Question about stress
chelny
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I've been following a low-carb/keto way of eating for about 6 months. I am also tracking my food in MFP and trying to stay between 1400-1600 calories on non-exercise days. I'd say overall for the first 4 months it went fine. I lost a chunk of weight. Then the next 2 months my weight kinda stagnated. I have the dual goals of trying to get to a healthy weight and also trying to get/keep my blood sugar under control. My last panel of tests at the doctor, my A1C was down to 5.3%. That was early September. This is positive, and I feel like I will get back to weight loss eventually.
As September has progressed, I have become increasingly stressed at work. I have also had increasing cravings for snacks between meals. I can't say I'm hungry. I'm not sure if this is an old habit that is popping up and giving me problems or what. I have noticed my blood glucose tests are a little higher than they have been. I seem to recall from diabetes education classes that stress can increase your BG. Has anyone else found this to be true? It could be that caving to the snacking, even if I'm not having full-sugar/carb snacks like I used to eat, is too much food and therefore my BG is spiking. It could be that I really need to keep my carbs around 20 instead of 50 gm/day. (Admittedly, a few days it's been around 100 gm, but that is the exception.)
I don't know. I guess I just don't like how I feel right now, and I don't like how hard it is to say "no" to snacks right now, when in previous months it has been fine. I wondered if anyone has any advice.
One thing I like about my job is that things are always changing. But it's not always this bad (with the email down and and other "fires" I've had to put out all week. My regular work is piling up!). We are in a hectic time of year right now, which will continue until the end of December. If the stress is messing me up, I need to figure out a plan to manage it better, because everything is just yuck right now. I'm so tired, I don't have motivation to work out. I'm jonsing for food between meals. But I really really don't want to give up and go back to my old habits. I need to stick with this.
As September has progressed, I have become increasingly stressed at work. I have also had increasing cravings for snacks between meals. I can't say I'm hungry. I'm not sure if this is an old habit that is popping up and giving me problems or what. I have noticed my blood glucose tests are a little higher than they have been. I seem to recall from diabetes education classes that stress can increase your BG. Has anyone else found this to be true? It could be that caving to the snacking, even if I'm not having full-sugar/carb snacks like I used to eat, is too much food and therefore my BG is spiking. It could be that I really need to keep my carbs around 20 instead of 50 gm/day. (Admittedly, a few days it's been around 100 gm, but that is the exception.)
I don't know. I guess I just don't like how I feel right now, and I don't like how hard it is to say "no" to snacks right now, when in previous months it has been fine. I wondered if anyone has any advice.
One thing I like about my job is that things are always changing. But it's not always this bad (with the email down and and other "fires" I've had to put out all week. My regular work is piling up!). We are in a hectic time of year right now, which will continue until the end of December. If the stress is messing me up, I need to figure out a plan to manage it better, because everything is just yuck right now. I'm so tired, I don't have motivation to work out. I'm jonsing for food between meals. But I really really don't want to give up and go back to my old habits. I need to stick with this.
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I never did the diabetes education classes so I can't speak to what they said. I can believe the BG goes up in response to stress.
I think old habits are popping up when your willpower is low due to the stress. I am not sure that identifying this will help manage it. I would be hesitant to derail your progress train. Just saying...0 -
I have a deadline driven job, a long commute, a hectic schedule, and kids. I understand what you're going through. I'm still struggling myself.
I hope that you get back on track. Don't lose sight of how far you've come.2 -
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