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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Back to Step One

I've slacked off with my diabetes care.  It's always been in the back of my mind but I've been saying to myself "I'll start again tomorrow" and apparently I didn't!  Usually I start everything over on the first of the month and if I miss that, then I start on a Monday.  Well not this time.  Today, I started.  A Thursday and the fifth of the month - talk about a challenge! lol

I have been fortunate that my weight has not gone up, especially over the holidays.  I managed to fluctuate up and down a few pounds but I ended the holiday period at the same weight I started.  That's good, right?  Well, it's better than gaining, that's for damn sure!

Tomorrow will be exactly nine weeks from the day I was first diagnosed and I should be able to get it reversed, as long as I stay true to my regimen.  That means taking my metformin twice daily (admittedly, I have gone days, and even a week at a time, without taking it), testing my blood sugar (until today, the last one was 12/07 after a week of not doing it), eating right and exercising!  That last one is going to be a doozy.  I've packed a workout bag for the office, figure since the weather is so nice I should have NO excuse not to go outside and walk.  And if I don't walk then I can at least use the wellness center.

Today's blood sugar reading: 117, right outta bed.  Seems to be my average so I need to focus on getting that lower.

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