Sally:

Congratualtions on recognizing that it was your emotions that were making you feel hungry.  I count it a victory everytime I recognize the difference between physical and emotional hunger.  That is an important step in short circuiting the behavior.  I agree with Val that it is great to find other ways to get that emotional need met.  I try to do something to make myself feel pampered, connect with others or redirect my feelings. 

I hope that things are okay with your loved one.

Take care,

Faith

I heard something in the family that makes me sad and it might not even be true but it sent me into an emotional tailspin.  I feel so sad and I needed comfort and eating is the only comfort I can get when I feel extreme loss.  I thought my numbers would be out of this world today but I tested and it was just 168.  Use to be my highs would be up to the upper 200s.  I am getting dry mouth with lower highs these days because I am no loner use to highs.  Thank God I didn't have those extreme symptoms I always had with extreme highs. 

Do any of you still emotionally eat at times?  IT is not always easy to do things right.  I jump track but I usually get back on quicker than I use to.  We have fruit now and that helps us alot.  There is good fruit and there is high carb fruit.  I know the fruit cuts the cravings for sugary things and at least it is nutritous too.  It gives an energy pick me up to for us.  If I don't have fruit around I just don't know how to deal with the hunger that comes and gets out of control.  My numbers go up for sure.

I hope that I am doing well enough never to get serious complications.  I will try my personal best to insure that doesn't happen.  We see the doctor for our A1C tests and I wish it was earlier.  I so look forward to receiving the results.  It is a goal I set for myself every time to do well.  I had been doing better in my own mind and I hope it will show as reality with that test.

Sally