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I’m watching this show — I think it’s the third episode I’ve seen, and they are down to six and cutting them lose — no longer on teams.

Some of what they are doing makes sense — they showed a temptation dinner — which was typically of a family, church or work “spread”. Will it seems cruel, the participants saw it as something helpful. They used the experience to find the right food, and stay away from the wrong food.

I still think there are a lot of wrong things about the whole premise. Weight loss isn’t necessarily less calories eaten and more burn. A lot of other factors go into it, for example, read the article on sleep I posed about earlier. Insulin is also a factor for me.

Servings radically different than package size. They should do the math not us.

What brought this on?

Bought lunch meat with different flavors in the package and serving si1 shows 3 slices but 4 slices in package.
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From my Treo

November 9, 2004

One of the things I want to know, is why doesn’t the skin go back after obesity suervery AND is this a problem I’m going to deal with no matter which way I go?

An answer from one of the medical doctors would be nice.

MSNBC – After stomach stapling, more surgery

GlucoBoy brings blood sugar monitoring to GameBoy – Engadget – www.engadget.com

Hook this sucker up to the wireless reporting gizmo and you’ve got a SUPER winner!

Just saw the new dentist. He was very pleased no pain. Cancelled the root canal and wants to watch it a month before he does fillings.

Of course that makes Nov. 15th fun filled. Sleep doctor and dentst in the same day. I should see a shrink instead of the CDE.

Got my Depo shot today.

Supposedly some diabetics see some changes in blood sugar with depo but I don’t. However, I’ve been on it for over 12 years.

I also don’t see monthly swings since Depo suppresses the cycle. I haven’t had a period in over 10 years. It’s very nice.

Between the two days without exercising, the 5 days of not controlling my eating, a slight infection from the broken tooth, and the lack of tight control because the Treo wasn’t working, my insulin resistance has obviously increased. At least obviously to me.

So, being the anal computer junkie I am, I downloaded the TDI (Total Daily Insulin usage) from my pump and plugged the last fourteen days into a spreadsheet I’ve designed from the charts in the “Pumping Insulin” book by John Walsh.

I took the resulting carb to insulin ratio and correction ratio and plugged those numbers into my Palm pilot’s EzManagter program.

(Note: yes, I know I’m a geek)

There was a massive change, so I grabbed my glucowatch and slapped it on my wrist — by the way, this time I’m using IV Prep — which is slightly tacky with the Cortozone spray and the burning sensation is very mild.

The glucowatch is showing trends similar to what I am seeing with my blood sugar monitor. I have done a couple of extra calibrations, to ensure that.

Nice to have the technology working with me.

Being without my Treo has really brought home to me that there is control and there is control.

I’ve been guestimating and as a result my blood sugar has been higher than I like. Several times after meals, I’ve had to adjust — and guestimate again, and those fractions of a unit make a huge difference.

That is the difference between MDI and the pump. it’s not just the basal rate though that is part of it.

It’s being able to eat a meal and put in 1.8 units of insulin and having a blood sugar of 140 2 hours later. If I have to put in 1.5 I’m 180 or higher, and if I have to put in 2.0 then I’m risking going low before my next meal.

The basal has a lot to do with it too. Trickling in rapid insulin all day in micodoses has got to be better than relying on buffered insulin. I know it is for me.

Though I do sense that control is easier for a Type 2 as more of our encron. system is working.

The differance in display was my fault. I took the default display rather than adjusting for my vision. now that I have fixed that i’m fine.