I'm healthier and have lost more weight in two years (psst. still a size 16, hope we can still be friends) than I have in my life, because I finally felt like I respected myself enough to be worth it.
I've recently started losing weight again, and wondering if my new wardrobe has anything to do with it.
Drives me absolutely nuts.
Because fiber doesn’t work well – it clogs up the small opening – I don’t eat a lot of it. So the other end gets clogged. So here’s how typically weight loss goes – large drop, small gains, then some small drops and then large drops again.
I’ve definitely lost a size in my waist lately just after buying pants for the first time in years. Thankfully from Nordstroms and they are doing this alteration for free!
You do get what you pay for some times.
I’m really happy with the new look:
Been losing the same 5 pounds for a while now. It’s something I do a lot. It’s all part of the eating disorder, diabetes, and lap band thing. I haven’t even been sure that I was at a place where I could lose weight without another fill. I also wasn’t sure I wanted to do that. As it is, I can’t eat much.
The cortisone shot has done its thing. The arthritis pain I’ve been experiencing is subsiding and I’m more active which helps too.
Broke down and got a cortisone shot on Thursday. Had to drive to South Lake but didn't miss any school, though should have.
Had high blood sugar all day Friday and tipsy but had a parent conference, project final to give and promised a parent I would let a kid make up work. Got it all done but pissed off the principal <sigh>
He saw me leaving at 4:00 with the kid though.
Kid and I got a lot of good work accomplished and he is passing so that is what counts. Same with parent conference.
Blood sugar seems back to normal today.
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Proof that it works – between my recent weight loss, change in activity level due to exams, etc. it’s been hard determining the exact insulin dosage.
Dulce was in her cage, door locked, and woke up from a dead sleep whining at me. I checked and my blood sugar was dropping too fast. Was able to eat some carbs and now fine.
Glad it didn’t happen during an ACP the first time – she snoozed all through the Art I test yesterday, but it’s also nice to know that it does work in a testing situation, isn’t very disruptive, and gives a huge measure of safety.
I had a balance with Animas because I’d ordered supplies right before the doctor decided to switch me off the Animas Ping and onto the Metronics pump. In fact, they arrived the day before the visit. Animas agreed to take the supplies back, and I sent them everything I had marked Animas which was quite a bit since I had been pumping with them for 8 years.
Of course, they got it back on November 28 and I had even gotten another bill this week but I logged in this morning and saw I had a balance of $0.00
Now the interesting part is seeing the games that Medtronics and the insurance company are paying since Medtronics sent me the pump before the Animas pump expired. By a full three months. Right now I am renting the pump. I haven’ seen that since I got my first CPAP machine. Since it was common for people not to tolerate them, you initially rented them and if you could tolerate them, after 6 months or so, you “owned” it.
It’s starting to bother me, which isn’t bad since I haven’t had injections since last spring or physical therapy. I’m trying to hold out on getting any type of injections – though I have an orthopedist who is happy to do them. One Celebrex seems to be holding me most of the time. Best I’ve done in a while.
I’m not a New Year’s Resolution type of girl…. I’ve been working really hard on managing my blood sugar, working out and taking my weight as it comes.
My lap band has stopped my weight gain and a lot of my eating issues. I see a counselor on a regular basis for it and other issues.
In other words, I’m not doing anything special for the New Year.
Could be a sinus infection, but the blood sugar hasn’t been super elevated. Plus my husband seems to have caught it.
Good news is my weight is back down. I’ve found over the years that when I’m that sick, eating what my body craves gets me over it faster. Lots of soup and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches. Lots of warm drinks. Not good calorie OR crabwise, but I seem to have burned it off.
Hopefully the rest of the break will be better.
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Though there are a few people who probably think I had already come out of the closet as a diabetic.
I realized that I was not doing a good job controlling my diabetes. I used to do a good job. I used to rarely miss blood sugar checks and rarely missed boluses (oh, that reminds me, I’m drinking a mocha I haven’t bloused for yet – just a sec)
So I decided to train my youngest beagle to be a diabetes alert dog. By the way – typical time at the gym after not doing a good job bolusing for lunch: dog is very agitated and won’t relax for the first 10 minutes, then she settles – bet you money if I tested I’d be back in range.
But I used to try to hide my pump.
Now, I walk into the gym with the dog and she is agitated and I explain that yes, she is agitated because my blood sugar is up and she’ll settle when it is better. I wear my pump outside my clothing and carry my meter where I can reach it easily. No more hiding.
My A1C has come down as a result. I’m not there yet, I still miss some boluses, I still miss some checks, but it’s getting better.