According to the doctor's scale this morning I am down another 4 lbs. this month and my A1c is at 5.5 which is, in the doctor's words, darn good. Since my diabetes diagnosis/start of my diet in October, I am down 15 lbs. This is far behind the pipe dreams of 50 lbs I had back in the Fall but is better than the 1-2 lb/month average my doctor would ( Read more... )

I have dimples?

Huh. I have dimples. :)

::sigh of relief:: Survived another week ( Read more... )

I just got to campus after my first follow up appointment with the Nurse Practioner who is in charge of my diabetic care. She was very pleased with my progress. According to her scale, I lost 8lbs in the 3.5 weeks I have been on this diet and 1" in my waist. She said if I continue to follow the diet like I have and exercise as frequently as I have ( Read more... )

Finally getting myself back to the gym ( Read more... )

Today was all about getting my apartment in order ( Read more... )

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... )

"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" - Rabbi Hillel, 1st Century BCE ( 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... )

Looking back over the past few days, I realized I haven't made a real update of things going on in my life for awhile. So here's all the news of Al that's fit to print ( Read more... )