Yesterday was
CE 1/8
CT 1/10
ST 1/8
A good start.
Blog
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Personal Challenge Day 1
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Vytorin Ads
Kevin, M.D. – Medical Weblog: Vytorin and the license to eat
As a patient who is on Zetia and Zocor … and who struggles with controlling blood sugar, lipid levels, etc. and who will soon be on Vytorin…
I don’t take any of the advertising too seriously, even though I seem to be on every medication with a serious ad compaign.
For me, the combo has been the end of a long time of frustration. I couldn’t, even with high doses of Zocor, control blood sugar AND lipid levels. It was the addition of Zetia that finally brought it down.
Vytorin is great, because it reduces a copay.
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iShape Challenges
One of the things that really keeps me going, is the iShape Challenges. We track three things — clean eating, strength workouts and cardio workouts.
The lady that does the challenges is going to take a 2 week break, so I think I’m going to track and keep up with my own for the next two weeks, using my blog.
So starting today, my goal is 4 clean eating days a week, 5 cardio workouts and 4 strength workouts,
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Finally…
Sometime in November, I stopped sleeping. As a result, I couldn’t control my eating at all, and then I stopped being able to work out. About all I could do, was to control my blood sugar, but my insulin usage spiked up to around 100 units a day. As a result, I regained some of the weight I lost, and was just miserable.
My carb ratio went back to around 1:8, all the gains I had made were lost.
It’s taken weeks to recover from that.
I had to get the sleep under control first. I then could start doing strength and cardio, but had to really break up the sessions to even get them done. However, I still wasn’t losing weight. I was maintaining, but not losing.
Well, over this break, I’ve managed to get it just about back. My insulin usage is back down to under 40 units a day, and my blood sugar has been extremely stable. In fact, it’s been in the 90’s fasting, and staying pretty flat. I’ve had to do a few almost carb free days to get there, but that’s okay.
I still haven’t lost all the weight I gained, but I’m getting there.
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This article doubts sleep apnea as the cause
NBC10.com – Sports – Doctor Doubts Sleep Apnea Led To Reggie White’s Death
Doctor Doubts Sleep Apnea Led To Reggie White’s Death
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More on Sleep Apnea … related to Randy White
Famous Athlete, Reggie White, Dies From Complications of Untreated Sleep Apnea
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Awareness article on sleep apnea appearing
MSNBC – Sleep Apnea Can Cause Deadly Consequences
Public attention recently turned to the effects of sleep apnea after initial autopsy reports showed the affliction could have contributed to the death of NFL great Reggie White, who died at age 43.
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I resemble this problem….
Trouble thinking is one of my “favorite” sympthoms of blood sugar over 180.
Welcome To Diabetes In Control – High Blood Sugar, As Well As Low, Slows the Mind
Virginia researchers say a temporary rise in blood sugar levels in people with diabetes can inhibit their ability to think quickly and solve problems.
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Good blog about gastric bypass surgery
I’ve blogrolled it. Wish it had an RSS feed, I’d read more of it more often.