Carb Counting

Diabetes runs in my mother's family. My grandmother died at a very young age from a diabetic stroke, and my mother and her sister have diabetes. So, when my sugar level came back at 109 (instead of less than 100), my doctor gave the nurse diabetic information to give to me. I have to count carbs, no more than 50 mgs per meal and a snack of 15-30 mgs. Now yesterday I felt "off balance." Could be that I skipped a meal on Wednesday and began lowering the carb count. I was coping fairly well, until my friend came in with a steak and cheese sandwich from a restaurant. He had his stomach banded, and after eating 1/4 of the sandwich, he didn't want any more, so gave it to me. I put it in the refrigerator but later in the day, became hungry and ate it. Now the sandwich could have counted as the snack but after dinner I had two more snacks--cheese popcorn and 1/4 cup ice cream. Yesterday, I felt sad, but my mood seems to be much better today, so after the false start yesterday, I believe that I can stick to the recommended mgs of carbs. I wouldn't want the carbs so much if I wasn't told that I couldn't have them! After the rain moved on, I walked my two dogs around the field. No one else was about, so I could enjoy some solitude. I plan to walk them again tonight after dinner Dinners are a problem, because my husband enjoys processed food. Hard to watch my carb count when food is mixed in a casserole. That is a concern along with darkness coming earlier, and no safe way to walk my dogs and get my exercise. In the winter darkness falls at 5pm and I have to work until 6pm.