs can be irresistible so don't beat yourself up about it. Dave
 
Yep if you don't fall off the wagon every now and then you would probably go bonkers!
The best answer is get back on as quickly as you can.
My example is , following many years in Malta I love halva but have not been able to get my hands on any here until Friday when I found a shop in Faversham that keeps it.
I know, I know. I shouldn't eat it at all but once this tub is eaten ,(half gone already). back on the wagon, until next time that is!
 
Thanks guys for your comments. Read the ‘Those dam Easter eggs’ thread. Relieved to know I’m not the only one!!!
Davein, you’re right it’s harder the longer it goes on. I have done it before, it’s just summoning the motivation each time, but I agree, fear of complications is a great motivator. I’m type 2, diet and exercise controlled.
Myrtle, thanks. I just looked up Halva!!! Probably best not to have it in the house! Now....I just need to take my own advice re chocolate!!!!
I dared to test this morning. 5.8. Would prefer it lower, but it could’ve been worse.

Thanks to the moderators and posters who make this site the supportive resource it is.
 
5.8 is fine. A perfectly normal non-diabetic reading.
 
Thanks Mark. I tried to do more walking to ‘walk off’ the effects of my overindulgence. Hopefully it helped.
 
Can anyone explain this please.
Following the over indulgence with the halva and also a more than small dalliance with Cracker Crisps my husband bought to try I tested at over 10 last night, the highest for many weeks.
This morning I tested at 5.2, lowest for many weeks.
Does insulin prevent blood sugar rising too high by dealing with glucose before it can enter the blood stream or process the glucose once its in the blood, in which case I must be producing more than used to.
Or is that just wishful thinking?.
 
JMyrtle said:
Can anyone explain this please.
Following the over indulgence with the halva and also a more than small dalliance with Cracker Crisps my husband bought to try I tested at over 10 last night, the highest for many weeks.
This morning I tested at 5.2, lowest for many weeks.
Does insulin prevent blood sugar rising too high by dealing with glucose before it can enter the blood stream or process the glucose once its in the blood, in which case I must be producing more than used to.
Or is that just wishful thinking?.
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Sounds like you had a panicking pancreas.🙂 It was shooting out as much insulin as it possibly could to bring your BG's down and over compensated. I had that with a Mars bar. Went high for a couple of hours then plummeted to the low 4's, which is lower than ever get normally.
 
Ah! Thanks for that Markparrott. That explains why when I’m high for a few hours I then get a sudden drop!
 
Thanks Mark
 
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