Something just isn't working.

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My fasting blood sugar is 185.  I have stopped with gum, haven't used even sugar replacement of any kind... just drinking tea, and I haven't eaten in more than ~22 hours.  I do believe I am going to go back to extreme basics regarding food.  Meat, tea, salt, and pepper.   I simply don't know if I am doing something wrong by eating something I shouldn't, if my system got messed up severely by the ojd*, or if my system simply can't cut the number.  I am not so inclined to believe the latter, as my numbers were steadily going down until the ojd.  I guess, if I don't know what was in it, I simply cannot eat it.  Not a judgement, just how things have to go.

I really didn't like the chicken I grilled a few days ago.  I really thought about tossing the remnants.  I haven't.  But also, I don't want to go out.  Less so under the new plan.  With the items purchased yesterday, and with what is on hand, I believe I could debone and stir-fry the meat, adding spinach as it steams down a bit.  Would you believe onion is fairly carb-heavy?  Yeah.  Still, a bit of that, and this, in small amounts, might do well enough.

The thing is, my eating window is, of course, off.  Usually 17:00 is my start time.  But sleep has been off.  Today I actually did need the air conditioner in order to sleep.  I simply couldn't drop into a real sleep without it.  It wasn't so much the ac that threw me, as wasting time trying, several different times, to sleep but without the ac.  Not too hot, more like too warm?  It's almost 18:00 as I wake.  I simply don't want "breakfast".  I'll give it a few hours, whatever it takes to rise and shine a bit, then begin meal prep.  I knew this would eventually happen, so it's simply not an issue.  Later.

*orange juice debacle  -  for those of you with a shorter memory