How does it happen that life gets in the way of taking proper care of my diabetes? 

How does it happen that I can log faithfully - bloodsugars, food, activity, dosing - for months - and then - poof! (or more like thud!) - I just fall off the wagon?

How? 

Well.  I guess real life happens.

Last spring, I rededicated myself to my health and well-being.  I got into an exercise routine, I altered my eating habits, I committed to testing AND logging so that I could control my diabetes more effectively.  And, on a whole, these efforts paid off.  I lost about 50 lbs in a little over a year.  I improved my A1C.  I found myself with more energy and more stamina.  I actually started enjoying eating well, packing a lunch and taking in ample servings of fruits and vegetables. 

And for awhile, I was great at testing and logging.  I used Sugarstats faithfully.  I downloaded and graphed and adjusted.   Unfortunately, even when I first started doing it, it felt like something that I could only maintain temporarily - unlike the other changes which from the start felt like changes that had permanency.   

Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.  After 8 months of faithful logging - I pretty much stopped. 

And you know what?  My A1C went up by .4%.  I had more - and more stubborn - low bloodsugars.  I had high bloodsugars that hung in for full days. 

Yes, I know, it's my fault.  Because I can't seem to commit to it.   Because my life gets so busy that logging drops down, down, down the list of priorities, until it's just a faint blip on a distant horizon - something that I'm still striving toward.

Will that ever change?  Will I ever be able to get this part of my disease management in focus?

I'm not sure.  But I'd love to hear about your challenges with logging - and your victories around it.  Is there something that works for you - that might work for me?