I had a low today… I wish I could test but my test strips haven’t arrived yet. I haven’t had a low this bad in a long time, but they are fairly common with me. The cause was likely that I ate breakfast super early. This is something I should do, but do not normally do. So that seemed to have set my metabolism for the day. I did a bunch of stuff online and around the house, then when I went to walk back into the office I got suddenly very shaky, cold sweat, and wanted to cry for no reason.

I have such a hard time when this happens because I KNOW what I’m supposed to do. Grab some juice, sit and drink, wait for it to pass. But can I do that? No. Likely because I become irrational when I am having a low as bad as that. Instead I open the fridge and start stuffing my face with anything I can find that’s quick and easy. This time it was a left over burrito, then waffles with jelly, a spoon full of peanut butter, then a chocolate pudding cup. Gross! And guess what happened after that? I went a bit too high. I can’t test but I know the signs of my blood sugar being high. I get cranky (not irrational cranky, just cranky), a little headachy, and thirsty. Once everything seemed to calm down and I felt human again, I took the kids to get their haircut like we had planned, then to the store to buy up some last minute school supplies. I tried to power walk the whole time I was in the store to bring down my BG level…

I really need to sort out my eating habits. This is a perfect example of why. If I ate like I was supposed to (meaning if I ate MORE, seriously) I’d probably lose a lot of weight and not have these episodes. The problem is I tend to skip breakfast… I don’t mean to. It’s just a thing I seem to forget on a daily basis. Yet I never forget to feed my kids… I guess it’s the love / hate relationship I currently have with food.