Lol, I got a bit confused when I went to write this because it's almost September and I thought I was writing the August Checkin....but then I looked back wondering where July's was, before realizing that's what I was working on now! Whoops!
I didn't do as well with exercising this month. I was only successful in being active for 150+ minutes on two weeks. The other two weeks, I only hit about 120 minutes (I was a bit sick on one week, and the other week I worked from home a bit and didn't fit in my regular walk to and from work).
I made just one new recipe this month: some spring rolls with a spicy peanut butter sauce. I'm not really a fan of spicy foods, but these were really good! They also used marinated tofu. I really, really liked the marinated tofu, and ended up snacking on the rest of it, rather than make more spring rolls! This recipe is definitely a keeper (and I've since made more of the marinated tofu to snack on, too!)
I also had a scary low this month. I was having trouble bringing my glucose down during the evening. It was at a safe level when I went to bed. But then my Dexcom woke me up a few hours later. Thank goodness the alarms woke me up! I had a really rough couple of days after that happened thinking I almost died - I was getting low enough that it was possible I may not have woken up! :( Thankfully I did, and everything is okay. I haven't had any lows like that since!
Oh, and July was my No Junk Food month! That went really well. I think there were maybe two times where I had some junk food (other than what was allowed for treating lows). I also found myself feeling pretty good by the end of the month - I wasn't craving junk food, I was going out of my way looking for healthier snacks, and I felt that the few times I did end up eating a bit of junk food were no big deal. I'm going to try to continue this going forward informally. :)
So that was July. Hopefully I'll get to the August checkin a little sooner, so I don't forget which month I'm working on!
