Saturday and yes I am still a diabetic but......

Hit the 220's.... I weighed in at 228 this morning.... I have not been that low in a long long time. My goal right now is 200 but the thing is I am not dieting...I am just eating more healthy.... Funny thing about this picture is that not all the food in it is food I would eat...

And the classes...We tried to go to Santa Fe today but missed the train... So, I also missed a class.. But I am going to hit the Wii fit tonight and see if I can get a good workout in...

I am still working with my food... Trying to see how much to eat, what to eat, when to eat...


My levels are way down... I had a reading of 98 today which is awesome even though I am sure my dinner reading with be higher...

That's OK though.. It is still much lower than the 219 I started out with...

What am I talking about? Check out this cool video...

So, I am type II. I am being told that I may now be back to Pre-Diabetes levels.. My blood sugars are getting lower over all each day.. Funny, in researching I also found out something my mother-in-law had mentioned,,,, Cinnamon! This stuff, in small amounts is supposed to help your blood sugar levels! Well, I can certainly try it... But I am still not stopping the exercise and way of eating I am doing...


A 2003 Pakistan study found that a gram of ground cinnamon a day seemed to help lower blood sugar. According to one of the researchers, people can get that with a quarter- to a half-teaspoon of store-bought cinnamon twice a day or in cinnamon capsules that are sold over the counter. Another option is ground or stick cinnamon in hot water


Worth a shot!

That's all for now..

Sugar Sugar it's a booger!!!! At least to a diabetic...

So, I have diabetes, at least that is what my doctor told me.

Kind of scared me... Really scared me. Since I found out (the beginning of July) I have been working out, bowing out (desserts and soda and bread) and testing out... I have to test my blood level three times a day...

I do the test with a little machine that pricks my finger and then there's ya know... Blood... Gross.... Then I use this machine to test the level...

Normal levels are 95 - 120... When I started out I was oh about 219..... Not good... My average now is about 130... Yesterday I tested 124 (Morning) 150 (Lunch) 128 (Dinner)... I think I used to much mayo at lunch...

I have brought the levels down by exercise and eating meats, vegetables and small amounts of potatoes, and occasional slices of bread. Whole wheat, etc... No pie, no Carl's $6 dollar burgers  with fries, Large Coke or Route 44 Iced tea with 2 bags of Sweet and low three times a day...








Now I drink abut 3 liters or more of water a day. I prepare all my food. And I write  down what I eat..

Instead of making me crazy, finding out I have diabetes has actually helped me. I know where I am at with my body all day. I don't crave or go from full and tired and cranky to starving. Now I have to listen to my body to tell me it is hungry and it is soooooo strange!

Now my body just feels a little different and I am beginning to  recognize it is hungry. I mean before I am very hungry now my body tells me but it is a different sensation.

At first, I thought I was not feeling well. Then I ate and felt better... (Snack). I was like "Oh wow! So that is what hunger is like! Then I started to understand the feeling...

If it is meal time instead of snack, I do get hungry but not the same STARVING feeling I used to have.. It feels like hunger just much milder than the sugar beast hunger...

I hit the gym almost every day now and I have replaced sugar with spin classes!!! (these are some of my instructors...)

Funny how life changes with some news......

No pills yet... I see the doctor on the 11th of August.. My goal, to be very close or within the 95-120 range by then... So far.. Everything I am doing IS working...

I guess I am pretty lucky. Sometimes bad news can be a good thing......

Diabetes and me

About two and a half weeks ago I found out I have diabetes. I am still not sure how to spell it.

A lot of people told me they where sorry to hear that. I got a lot of support.

I am not sorry. I consider it a Godsend that I found out. It has changed me. I found out on a Thursday, on Friday I started eating differently. On Monday I started attending spin classes. Today I did my first "Body Pump" class.. It is a weight lifting group class and it is awesome. Not a class for sissies....

Finding out I have Diabetes has change my life.  I have lost about 10 pounds and I feel like a different person. I mean, I am not craving sugar, I am not starving half the day. I do not need to jump on food as soon as it is in sight.

For the first time I passed up pizza at work where I used to eat 6 or 7 slices. ME, Mr. "Where's the food" Jay!

Classes are a must now. I got up early today to hit my first "Body Pump" class. It has been about a week and a half of steady classes (Every other day).

I have to check my blood levels 3 times a day and the sugar levels are going down... (This is a good thing.)

Only time will tell if I need to do meds or shots but for now, the fight is on and I am not gana lose.