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Managed to make it to the gym – tomorrow will be hard, as I probably won’t make it upstairs until after 11:30.  Have a dog class in McKinney.

Set the alarm to go off 5 minutes early.  Woke a bunch of times, still couldn’t get there until 6:30.  Am trying to slowly move my time up by 5 minutes, but I think I just going to have to bite the bullet and set the alarm clock for 5:30 and leave the house by 6:00.

Goal is to exercise for 35 minutes, but staying at 25 minutes until I can get my level up.  I’m on Level 3, the bikes go to Level 12, I think.  Level 4 is uncomfortable.

One of the reasons I was waking up was because I had to deal with the chiropractor I was using for my car accident.  Unfortunately he fired me when I wouldn’t get a lawyer. I found out last week that Farmers hasn’t been able to pay him, and neither has the other insurance company because he was changing business names and moving. 

Good news;  He was happy to take my credit card, sign the release, and send me off on my way.  I was afraid there would be a glitch in all that.  So everything is scanned, faxed, and uploaded, now waiting for checks, for reimbursement. 

Also, I didn’t know he was moving.  His office building sucks, and there really isn’t any good office space in Farmers Branch anymore.  Betting the city tears the building down.  I think there are only two tenants in there – one with him gone.

This resembles my treatment on first being diagnosed. 

Quoted from http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9772&catid=53&Itemid=8:

Intensive Glucose Lowering Therapy — Weighing the Evidence

The investigators suggest, therefore, that insulin should be considered as a first-line treatment for Type 2 diabetes

Fixed three of my four basal rates so that I get half my basal insulin about 2 hours before I exercise for 30 minutes.  I need to remember to do the same with my basal rates in the afternoons that I go to physical therapy and probably do something similar for dog classes, though so far, I haven’t.  It’s more fun to take an ice cream break at McDonald’s.

I haven’t done anythig to my workshop rate, and not sure if it is right anyway.  Have really only been using my weekday rate and need to use and tweak the others.  Will probably wait for Fit4D’s help on those anyway.

First, it looks like someone is picking up the treadmill later in the day.  I had resigned myself to keeping it, so it will be differnt.  I have it folded up and out of the way, but it’s relatively easy to move.

I’ve been to LA Fitness everyday since I got my membership. I have changed my daily routine and am working out before going to school.  Okay, it was only 5 days, but I have proved it is doable.  I do have to plan hard to make it work, but I am getting better at it.

I "re-pack" my gym back as soon as I get home from school and put it back in the truck in case I want to use the gym again.  I keep a shoe bag with workout shoes in the truck, and I keep three towels, a swim suit and gym gear in the bag.  I really the gear at physical therapy but more about that later in the post.

I have a second bag where I keep my hair stuff in, and I need to put spare diabetes supplies in there.  Wanted that today.  I put my clothing for the next day in that bag, and last thing before going to bed is pack my contacts (forgot them  on Thursday).

So it works.

Today, I got up and did an hour total or cardio — 40 minutes on the bike and at leavel 2 for 35 of it — and 20 minutes walking in the pool.  Then soaked in the hot tub and out.  Plan to do the same on Sunday and Monday.

Phyical therapy is going well.  In fact, next week is my last week of two days of therapy — and it will be nice to get some more time back.  When I do physical therapy I am lucky to be home by 6:30!  I do two weeks of one appointment a week and then a break for a while.

It’s going well. I have very little knee pain now, can run, at least long enough for agiity and standing longer.  I’ve resigned myself to working out on the stationary bike and they advised me to increase resistance before I increased time and that if I coud get in 35 minutes a day that would be great. 

People look at me and don’t assume I am physically active.  I don’t blame them, I would probably assume the same.

However, I do dog agility.  The more physically active you are, the better it goes.

I have always liked walking as my favorite physical activity.  At one point, I walked an hour a day on the treadmill before coming to work.  My husband would even tell you I used my treadmill and my gym consistently unless I was really in pain. 

After 5 (at least) medical professionals have told me to switch from walking on the treadmill to walking in the pool or stationary bike, I have a gym membership, and have for several weeks.  I’ve been in the gym every day since I got my membership and have either walked in the pool or been on the stationary bike.

I was up to 25 minutes on Level 1 and I talked with my physical therapist yesterday and he said increase the level to strengthen my knee, and then increase my time.

So today I did 20 minutes on Level 2 and I am going work my way back up to 25 minutes this week.

Going in the morning is tough, as I have to pack everything the night before.  So far, I have forgotten something I could live without each day.  (Hair brush, contacts, etc.) But I’m getting there.

Brags:

• I am up to 25 minutes on the bike.
• I am faster than my dog, but that’s only because she is lazy.  I have been making fun of her because of it.
• Physical therapy is working, I am only having pain when and after I exercise.  The knee isn’t waking me up at night.
• I am using less insuin.

The first week (before kids) was tough, but my mother pointed out that I was usually in tears at least twice from frustration, etc.  Like the year that they told me I was teaching math to non-English speakers.  My schedule looked good.

We’ve had kids for a week now and it is going well.  One of the special ed. case workers came to tell me she was adding a kid.  I already knew he was coming, but I had a great compliment, he asked to have his schedule changed to have me as I was “the best teacher at Hillcrest.” He had been in my remedial math class last year, and I tried hard to fix him.  He needs a lot of fixing, more than a classroom teacher can do, but I did my best.  Glad to see he appreciated my efforts.

So far, I have been able to consistently exercise.  I’ve been at LA Fitness every day and have either walked in the pool or been on a stationary bike and worked my way up to 25 minutes.  Seeing insulin usage go down as a result and wish I could get in to the gym in the mornings, but just can’t.  Can manage it on the weekends, and I am going to try to work in at least Monday each week, but may not be able to because I wake up so groggy.

Food could go better.  I’m not eating in the day and taking in too many calories at night, just like the last two years but focusing on changing that.  The not eating in the day isn’t going to change in a while, but I am working on the calories at night first.

First week with kids is hard.  I haven’t slept well.  I have also been more physically active than I usually am, which means I’m running a tad low.  Today is day 2.  It went faster than I wanted it to.

I have decided to cut down some stress and go liquid diet while I am at school.  Don’t have to worry about tossing up any food that way.  Especially now that we are back to the 25 minutes or so. 

I’ve managed to work out every day since I got my @LAFitness membership Thursday and it has had a drastic effect on my blood sugar.  I just adjusted my bolus and correction rates so I am taking less insulin then.  But then right now, I realized that I forgot to bolus for a really carb filled dinner.

Off line to train some dogs.