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  • Fresh Start Challenge – Wednesday

    Clean Eating 6/25 — birthday cake for coworker didn’t help
    Cardio Session 9/35
    Strength Session 8/28

    One thing I’ve found through my log books, etc. is that the strength sessions do more to pull my blood sugar levels down long term than just about anything I do. Cardio helps short term, and don’t I know it. I went from 50 minute sessions per iShape to 20, and from 6 a week to 4 and man am I seeing higher blood sugars — not bad just higher – and using more insulin.

  • “The Numbers”

    Since the second person asked — first, I think starting later on today I’ll expand the entry abit, and I did post when I started it …

    It’s something that one of the iShape members came up with, and it’s called a Challenge.

    CE = Clean Eating
    CS = Cardio Session
    SS = Strength Session

    Over a fixed period, I think we’re doing 6 weeks right now, we pick the number of days we’ll do each. That’s the second number.

    The first number is where we are now.

    So if you do a cardio session on a day, you add to the first number.

    It’s a head game, but one I’m finding works for me.

  • FS Day 0 Tuesday

    CE 6/25
    CS 8/35
    SS 7/28

    Yesterday was scheduled off on strength and cardio — but clean eating when out the window with a total stress day.

  • I knew this…

    I had always been skinny as a child and didn’t gain weight until my late teens.

    And I still think the sleep apnea was a major contributer.

    MSN Health & Fitness – Genes May Influence Weight Gain in Adults

    Your genes may be one reason your jeans are getting tighter, says a Saint Louis University School of Public Health study that found genetics can play a role in some peoples’ weight problems.

  • Someone who “gets it”

    Here’s someone that gets the Catch 20/20

    The Health Care Blog

    There is general agreement that — at least 15 years since everyone has understood the problem — the health care system suffers from a lack of transparency, information systems, rational incentives, and care quality. Diabetes care is a microcosm of that.

  • Fresh Start Challenge

    CE 5/25
    CS 7/35
    SS 6/28

    Making good progress!

  • Weight Issues or Stress?

    I’m not sure what is causing the problem — I’m having a small amount of stress over a writing assignment I’m doing for my master’s course. It’s difficult to write.

    I’m also at lower weight and was at this weight the last time I “blew” everything, so I am suspecting part of the problem is the number on the scale.

    So I’m working even harder to keep everything going.in the right direction.

  • FS Personal Challenge

    CE 4/25
    CS 6/35
    SS 5/28

  • FS Personal Challenge

    CE 4/25
    CS 5/35
    SS 4/28

  • Yeah, but is it really going to get fixed?

    TheDenverChannel.com – Health – CDC Says It Miscalculated Number Of Obesity Deaths

    Blaming a computer software error, the government says it overstated the nation’s weight problem in a widely reported study last year that said obesity was about to overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States.