Tired After Eating

    After talking with my mom I mentioned about getting sleepy after eating pancakes. And she said that it didn't really make sense. I thought everyone did. You know like getting sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner. But apparently I'm strange and I didn't know that. (I know I'm strange, I meant I didn't know the way my body reacts to pancakes was strange)
    Well I did some looking on the web today to see what I could find out. I've only been looking for an hour or so, but here's what I've come up with so far. I get tired after eating pancakes because of the double carbs....carbs from the syrup, carbs from the pancake flour. And because I'm so fat, my body had developed a dislike for sugars. Meaning, I think I'm pre-diabetic. And I need to lose weight and cut back on the carbs.
    I always thought if I used Splenda then all the other sugars would be ok, because of cutting out the drink ones. Well since I quit smoking, I started drinking a LOT more regular pop. Like 2 a day with sugar. I'm eating pop-tarts for snacks. Ice cream sandwiches. Pancakes (as you know), chocolate. etc etc. Plus NOODLES, Rice, breads.
    Basically I think I'm a carboholic which is pushing me towards diabetes. Sooo That's why I'm constantly tired after I eat.
    Now what I am I gonna do about it? Well, at least today (because that's the only way, one day at a time) I'm not going to have any non-diet cola. I'm not going to have an ice cream sandwich and I'm not going to have a pop tart. And I'm going to take a look at what I had planned for dinner and see what I can do about it.
    And since I adore snacking, I'm going to try to find something veggie or fruity that I can snack on that takes time. Maybe celery, or apple. That's is so far, and I guess instead of doing double chin exercises I should be just dieting.
    See.....it's really good to have self esteem that allows you to know the truth about your appearance and not to be ashamed because you're not one of the "beautiful" people, but I need to realize that being healthy isn't about giving in to what people expect of me. It's about..well...being healthy...LOL.
    I heard on the news yesterday that some people do church diets, where they use prayer to help them lose weight. That's what I'm going to do. I tried to quit smoking for years, but never could until I was trying to help Mac after a health scare. It was so easy because I was doing it for him that I couldn't believe it. Well, I've learned from that that I guess it takes a little more help for me. So I'm going to ask God for His help to give me strength. Common Maddy, you can do it!