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From:	Lisa (pool-71-251-139-189.cmdnnj.east.verizon.net)
Subject:	need to focus on health
Date:	March 27, 2007 at 10:50 pm PST

I am T2 insulin-dependent diabetic, currently preg. with 5th child. My sugars are way up there due to 3rd trimester insulin resistance, and the perinatologist has told me to consider using an insulin pump even after delivery.
I am in turmoil b/c I KNOW a vegan diet helps my BG, I love eating that way but I keep falling off the wagon. Long story, but I won't be able to banish harmful foods from the house. My willpower isn't always what it should be. Sometimes I eat something wrong for me b/c it's there, it's easy, and I'm not really thinking about it anyway. Just mindlessly munching. Anybody have suggestions for coping with an overabundance of unhealthy food in the home, plus bad habits, plus unsympathetic family? I feel disgusted with myself, but that's not productive. I gotta get better. Sick of insulin, too young to be this sick. Got children to raise! When my sugars are high, this problem becomes a vicious circle b/c I don't think straight after they hit about 155. Then I just eat more, in a fog.
Exercise is out of the question until after the baby is born, due to contractions.
How to maintain focus on doing right by myself amidst everybody else's needs? Suggestions?

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