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Hi, friends. Its been a little while since I last checked in, thought I'd better post my progress to keep myself honest! It's 22 weeks and 3 days now since I began my diet, and I'm happy to say I'm down to 207.2! That's a little better than 60 pounds loss for the diet, 22.7% of my body weight. Down to a BMI of 25.9. Wahoo! 7.2 pounds to go in Phase 1 and I'll be "Normal." The real struggle has been to reformulate my eating patterns and foods to accommodate my recently diagnosed diabetes. It all revolves around a healthy balance of nutrients but with an eye to limiting the carbs to a reasonable level and spreading them out more over the day. That means I'm eating my three regular meals plus three snacks. I think the hardest thing to overcome was feeling like dinner had to be the "big" meal of the day and be loaded up with potatoes, rice, pasta, etc. Since I'm at an increased risk for heart disease and my HDL is low I'm trying to stay away from a lot of saturated fats. An interesting thing is that I found I was actually eating too little fats for a proper nutritional balance! So now I add avocado, olive oil, and fish as a way of getting enough fats and of the proper types. I also wasn't getting enough calcium so I make sure to get my three dairy servings each day. Whew! Talk about a juggling act! I'm glad I don't yet have to check my blood glucose or take meds for the diabetes. Checking with two doctors confirms that I have controlled the disease for now with my weight loss, and that I am eating properly. So, I made myself a spreadsheet to track everything, figure out the nutrient balances and timings, translate everything into Weight Watchers points (as well as calories), and graph it all. That way its easier for me to get a handle on what's happening, being able to see it graphically. I also check and record my blood pressure daily, under orders from my doctor, and that goes into the spreadsheet. Good thing I'm an analyst, figuring out all these details and collecting data points really scratches my itch!  SignatureDewolla Stepon 268/207.2/199 - Phase 1 199/207.2/175 - Phase 2 154 at age 28 285 at age 53 I am very happy that you can control your diabetes with diet and exercise... Do you own a blood sugar monitor? i > I am very happy that you can control your diabetes with diet and > exercise... Do you own a blood sugar monitor? No. - Dewolla >> I am very happy that you can control your diabetes with diet and >> exercise... Do you own a blood sugar monitor? > > No. My mother in law has one, they are very nice and not very expensive nowadays. With them, you could always know the impact of the food you eat etc. Maybe you can get a prescription for it to cover the cost... i Thanks for the info, my physician says there is no reason to monitor my blood now. He says that with the large amount of weight I've lost the only thing I should do now is watch my carbs. I'll be rechecked in six months. - Dewolla > >> I am very happy that you can control your diabetes with diet and > >> exercise... Do you own a blood sugar monitor? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > i > Thanks for the info, my physician says there is no reason > to monitor my blood now. He says that with the large [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> i There was a story out today about coffee reducing the t2 risk, as long as you space it out during the day and limit total consumtion to three(?) cups. Consider this a sidebar! Good old coffee. I love coffee! - Dewolla > > Thanks for the info, my physician says there is no reason > > to monitor my blood now. He says that with the large [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > as long as you space it out during the day and limit total > consumtion to three(?) cups. Consider this a sidebar! Hark! I heard "Dewolla Stepon" <RatherNotSay@Somewhere.com> say: > > I am very happy that you can control your diabetes with diet and > > exercise... Do you own a blood sugar monitor? > > No. Given that your HbA1C is so close to normal, I can't imagine you really need one. I'm glad for you! I'm hoping that when my doctor and I talk about my recent numbers (in July), he'll let me cut back from my once per day testing... SignatureJ.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail) Start of diet : 251 Current Weight : 232 Original Weight: 275 First Goal : 199 I admire your dedication to researching/managing your diabetes Dewolla. I know so many people including my mother who take pills and ignore the diet once they've been diagnosed. My mom has CML, which is of course.. Leukemia. Her cancer is very well managed and she is thankfully in remission. However, the year prior to being diagnosed with CML she was told she has diabetes. Her dr put her right away on meds and suggested she "watch her weight". She takes the meds, but does little to assist her body in handling the disease diet wise. I beg her to eat better, I make suggestions, I have her over for dinner and make healthy meals as sort of a nudge in the right directions.. Then the very next day I may see her eating a huge-a.s bowl of ice cream. I've told her on so many occasions "Mom if the leukemia doesn't get you first the diabetes will" - It's heartbreaking for me to watch her slowly kill herself with something that *can* be controlled. Same thing for my ex-husband. He was diagnosed last summer and they quickly put him on meds. He did a few things like switch to diet soda's instead of full sugar sodas.. but he still eats like a horse and ALL the wrong things and gets little to no exercise. He's my children's dad and it just breaks my heart to watch him slowly eat himself to death. He's asked me a few suggestions here and there about my weightloss and I always tell him that its because I got scared of developing diabetes. Which is true as I am insulin resistant. At any rate, stay on top of things, if not just to look and feel better, but to live a longer healthy life. Susan 260/192/140 > Hi, friends. Its been a little while since I last checked in, thought I'd > better post my progress to keep myself honest! [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Good thing I'm an analyst, figuring out all these details and collecting > data points really scratches my itch! Thanks for sharing this with me Susan. My mother-in-law has diabetes, has had for years, and she is just about to turn 70. She has been overweight all her life but doesn't take her weight seriously enough. She doesn't take any medications for the Type 2 (and I don't know if she is supposed to) but she has some serious nerve damage in her feet. She can't feel her feet. Whenever she visits for Thanksgiving or Christmas she says ahead of time that she is on Weight Watchers or some other program, and then when she does gets here and I show her the healthy alternative foods I've prepared she says something like "It's a holiday. Who's dieting?" It breaks my heart. She will pile her plate up high with all the bad stuff, none of the good, and then regales us the whole time with stories about her health problems. Of course, I've been no better in many ways. I'd never given balanced nutrition a second thought and just eaten what I felt like. Even with my previous diets and my time with Weight Watchers my whole emphasis was decreased calories with no thought of where those calories came from. Now, though, after the damage has been done, I'm seeing that proper nutrition is important. Even up until a few weeks ago I rarely ate a breakfast, and only a small lunch. Then for dinner I would eat only starches and meat and keep snacking until bedtime. My plan for next Thanksgiving is to have ALL smart and healthy choices! - Dewolla > I admire your dedication to researching/managing your diabetes Dewolla. > [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > collecting > > data points really scratches my itch! > Thanks for sharing this with me Susan. My mother-in-law has diabetes, has > had for years, and she is just about to turn 70. She has been overweight You have a very young mother in law!!! My dad gained about 40 lbs lately and it breaks my heart that I cannot get him to do anything about it. He gained it in the wrong place also, in the gut. I bought him a blood glucose monitor and he has yet to use it... i > In article <5pEAc.50767$Hg2.38634@attbi_s04>, Dewolla > Stepon wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > i That's where it goes after a certain age, like 40. FOr some of us, it *always* goes there. Even at my lowest weight at 162 (6' 2"), I still had a spare tire. I've never had "six pack ab" in my life! Hark! I heard "Dewolla Stepon" <RatherNotSay@Somewhere.com> say: <snip> > The real struggle has been to reformulate my eating patterns and foods to > accommodate my recently diagnosed diabetes. It all revolves around a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to overcome was feeling like dinner had to be the "big" meal of the day and > be loaded up with potatoes, rice, pasta, etc. I had some trouble with that at first too, but it gets to be habit (and I used to be a big carb eater). I'm glad to hear you're taking the situation seriously enough to deal with it, but not stressing about it; Type2 diabetes is so managable, especially with your kind of attention to detail. Sounds like you're doing great, kid, keep it up! :-) SignatureJ.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail) Start of diet : 251 Current Weight : 232 Original Weight: 275 First Goal : 199 Thanks for the encouragement, J.J. I figure I can always get used to eating more often! - Dewolla > Hark! I heard "Dewolla Stepon" <RatherNotSay@Somewhere.com> say: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > of attention to detail. Sounds like you're doing great, kid, keep > it up! :-) > Hi, friends. Its been a little while since I last checked in, thought I'd > better post my progress to keep myself honest! [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > confirms that I have controlled the disease for now with my weight loss, and > that I am eating properly. This is wonderful news, Dewolla. It's been an inspiration to others to watch you take control after the diabetes diagnosis. You're a great example of what can be done through diet and exercise to overcome health issues. Beverly > So, I made myself a spreadsheet to track everything, figure out the nutrient > balances and timings, translate everything into Weight Watchers points (as [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Good thing I'm an analyst, figuring out all these details and collecting > data points really scratches my itch! Wow! Thanks Beverly. I don't feel like an inspiration. There are those such as yourself who have lost weight and kept it off for such a long time who are my inspiration. I am grateful to you for your support. - Dewolla > > Hi, friends. Its been a little while since I last checked in, thought I'd > > better post my progress to keep myself honest! [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > Good thing I'm an analyst, figuring out all these details and collecting > > data points really scratches my itch! |
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