Today was the first day of the beginning of complete control. I made tracking chart sheets to write down my sugar levels, carb intake, insulin doses, etc for 6 different points throughout each day. I woke up higher than I should be, but throughout the rest of the day remained in a good range. I also found some recipes through Diabetic Living that I am going to attempt at some point or another. The low point of today was discovering that my favorite drink from Starbucks has more carbohydrates in it than I should have in an entire meal. So, I will be on the hunt for a new favorite drink, with less carbs!

Christopher and I took a trip to Target solely to get a food scale, and ended up with all the ingredients to make a delicious low carb dinner along with some other healthy goodies and alot of organic food. Dinner consisted of sauteed bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, squash, snow peas and chicken tossed with whole grain pasta with an olive oil dressing. It was filling and tasted amazing.

As far as injections go, today I had to take four total and I was very pleased with my post meal sugar levels. Not much pain, but still unpleasant. It makes me laugh when people say they are scared of needles or they could never have diabetes because they couldn't give themselves shots everyday. My reaction is usually the same "you will if you have to, or you will die" or "it's not like I chose diabetes, like someone gave me a hat full of diseases and it just happened to be what I chose."

The night was pretty low-key. I sang my rendition of Can't Buy Me Love to our dog, but changed the words to Got Puppy Love, since that's what I thought the song said when I was little.

I am working on my goals list. My first goal is to get my A1C in the target range. Meaning, my average for three months of blood sugar levels should be about a 7, I have no idea how this particular average is calculated, I do know it isn't like finding a normal average. Losing weight and exercising are on the list somewhere, along with being healthy enough to have a baby.

I want the weather to cool off soon. I am having serious horse back riding withdrawals. I'd like to be able to buy a new horse, and I have one in my sights, but not until I meet the more important goals I have set for myself. Christopher and I are also slowly planning the wedding ceremony and reception we didn't have.

Life is busy.