Who knew??

As an insulin-dependent diabetic, carb counting is an absolute must.  Knowing the number of carbs in the foods I eat allows me to calculate the number of units of insulin i have to take.  It’s actually quite simple.  But honest to goodness, I never gave a thought to counting calories….BIG MISTAKE!!

Those of you who have been reading my diary know that I joined a gym about five weeks ago and have been working out pretty religiously….because I want to better control my blood sugar, and to lose some weight.  It’s done wonders for my blood sugars, which makes me very happy!  But the other day I stepped on the scale and it turns out I have not lost one pound…..not one friggin’ pound!!!  This after five weeks of huffing and puffing and sweating my ass off.  Talk about discouraging!  So I was talking to my mom about it today on the way home from the gym and she brought up counting calories instead of carbs.  I told her I couldn’t NOT count carbs because that’s how I figure my insulin usage, but that I hadn’t been counting calories.  She told me I should, because the cause of my non-weight loss could be that I’m eating too little or too many calories. 

As soon as I got home I added up the calories of the foods I ate for lunch…..and almost fainted!  HOLY CRAP!!!!  Even though I had a low-carb lunch, it was LOADED with calories….820 to be exact!!  In my mind I guess I just assumed that low carb equaled low calorie.  WRONG!!  It’s usually the exact opposite….low carb equals high calorie.  Well doesn’t that just suck??  So now I have to count both, but you better believe I’ll be doing it because in a little less than two months I’m going to see my son J in Washington and I want to be at least 15 pounds thinner….hopefully more!  And since I had a nice high calorie lunch, I only had salad for dinner.  And I added up every freaking calorie of everything I put into that salad as well….lol. 

When I go see the doc tomorrow I’m gonna ask him how many calories I should be consuming each day.  My mom says only 1,200, but I work out for an hour to an hour and a half a day, five days a week, and I don’t think 1,200 calories a day is enough.  Even the fitness trainer at the gym said I should be consuming 1,500 calories a day.  So we’ll ask the doc and see what he thinks.  I’m also going to join Weight Watchers as soon as I get paid next week.  I need a structured program and eating plan.  That way it’ll be easier to keep track of carbs and calories.

Man, I will be so glad for next week!  T and I both get paid, thank goodness.  Paying for the apartment and deposit and furniture and making my car payment, all over the past week and a half, has left us with not a whole heck of a lot of cash left over.  T still has money in his account, but we’re only using it for gas, smokes, and a prescription I had to get filled today.  But it’ll be better after we get paid next week.  I desperately need a haircut.  It’s a hot mess right now….all I do after I wash it is comb it out and put a headband in.  It’s gotten too long to do anything with it.  I need a coloring too, and T just told me that since he also gets his per diem next week, I can get both the cut and color…..YEE HAW!!!!  Ahhh the little things in life….*sigh*  I think I’ll also get a pedicure, but I’ll pay for that myself.  My heels look horrible!

I can’t really think of anything else to say.  I hope I get a decent night’s sleep tonight cuz my doc appointment is at 10:45 in the morning.  Fingers crossed! 

Take it easy, my OD compadres…..or take it any way you can get it! 😉