A Little NSV and Dealing With Low Blood Sugar

Oct 16, 2012

Yesterday at meeting a sister came up to me and said, "You look so long and skinny!" I laughed and told her no ones ever called me long before. I mean, I'm 5'1, so not long at all. But she laughed and said, it's a compliment, you look great!" I thanked her. A few minutes later another sister came up to me and said, "You look skinny! You've done such a great job. I'm proud of you." I thanked her too and have her a hug. I'm feeling pretty good. Except for the low sugar. 

Ive been dealing with that and low blood pressure. It's not terribly low, but my blood is usually 70-80. And my BP is usually 90/55. 

So here's my dilemma:
My doc wants me to eat more carbs. As in bread or crackers. I explained to him I can't, but he says to me, "At this point your not desperately trying to lose weight. Your BMI is 28, you're healthy. There's no reason why you couldnt eat some bread. You need it to get your blood sugar up." 

So, in my head, I can't eat bread. I just can't. I realize it's for my own good, cause of my low bs, but I can't. And honestly, I won't. I like how I look and feel and eating bread to me is like failing. It leads to the road to failure. I told him I was eating beans, they have carbs. But according to him, not enough. I told him that my nutritionist has told me to eat veggies because they have carbs. Again, he said not enough.  I don't want to change how I'm eating. I hate change. At this point I really would like to try to get to goal first before I start changing things up. 

Im just frustrated. I want to listen to my doctor, but I also want to listen to my nutritionist. She wants me to get to goal, my doc wants me to be healthy. What I don't think he gets, is that for me to stay healthy, I have to avoid the things that got me to 307 lbs in the first place. I don't know what to do...

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