For the past few weeks, I have been eating enough food each day to feed about five full-grown adults, and the last time I weighed myself I had lost seven pounds.
This is coming from a five-foot-two person who has remained the same weight for over three years now.
Now, I could be wrong, but I think it has something to do with my diabetes. I haven't been taking the best care of my health while I am away at school, and I think this is one of the repercussions of it. Before school started, I was a fairly straight-edged kid. I partied, but not on a regular basis. I didn't go out every night. I had the time and the motivation to take proper care of myself.
Here, I am out with friends partying and attending various school events on a regular basis, I end up going out at least every other night, and have little to no time for myself and my diabetes.
I got into this mind-set of "I have better things to do than test my blood sugar and eat proper meals," and this has finally caught up with me and my health.
The post above is about diabulimia, which is when diabetics do not give themselves the proper amount of insulin in order to lose weight. While I do not intentionally neglect to give myself insulin, I have become increasingly more and more notorious for forgetting to give myself insulin after I eat. And I have been eating alot.
Which evidentally leads to higher blood sugar levels for increasing periods of time, and subsequent weight loss. I have really got to start taking better care of my health. Not only is my massive food intake and weight loss detrimental to my health, but it also uses up a lot of money that I don't have to spare in added groceries.
So this week I am making a resolution to practice better diabetes management. I am going to test my blood sugar on a regular basis, administer insulin after I eat, and limit my nights of fun to once a week, if that. I hope I hold true to my word.
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