Category: Current Status

Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was because I was playing hooky — went to a workshop today and let a sub be with my students… or maybe the change in schedule and routine but today went better today than any other.

First, I moved my workout to the morning. When I lost that 100 pounds, I got up and worked out every morning, but with diabetes, I’m generally too groggy to get up.

Did 45 minutes — 20 on the Natural Runner and 25 on a regular treadmill.

Blood sugar stayed below 120 all day until late in the afternoon, when I had probably used up all my long acting insulin and had a quick snack.

Even this evening, two hours after dinner my sugar is down to 135.

I’ll have to do morning again on Monday, who knows, maybe I can keep that up?

Being diabetic is frustrating. Being a diabetic on insulin is even more frustrating.

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My workout this afternoon went MUCH better.

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I recently got really mad at a friend the other day.

She’d read an article on the internet about sleep apnea, that said many people can be “cured” by losing weight.

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I have to remember to take it all one day at a time.

But I think I’m on a mini-roller coaster. All day, a touch high on the blood sugar, finally took a couple of extra units of insulin in the afternoon.

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Well, I just did one of my “experiments”.

Oh and by the way, exercise works.

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Man, I can’t stop thinking about last night. It makes a funny story, but at the same time, it’s scary as hell.

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First, I wasn’t going to tell this on myself here, but at the same time, I need to because I at least need to learn from it. Maybe someone else will.

I went too low tonight. Probably spent 5 minutes too many at the gym.

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This is where I work out…

Heart Healthy Fitness Center

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It’s probably the insulin, but man, I’ve done everything right this week:

Exercised 5 times in the week, cardio 40 minutes most days. Had to quit on Friday after 20 minutes + weights because blood sugar was too low. Weights 3 times too.

Did real good on food each day.

Hormones aren’t a problem because I’ve been on depo prevera for over 10 years.

The only good news on this is that I was wearing a size smaller pair of jeans yesterday than I had been.

Just flat argh!

I’d say the biggest difference is that I’ve been waking up to go to the bathroom almost everynight and have been doing some coughing, which is usually a sign of gastric reflux for me.