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Howdy all...
No walk for me this morning. Not raining yet, but instead I woke up with AF announcing her arrival in very painful ways. I 'know' that exercise helps deal with the pain, but it's awfully hard to get motivated to get dressed and get outside. In a slightly good/interesting turn of events, I've only gained about a pound of water weight with her arrival... my norm is more like 3-4lbs.
I WILL do my squats today, as soon as the muscle relaxers kick in.
On a different topic, I find I'm struggling with portion control.
When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I started measuring out my danger foods, and compensating for the smaller amounts of things like mashed potatoes or pasta with more veggies and protein. I was measuring out the max amount of carbs I could. This has become a habit, and now I'm finding that I'm getting overfull, particularly at dinnertime. I realize that my nutritional needs will continue to change as I lose weight. I'm just becoming aware that I need to shrink my portion sizes some more. And that's still a struggle.
I realize that this is a good thing. It's just another change that I have to adjust to. Initially, my focus was on limiting and measuring my carbs to control my blood sugars while using other low/no carb foods to fill me up. Now, I need less food, so that means that my balance of carbs and veggies/protein will have to change again. And I need to get used to seeing less food on my plate.
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