ICED TEA, PBG

Stayed at Home 2 Suites. They offered packaged hard boiled eggs. And a packaged granny Smith apple. A nice,big, green apple.

An apple that 2 years ago I would not and could not consider eating. After all, I ate a Keto cookie by Lenny & Larry, last night, less than 8 hours before testing today. Today’s blood sugar?

103. Followed with apple and a bag of pistachios for breakfast. Took a 30 minute walk, down then up the hill outside my hotel. Shirt off. Get that sunshine & natural Vitamin D.

BLOOD Sugar later? 117, high for me? I don’t know, higher than I would like, of course, but better than the 200 a couple of years ago. Better than the 165 a smaller apple, without pistachios that I had a year ago.

I avoided apples and most fruits for the past 2.5 years. I would try one every few months for a blood sugar excursion test.

I knew it would bring me up. So would the walk up the hill. Bottom line? The apple was the best choice of the free food that came with my room.

I ate another ounce of pistachios. I took a Metformin ER. I took a shower. I read a little. I brought my bags down to the car.

I made that delicious iced tea. It is my third one. One with breakfast. One after the walk, then a sugar free red powerade. Then the 2 eggs and made this tea.

I used a standard coffee cup, 2 tea bags. Then put hot water in with the tea bags, brought the cup of tea to the room to steep while I grabbed my big gulp cup and filled it with ice.

Dump the tea over the ice. A full coffee cup fills the big culp cup almost completely. It is delicious, maybe a bit more caffeine than usual,but who cares?It’s gonna be a long day.

Blood sugar now at 99.

sipping my drink and feeling fine.

It isn’t hard to beat diabetes. All you need to do is think before you eat.

As far as expense goes?

The 2 bags of pistachio nuts were $1 each. The powerade. 50 cents. That was breakfast and lunch.

Any item at the snack center would cost me way more, in money and health.

I was going to use their pool, but I decided to relax and write this for you.

I’m waiting on my passenger and we will go to his destinations and later go for dinner.

I’ll write more then.

Just remember, your day, outside of work, belongs to you. Your ass might be in a chair at work, but your mind is still yours to control. I had unlimited access to muffins, breakfast sandwiches, bagels, and other non-nutritional, processed garbage. Like breakfast cereal and milk. Those were left behind for a reason.

That reason is why my blood sugar is 99, and better for the rest of the day. Feeling great doesn’t have to be expensive, and feeling terrible is only a few forkfuls of garbage away- the choice is yours, always has been, always will be.

Ciao for now.