[mg_2204]

Personally, when I work, I have a better control. But I do find I have much more appetite. I must be careful not to over eat. When not working, I tend to snack and don't always make the right choices. I feel I have a better control when I work.

Having an A1C coming up is always an incentive for me. It's wrong I know, I should always be motivated to better my A1C, and at all times. Perhaps my doc should do random A1Cs on me? To keep me on my toes?

Seasons have a huge impact on what kind of control I have too. I find it so much easier during spring and summer. Lots of fresh fruits and veggies. I eat less meat. Lots of salads. I'm more active, I spend lots of time outside, etc.

[DeusXM]

I find I get better control by visiting this site regularly. It makes me think more about my diabetes, and then I pay more attention to what my sugars are doing.

[duck]

Originally Posted by DeusXM

I find I get better control by visiting this site regularly. It makes me think more about my diabetes, and then I pay more attention to what my sugars are doing.

Agreed about that...My sugars/A1c's/mood haven't been better in the 15+ years since diagnosis, since I became a regular here.

[LauRa Lu]

Well because i'm a student, I find I have much better control
when I'm busy working. Other wise I'm either munching all sorts
that I souldn't in front of the tv, too busy shopping with friends
to think about my sugar levels and usually going hypo, or in the pub
drinking all sorts I that I probably shouldn' be.

So when I'm busy at uni or with work I find I need to have
perfect control because it makes life easier.

[bac4uw]

I think drinking falls into the "other" category... this is a very bad (and good) time to be in good control - but what can I say? It's the truth. I surely don't go testing any limits, but red wine, water, and coffee are about the only things that I feel I could drink indefinitely without raising or lowering my BG substantially. Of course, red wine and coffee would create other problems if I drank them indefinitely...

[Harold]

When I work for the most part. Regular breaks and lunch makes it easier to keep to a schedule. Sometimes it's more activity than at home unless it's spring or summer. Changing work schedules and working too many hours offsets it some and can even make it go wacky.

[soremom]

For me, better control is my boys. If I have bad control and develop complications then I can't be there for them. I plan on becoming a great, great, great grandmother. That is if I let my oldest date before he is 40 .

Working or not doesn't seem to matter for me. I do well with both.

Kim

[Belinda]

When I am not working....funny but I tend to snack more at work...must be the stress of teaching Oh yeah and all the goodies that get brought into the teachers lounge.....

[mg_2204]

Belinda, students don't bring apples to teachers anymore? :p

[zookeeper671]

Ugly A1C = = quest for better control.

[Belinda]

Originally Posted by mg_2204

Belinda, students don't bring apples to teachers anymore? :p

On the contrary....mine always want to offer me candy!!!!

[gettingby]

I find that my control is better when I keep busy. Though, sometimes I tend to over do it and have to really watch that.

[BeadieJay]

just ignore me, I'm just venting

I've got my A1c on Wednesday and I've been trying hard to be a good girl and have excellent control. It'll be a year since diagnosis on Wednesday and I want to compare numbers and see how well I've done in the last 12 months. My numbers in general are good, and my doctor is happy with the way things are going.

But I comfort eat. For ages I've been content, not depressed, just getting on with life, and although I've had the odd naughty snack, I've not been doing too badly.

But right now I'm so depressed and of course I've started comfort eating again - anything that's bad that I can lay my hands on, I just stuff it in my mouth. Part of me doesn't care because I'm so miserable and I need something to comfort me, but another part of me realises how pathetically stupid I'm being, but I'm too weak to do anything about it right now. So, my next A1c will no doubt be higher than my last, which was 6.0, and I'd really been hoping to get under the 6, even if it was just by 0.1. Now I expect I'll probably be 7 or 8 something.

And you know why? Why I'm comfort eating? Why I'm so depressed? Cos I keep having these stupid, frustrating, life interuppting nose bleeds. Every morning when I wake up my nose starts to bleed. Sometimes it starts bleeding in the middle of the night, and I'm up for a couple of hours dealing with it, making sure it's properly stopped before daring to go back to bed. But the last few days it's started bleeding about 6:30 a.m. I'm knackered, I'm pi**ed off, I'm fed up, and I'm more than a little worried. I had my nose cauterised for the second time last Tuesday, and felt cautiously optimistic that it had worked, but it hasn't, and I don't know what else the doctor can do. The stress is sending my numbers sky high without me even putting any food in my mouth, but now I've turned to comfort food, and these nosebleeds are ruining more than just my clothes and pillowcases. I take a nap each day to catch up on the lost sleep, and I'm a constant bag of nerves waiting for the next bleed to start.

/vent over - comfort eating still continuing

[Middle Aged Man]

When I don't work, it increases my control because I can control my schedule. With a job requiring a lot of travel across time zones, nothing is consistent and just taking the meds on time is a challenge when on duty. I definitely prefer the down times when it all just blends in.

[jeggeman31]

I find better control when I am on vacation or have more than 2 days off in a row. The junk food machine sucks me to it each and every day at work