Part 2 of going back to the basics on blood sugar... So what happens when the lock gets rusty? When we take in sugar all day long — the sweet coffee drink of the season, the grazing, the snacks, the soda — the key has to show up over and over. And over time, our cells stop responding to it like they used to. So our body does the only thing it knows... it makes more keys. More insulin, pushing harder on a door that’s getting harder to open. And slowly, blood sugar starts creeping up. Here’s the part nobody teaches us. It’s never one dessert. It’s not even one day. It’s the pattern. And it’s not a character flaw... it’s just your body responding exactly how it was designed to, over and over again. Today’s small shift: just notice. Count how many times sugar shows up in your day — the coffee, the drinks, the handful of Goldfish from your kid’s lunch. Most of us honestly have no idea. Awareness comes first. How many times do you think sugar shows up in your day? 👇 I’m a health coach, not a doctor. This is education, not medical advice — just how our bodies work, in plain language. Please talk to your own doctor about your numbers. - @ashley.m.monzon