First the news, wordpress.com had a problem earlier which is hopefully fixed. It wasn’t accepting posts or edits.

Now, to try to remember the interesting and exciting post I wrote earlier. I went to see the endo today. I had a “remarkably good” hba1c of 6.9%. Although I’d prefer lower, both the endo and I were surprised it wasn’t higher. My triglycerides are astronomical and so much for grape juice helping to bring them down. He is changing my insulin from Lantus to Levemir once I use up this brand new vial of Lantus. He’s hoping for both better sugar control and better triglycerides.

As for me, I think I may have learned a few things from being on vacation. Pug and I tended to eat big, protein based breakfasts around 10AM. Then we’d be out running around and playing tourist or doing errands until late afternoon – and we didn’t get hungry. We ate “dinner” often around 4 PM and then had a light “lunch” sized meal later in the evening. And I wasn’t hungry late at night – sometimes I ate a granola/protein bar before bed. [product note, south beach diet bars are pretty good, high protein and about 7 gm sugar]

How does this apply to real life? Well, I’m going to try eating a bigger breakfast a little later in the morning. I may need a granola bar or a piece of fruit in the afternoon and then eat dinner at 5PM as is the rule here. Then I’ll aim for a sandwich or bowl of soup later in the evening and hopefully not graze late at night. I’ve been going to bed earlier too. I think being more active is important. It’s still kind of a challenge here but I need to figure something out.

So, this is The Plan™, part 3. My sugars have been better even if not perfect and I should eat less overall this way, too. We’ll see.