Diabetes: checking in with the progress

I'm just checking in with my progress. I've been gradually changing my carb-high diet to somethingmore responsible. Up until a couple of months ago, I was having these huge plates of yakisoba for lunch or dinner, and I've cut those out entirely. I do still have noodle dishes --pho, chow mein, etc.-- but I've brought the frequency down from nearly every day to four or five times a month. I've cut out refined sugar entirely and don't even crave it, except for when my sister bakes brownies, at which time I brandish a crucifix. I've gone from regular wheat bread to low carb, of which I have roughly two pieces a day. And instead of ordering my old standby of enchiladas, rice and beans when at a Mexican restaurant, I get taco salad and except for a couple of bites, leave the taco shell.

I have yet to increase my daily exercise, and while I sometimes walk between six blocks and a mile a day, it isn't yet a daily discipline. Finally I've downloaded and am listening to Gretchen's wonderful book, which is doing wonders to both inform me and relieve some of my anxieties and guilt.

Sometimes, I have to be honest here, I go a little bit kamikaze and have sushi or french fries or something, but it isn't very often and my fasting BG is usually under 130 while my postprandial readings are usually around 170 with occasional higher spides.