Update with pictures of my progress...

Me a few months ago.

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Living Large.. But not much longer at this size...

Another angle..

Another shot of me a few months ago.

 

Me today              .

I am not thin today. But I am thinner. I feel better, much much better.....

I did a spin class today and it was awesome!!

I feel great, look healthier and sleep better....

I still have a way to go. But at least not as far as when I started...

My spin class was fun today not just very hard and very tiring.. I remember when I could not stand up and sit down with the rest of the class....

Now I can... And I enjoy it!! 

My belly today......

Watch it shrink.... For the first time in a long time, I truly believe I can.

New shoes mean better spins.....

This  is a sweaty me after spin class. For the last two or three classes my feet have hurt because they are too big for the pedal straps. SOOO, I made a promise to myself a month ago. - If I kept up going to spin class at least 3 times a week, I would get myself a pair of bicycle shoes.... 

Well yesterday.Jenifer Leilani and I went to the store and got some for me!!...

The clip helps hold me in the bike and my feet don't hurt!!

They are comfortable and it is easier to work the pedals.

Still get sweaty though..

I am beat! So, what am I gana do now? Get ready for work!!!!

Ahhhh life... It just keeps coming at ya... Down to 227 now... Next goal - 220.....

Working hard and working it off! BUT WITH NO DIET!!!

Yep, its me! I little bit thinner, a lot happier!! Did the Spin class this morning and man did it kick my behind!!!

Due to my brother's influence I have started eating mostly organic foods as well. I feel fantstico!


So, I did a spin class at 7:45AM... Now it is off to work...

Jenifer Leilani is also using our WII fit Plus! She is feeling better and working hard and working hard!


I had a guy at work come up to me and tell me I look great! Said I was losing the weight and looking more fit!

I know I have a way to go, but man it feeels so good!!!

Gots to go to work now...! BYE!!!!

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.

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Here i sit feeling like a pit . [family friendly] My weights back up~ what the puck~ another day is passing.                     Friends, I  am not sure what I bother for its not like its long  lasting. And so I sit very unfit and looking for something i am not grasping.....