Do you procrastinate often?

@HikingMan That's good you became kinder to yourself, because it truly doesn't help in any way to degrade ourselves. I have taken this book out twice lol..so it's very overdue. Im going to finish it tomorrow for SURE!!

@Baybreeze I hope that you do.

But if you don’t, I’d like to share with you a thing we used to say about mountains when I was a little more active with my climbing. I think it works well for books too.

“It will be there when you’re ready to (climb it) finish it. It’s not going anywhere.”

The self grace and kindness is an entirely new thing for me and I still struggle with it.
Therapy has helped me to understand more of what I’ve read and helps me with my own accountability in relation to my healing and growth.

We’re all works in progress that are never finished until we’re finished.

Sending you my very best wishes on the tapestry you’re creating.

@HikingMan Thanks Rob I really appreciate that🌷. It's kind of just hitting me after a decade of self help reading, that actually BEING compassionate to yourself does help the mind . It just seemed a pipe dream to me to EVER like myself or give myself grace, because my mind track believe I was selfish if I did. If I were a friend, I'd never treat them as I do myself. So our twisted human subconscious is really off, thinking goodness isn't warranted. Because I AM more open with others when I myself feel ok or good. Thank you.

@Mindful I'd be wary because just today, so weird! Saw on news a GLO1 med causes permanent eye vision loss😯🙁

@Baybreeze sorry I meant ugh GLP 1

@Baybreeze

I use sucralose (Spleda) in my coffee, and only get sugar free drinks. Yet sugar free sweet tea is way too sweet. So I get unsweetened tea and grab packets of Splenda to add myself!

I quit eating cookies, pie, cake, candy, chocolate bars, ice cream, etc , and drinking orange juice and milkshakes. I still eat a lot of fatty foods since there is no sugar, but being fat is not good for diabetes, either.

I take semaglutide (Ozempic), which mimics GLP-1 (a natural hormone), for my diabetes.

My A1C has come down to prediabetic range. The last blood test was below 100. I stopped pricking my finger every day to check, though. This was a periodic blood draw to to test all sorts of things. The doctor said I need to drink more water. It is hard, since too much water makes me spit up! I think the semaglutide bloats my stomach since it is designed to slow down stomach emptying. It makes people feel full so they eat less.

I take lisinopril to relax my blood vessels, and hydrochlorothiazide to help flush out salt and water through my urine. I think they are working since my pressure is not so high. But I stopped checking it daily and only do so when the doctor checks.

So things are getting better, except for my toes. I think they are numb for life. I also feel weak in my left foot. I always have to lift my weight on my right foot then the left foot follows. About all it can do is stand. But only with my right foot on the ground, too. If I try to balance on my left foot I feel like I am going to crumple.

I just relapsed, and ate a bag of peanut M&M's. I had three meetings and some work in between, so had to skip lunch. I am still hungry. These M&M's are going to give me heartburn, I just know it. I should drink more water, right? 😁