Sunday, February 13, 2011

Dreaming in Chocolate

Woke up this a.m. and first thing I do is start the coffee maker and then sit down to take my blood sugar. Being a diabetic, I'm always concerned about any spikes in my sugar levels. This morning it was the lowest it's been for a while, 102. The normal range is 80-120. I wasn't so low I was on the verge of fainting, but still 102 is low for me since I usually hug the 120 mark or higher, especially if I've been indulging in fast food.

Chocolate is usually a no-no, due to the sugar content, but I noticed something, an odd pattern in my levels. Every time I eat a couple of small pieces of dark chocolate, my sugar levels are lower the next day. What is up with that? Yesterday, I tested out my theory again, and today the glucose meter read 102. Go figure. Now, if it had been 170, I'd say the other times this happened, it was a fluke. But nope. So I'm looking at research online to see if there is any scientific validity to my personal findings.

If there is, then I may have to 'force' myself to eat dark chocolate every day. lol. Life is a hardship, but sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do. :D

Oh and I recently came up with a new 'lol' type thing. It's lwp. I hope it catches on. If anyone tags it correctly and knows what it means, post a comment here on my blog and I'll enter you into a contest for a free ebook from my backlist.
Your choice. (contest ends February 20 at midnight).

Until next time...
~ Cass

3 comments:

Mary Kirkland said...

I didn't know you were diabetic...I ahve the exact opposite problem, I'm Hypoglycemic (low blood sugar). My blood sugar routinely goes down to 42 and I have to pop a glucose tablet or eat a little something more to bring it back up.

When it first started happening I would get so tired it was hard to wake me up and scared the bejuju's outta my hubby.

hmmm, lwp...
lwp= laughing while peeing
lwp= laughing without peeing

Cassandra said...

You got it sugar! It's totally laughing while peeing! heehee. This contest is now officially closed and Mary is the winner. Woot!

Mary Kirkland said...

ahahahhaa, I totally made a guess at that one. Woohoo!