I don't particularly have anything new to write about but I just stayed up till 1am watching that movie Julie and Julia, so of course I am feeling a new surge to blog and cook. I however do not share a devout love for Julia Child and this is probably a good thing because I doubt that her recipes are diabetic-friendly. Many delicious culinary delights are not. However my friend Kyle made the pumpkin chili that I posted about earlier so at least this blog has served some practical purpose. By practical purpose I mean a purpose besides giving me a place to vent with the probably delusional belief that other people are interested in my life.
Like Julie and Julia and the moral of the movie I am also trying to sort out my life and figure out what I want to do next considering my quickly approaching graduation date. Trying to understand by body and gain some grasp of control with it is a good place to start. I've read that a reason that some people experience eating disorders is because it feels good to control one's body when the rest of one's life feels uncontrollable. I have never had to experience living with an eating disorder and do not have the delusion that I can understand what that might be like, but I do feel that I understand this idea. I just read a blog post by Catherine Price where she writes about this a bit. She writes that over the holidays it is easy to lose control, but to not feel guilty about the times that we splurge but instead to feel proud about all the little moments when we don't. All those moments take will power and should be recognized. For instance today I ate only 2 cookies. I grand feat when you consider that there are four very large tupper-ware containers full of cookies currently sitting on the kitchen counter.
And speaking of little victories I don't think that I ever wrote about my recent one (it's actually a rather big victory for me). My A1C was recently 7.5! For those of you who don't know what an A1C is and don't have to experience the joy of getting one, an A1C is a test for diabetics that measures how your body has been doing for the past few months. I don't understand what exactly it measures and how it does this but I trust that it does. A non-diabetic's A1C would probably be a 5 I think. A healthy goal for a diabetic is a 6 and a pretty horrendous number is a 9. My last A1C, six months ago was an 8.6. So that should give you an idea of what an improvement a 7.5 is for me. My goal is to get one in the 6s. My next test will be in March and I have decided that if I reach this goal I will have a large celebration. I've been thinking about it and right now I am thinking that it will involve many many many girl friends and perhaps a few select men (nothing personal boys but I do believe that women usually understand accomplishments with bodies and eating more than men do) who will convene at my apartment for delicious food and lots of wine and girly drinks followed by driving (done of course by some DD that will not be me) to the Barbary and dancing our little hearts out. It will be wonderful! I will let you know when my body will be worthy of such a celebration. Well a celebration of a similar sort may have to happen before my next A1C but this would not make the A1C celebration any less significant.
Well it's now 2am and my blogging itch has been satisfied, now it's time to fulfill the sleeping one.
PS: despite how much I would love to look like Amy Adams alas that picture is not me, it's a still from the Julie and Julia movie.
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