Saturday was one of those random days for my diabetes. I have been thinking about it and I have come up with a few ideas about why my sugars were off. For one thing, it's the weekend and I ALWAYS seem to have difficulty keeping things on track. I am sure that all of you out there can relate to this. Saturday and Sunday come around and sleeping patterns go out the window! All throughout the work week, I get up about the same time each morning; eat the same size breakfast and then go through my typical work day. Well, then the weekend gets here, and I am eating at completely different times and having irregular meals. And when it comes to physical activity on the weekend, I am either extremely lazy or working exceedingly hard.

The weekends are great times to "catch up" on sleep. I usually always squeeze in a nap (or two). I also find myself sleeping in a few hours longer or going to bed later. But this all ties into getting out of whack and producing bad blood sugars.

I usually go out to dinner on the weekends, and that hardly ever leads to good sugars. This weekend me and Brynn and my family ate out twice and both times, led to Hyperglycemia. Having hardly any significant exercise either day also helped contribute to bad BG.

The bottom line is, for me anyway, that weekends always tend to bring out the worst in my diabetes control. Temptations like more sleep, bigger and more irregular meals, and variations in exercise. However as each new day, or weekend comes along we have the opportunity to improve on things and learn from our own mistakes.

What do you think? Any suggestions, comments, or recommendations please feel free to share it with everyone in the box below.
Thank you. -Andy.