I sympathize with you, we all have at least some of the same issues you do, and it's easy really, and hard at the same time. You can do it, you know, and when you do you will look around, feel proud, and wonder what took you so long! We're all funny creatures, aren't we!

It's a matter of allowing yourself to say yes, allowing yourself to be positive. Or as that shoe company says - Just Do It! Michael Jordan just does it and wins a championship, we just do it and get our blood sugar under control!

I had an odd introduction to diabetes, a sudden onset of VERY bad numbers and off to the hospital I went, for immediate stabilization and a couple of days of observation. When I went home I knew, for the next month at least my #1 priority, also #2 priority, and #3 priority, was get on top of this situation - or else. I had to take my meds - or else. I messed it up a couple of times but if I hadn't had 100% focus on it, I wouldn't have made it.

Yet, I should lose about 20 pounds, ok that's not horrible obesity but - why can't I get that done!? LOL. I look at myself sometimes and just SMH.

I hope you are located somewhere you can WALK! I love walking as exercise to help control blood sugar. Walk around the block, that's typically about 4/10 of a mile. Do it at least twice a day. That's all it takes, to start. Once or twice a week find a longer walk, around 2x2 blocks is about 8/10 of a mile. When you've lost some weight find some longer walks. I have a grocery store half a mile away (1 mile total round trip), come back carrying a single bag. Good lunch place 1 mile away, two different Trader Joe's each 2 miles away. Maybe there's a theme here, LOL.

And I have a friend who has been fighting a more serious case of diabetes than mine, I've tried to coach him for the last year or two. The part he has most embraced is the exercise. Not a lot, but you have to - here we go again - Just Do It! You get to meet neighbors, not to mention everyone who's out walking their dogs. I had never realized how many people in my urban neighborhood also have dogs, big dogs, little dogs, all kinds of dogs, LOL.

Diet control. Learn to count carbs. Keep your meals small. Small, that's half the battle. Avoid the worst stuff but even that, you can have, in SMALL amounts, if you must. Find positive things. Do you like strawberries? Did you know they have something in them, fisetin, that helps with blood sugar? Treat yourself to fresh (or frozen) strawberries! Just a couple with each meal.

If you can get some of this positivity into your sugar control project it becomes something you're always looking to work on, and you can make progress and feel just a little happier every day!