One-dose antibiotics didn't work. The sinusitis is as bad as ever; but I'm at work because today is our busiest day of the year ( Read more... )

Blood Sugar: 153 mg/dL (tres mal)

Food Eaten: Breakfast: 1 cup milk, vitamins and a low carb bar
snack 1: coffee and a small apple
Lunch: Chicken Cubano and 2 plantains. I forwent(?) the beans and rice
snack 2: dried mango
Dinner: some beef jerky(the antibiotics..see below..made me less than partial to food for a bit)

Water Imbibed: 8 glasses

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Blood Sugar: 155 mg/dL I have no idea what is going on there

Food Eaten breakfast: Power shake and vitamins
lunch: veggie low carb lasagne
snack 1: strawberries
dinner: salad with chicken, yogurt
snack 2: 2 string cheese
snack 3: pickled tonatoes and beef jeky

water imbibed: 9 glasses

Exercise: 30 min walking around campus

I was considering setting up a seperate journal to chronicle my lifestyle change journey but I had an idea and wondered if there was any interest in it ( Read more... )

As a few of you already know, I was recently diagnosed with Type II diabetes. Today, I visited the diabetes educator and got my blood glucose monitor(surprisingly less evil than I had imagined) and my diet and exercise plan. The toughest part is going to be getting up every weekday to get to the gym and not getting to eat any fruit for 4 weeks :( ( Read more... )