Morning Check In: I’ve had a stressful few days with the sudden death of a young family friend, and a hip fracture of an uncle, plus getting ready for a week long camping trip. That last one is fun, but it’s also stressful - fun things can also have stressful aspects! Stress in the past has “awakened the dragon,” that primitive brain who spent year after year using food for comfort. Those neuropathways are still there, even though lately unfollowed. They lurk. They raise up their little hands and make suggestions of how I might comfort myself. Yesterday was particularly difficult! And here’s what happened: My CGM ends right about now, and yesterday my primitive brain suggested that I take it off 24 hours early, and while it is off, get some ice cream! All day that thought kept circling. I went to Costco. It suggested ripping that sucker off and getting the frozen yogurt. I went to the grocery store and found myself in the ice cream isle. What did I do? I kept talking to the little fellow. I reminded it (and myself) that whether or not I am wearing a CGM, I will still be experiencing a glucose spike of magnificent proportions. I would still be sending my mitochondria into a tailspin. I would still be carmelizing my cells. The high insulin would add a couple of pounds that I don’t want. And above all, I would feel terrible and my mood would be shot. And I CERTAINLY wouldn’t deal with feeling stressed any better for it. I did not eat the ice cream. But wow, what a long day of discussions with myself! Today I am wishing for fewer discussions! But I’m also feeling really good that I did not follow all the stupid suggestions put forth by that wiley primitive brain. 1.5 meals today! No sugar. There will be some starch in the dinner, but just a little bit. New CGM going on shortly! I’m going to the gym.

Posted by Sar8ken at 2026-03-27 14:31:39 UTC