Photo Credit: givepeasachance (Flickr)My New Rules (courtesy of Dr. Shrink Wrap)
- When I go to bed each night, place morning pills at bedside table with a water bottle.
- Take morning meds as soon as I wake up - when my eyes open.
- Get out of bed as soon as pills are swallowed.
- Take an hour's brisk walk (or have an hour of some other vigorous exercise) as soon as possible in the morning.
- Stop eating things that a pre-diabetic person should not eat.
- Stop blaming anything or anyone else on my inability to do the things I need to do to take care of myself.
Before my diagnosis, I was very good with rules. If I made one for myself, I did not break it. End of story. Take for example this. I weighed over 200 pounds and was on my way to diabetes. My Dr. told me to cut carbs out of my diet and lose a significant amount of weight. And I did it - 50 pounds. No surgery. No Weight Watchers/Jenny Craig type of thing. Just me. My will.
Here's the problem. Lately, I am not so sure how much control I have over myself any more. I feel like I must regain my will to stick to my rules. To keep going up the mountain even if it's 2 steps forward and 2 back. And with bipolar, regaining my will is an even steeper mountain and heavier rock than I thought I faced when I began this cyber journey.
Well.
Since it's thanksgiving, I will end this post on a positive note. I am thankful to have found this community with whom I share my inner self. Most of my real life friends don't get it like you do. So thanks. Really.
