It has been a few weeks now and I am still hard at it... logging what I'm eating, excercising frequently... and I am feeling GREAT!!
My mood is way up... those natural endorphins kicking in, I guess. Who needs anti-depressants? Not this girl!
I've settled into a good routine. I eat a healthy breakfast - usually one egg on one slice of toast and coffee with milk and Splenda... sometimes Bran Flakes and skim milk. Unless the lunch option is over the top yummy... and sometimes even when it is... I'll have a turkey and cheese sandwich on multigrain with carrots and celery on the side. I've swapped honey mustard for mayo.
And I'm exercising at least 3 times a week... if not more. 30 minutes at the gym at lunchtime. No afternoon snacking. Scaled down dinner with less carbs than normal. Not too much snacking in the evening.
I'll still treat myself here and there... but it is a true treat. I have to earn it first by being good to myself.
I'm on a roll!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Wait...Could it possibly be??? Yes! It's Day Two!
Two... two... two days in a row ah ah ah ah (ala The Count). So not a big deal to most people but it is to me!
So to finish off from yesterday, for dinner I ate some tomato soup with 5 slices of buttered bread (thinly buttered, but ya, still buttered). I grabbed a large cappaccino on my way to rehearsal and had some microwaved popcorn afterwards. All in all a pretty good day considering how it usually goes.
Today:
Breakfast - 1 egg/ 1 slice toast, 1/2 tsp ketchup, coffee with two milk and two Splenda.
Lunch - 4 oz lean tenderized steak, 5 mini potatoes, 1/2 cup green salad with a bit of Greek dressing
Snack - 1 Reisen (just 1!!)
Dinner - 4 slices of pork roast and a few boiled vegetables
Stupid Snack - lemon meringue pudding cup and a brownie.
glass of milk with my medication at 8:30pm
However I did go to the gym again today and burned 305 calories (20 more than yesterday) on the recumbent bike and also went for a brisk 20 min walk this evening... so there's that.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Going to set the recumbent bike to the third level and maybe do some crunches on an exercize ball!! Woohoo!
So to finish off from yesterday, for dinner I ate some tomato soup with 5 slices of buttered bread (thinly buttered, but ya, still buttered). I grabbed a large cappaccino on my way to rehearsal and had some microwaved popcorn afterwards. All in all a pretty good day considering how it usually goes.
Today:
Breakfast - 1 egg/ 1 slice toast, 1/2 tsp ketchup, coffee with two milk and two Splenda.
Lunch - 4 oz lean tenderized steak, 5 mini potatoes, 1/2 cup green salad with a bit of Greek dressing
Snack - 1 Reisen (just 1!!)
Dinner - 4 slices of pork roast and a few boiled vegetables
Stupid Snack - lemon meringue pudding cup and a brownie.
glass of milk with my medication at 8:30pm
However I did go to the gym again today and burned 305 calories (20 more than yesterday) on the recumbent bike and also went for a brisk 20 min walk this evening... so there's that.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Going to set the recumbent bike to the third level and maybe do some crunches on an exercize ball!! Woohoo!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Day 1.. Yet Again
Hey... remember me??!!
I'm still here. Still worried about the blood sugar (my feet are tingling waaay too much for my liking)... Haven't checked it in a long time - need to find my monitor.
Well, I'm trying, yet again, to get myself on the road to health and happiness. It is an endless journey if you are always just starting... but you gotta keep trying, right? Rome wasn't built in a day. I didn't get this way overnight. It is going to be a very long journey and I just have to realize that and not get disappointed or disgusted with myself when I lapse. As Dory (Finding Nemo) would say "just keep swimming, just keep swimming".
So, today I stepped on the scale and I'm still (luckily) at 230 lbs. I say luckily because I'm amazed that my weight has not shot up since last time I stood on that scale... which was so long ago I don't even remember when it was.
I managed to get through 30 minutes on the recumbant bike on level 2. It's a start! And because I was studying my script, the time just flew past.
Breakfast: 1 egg on 1 pc of rye toast... a bit of butter and a tsp of ketchup. Coffee, two cream, two Splenda.
Lunch: turkey sandwich on multigrain with lettuce, 1 slice marble cheese, 1 tsp honey mustard, carrots and celery on the side. Lots of water.
I also managed to take my Metformin and a Crestor after lunch... so yay me!
I'm planning on going to the gym each day at lunch this week... so we'll see how that goes. I CAN DO IT!
My goal: While I realize my goal should probably be to get my diabetes under control and be healthier for the sake of being healthy... my real goal is to get to a point where I feel that my weight won't be a barrier to getting the roles that I want. I want directors to be able to see my acting and not my weight. Everything else will fall into place along the way.
I'm still here. Still worried about the blood sugar (my feet are tingling waaay too much for my liking)... Haven't checked it in a long time - need to find my monitor.
Well, I'm trying, yet again, to get myself on the road to health and happiness. It is an endless journey if you are always just starting... but you gotta keep trying, right? Rome wasn't built in a day. I didn't get this way overnight. It is going to be a very long journey and I just have to realize that and not get disappointed or disgusted with myself when I lapse. As Dory (Finding Nemo) would say "just keep swimming, just keep swimming".
So, today I stepped on the scale and I'm still (luckily) at 230 lbs. I say luckily because I'm amazed that my weight has not shot up since last time I stood on that scale... which was so long ago I don't even remember when it was.
I managed to get through 30 minutes on the recumbant bike on level 2. It's a start! And because I was studying my script, the time just flew past.
Breakfast: 1 egg on 1 pc of rye toast... a bit of butter and a tsp of ketchup. Coffee, two cream, two Splenda.
Lunch: turkey sandwich on multigrain with lettuce, 1 slice marble cheese, 1 tsp honey mustard, carrots and celery on the side. Lots of water.
I also managed to take my Metformin and a Crestor after lunch... so yay me!
I'm planning on going to the gym each day at lunch this week... so we'll see how that goes. I CAN DO IT!
My goal: While I realize my goal should probably be to get my diabetes under control and be healthier for the sake of being healthy... my real goal is to get to a point where I feel that my weight won't be a barrier to getting the roles that I want. I want directors to be able to see my acting and not my weight. Everything else will fall into place along the way.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Scared = Action
Alright. I admit it. I am scared.
Why am I scared? Last night I was testing my sugars and I was getting readings throughout the night of 10.6 and 12.4 - I've never knowingly been that high before. This morning I was at 8.5 before breakfast. My feet are more numb and tingley now than ever (other than the time they both went completely numb for about a month).
It really is wake-up time for me. I've been taking my medication (still just the single dose of Metformin though) since Thursday... missing only Sunday... which is good (to me at least) because I am notorious for missing every other day or days in a row. I've also refilled my Crestor so now I have ALL the medication I need at my fingertips. No excuses.
Today's Progress:
Breakfast: two poached eggs with two small slices multigrain toast (with butter), coffee with double milk (!) and Splenda.
Lunch: 8oz roast pork loin with some gravy, about 5 roasted mini-red potatos and 1/2 cup green salad (w/balsamic vinegar dressing).
I went for a walk down the driveway at work - it is probably almost a 1.5km walk in total. I took my first dose of Metformin after breakfast. Today is the day I take the recommended dosage!
So what did all that get me? Well, 1 hour after eating lunch I took my sugar reading: 6.0 - a normal healthy 6.0.
Keep it up!
Why am I scared? Last night I was testing my sugars and I was getting readings throughout the night of 10.6 and 12.4 - I've never knowingly been that high before. This morning I was at 8.5 before breakfast. My feet are more numb and tingley now than ever (other than the time they both went completely numb for about a month).
It really is wake-up time for me. I've been taking my medication (still just the single dose of Metformin though) since Thursday... missing only Sunday... which is good (to me at least) because I am notorious for missing every other day or days in a row. I've also refilled my Crestor so now I have ALL the medication I need at my fingertips. No excuses.
Today's Progress:
Breakfast: two poached eggs with two small slices multigrain toast (with butter), coffee with double milk (!) and Splenda.
Lunch: 8oz roast pork loin with some gravy, about 5 roasted mini-red potatos and 1/2 cup green salad (w/balsamic vinegar dressing).
I went for a walk down the driveway at work - it is probably almost a 1.5km walk in total. I took my first dose of Metformin after breakfast. Today is the day I take the recommended dosage!
So what did all that get me? Well, 1 hour after eating lunch I took my sugar reading: 6.0 - a normal healthy 6.0.
Keep it up!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Baby Steps
Ugh.
Making changes is so haaaaaaaaaard!
So while I have taken my medication two days in a row (yay me!), I am still eating crap. Ice cream sandwiches from the cafeteria (when will they empty out their freezer??!!??!), Harvey's poutine last night (which I didn't even like - burnt taste).
For breakfast today I had scrambled eggs, 2 small pork sausages and 1 slice of toast with butter. Coffee, double cream and two Splenda
Lunch was tuna salad in a whole wheat wrap with lettuce and carrots/celery on the side. annnnnd the obligatory ice cream sandwich. (smacks forehead) I'll get there... I know I will... baby steps.
Positives: taking the stairs more, some better food choices, taking my medication!!
Negatives: me
Hubby said this weekend he'll move the treadmill so that I can use it. I'm looking forward to that as I can't seem to get myself motivated enough to get outside and walk... baby steps. Baby steps.
Making changes is so haaaaaaaaaard!
So while I have taken my medication two days in a row (yay me!), I am still eating crap. Ice cream sandwiches from the cafeteria (when will they empty out their freezer??!!??!), Harvey's poutine last night (which I didn't even like - burnt taste).
For breakfast today I had scrambled eggs, 2 small pork sausages and 1 slice of toast with butter. Coffee, double cream and two Splenda
Lunch was tuna salad in a whole wheat wrap with lettuce and carrots/celery on the side. annnnnd the obligatory ice cream sandwich. (smacks forehead) I'll get there... I know I will... baby steps.
Positives: taking the stairs more, some better food choices, taking my medication!!
Negatives: me
Hubby said this weekend he'll move the treadmill so that I can use it. I'm looking forward to that as I can't seem to get myself motivated enough to get outside and walk... baby steps. Baby steps.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
I'm doing it.
Hello, my name is BSCgirl and I am a diabetic.
I feel like I should be at AA or whatever the diabetic version is. It has been a long time since I've taken my medication, done any exercise, eaten a diabetic-friendly meal.
Well today this pathetic ennui ends!! I am fed up with feeling sorry for myself. I will no longer stand idly by and watch my health and happiness deteriorate any further. I am going to take control of the only thing I can - myself.
This blog is going to help me along my journey. It will be my priest. It will be my best friend. It will be my coach.
Day 1:
Weight - 230lbs, Blood sugar - 11.3 (10:49am)
Okay, so breakfast wasn't so great for diabetic-me, but at least I didn't have my standard cafeteria egg mcmuffin and hash browns. I had an everything bagel and lite cream cheese with a coffee (two cream, two Splenda)
Medication: aspirin, Ramapril, Metformin (1 full tablet)
The cafeteria has club sandwich salads in the salad bar today... they look interesting. Hopefully there is still one there by noon.
I feel like I should be at AA or whatever the diabetic version is. It has been a long time since I've taken my medication, done any exercise, eaten a diabetic-friendly meal.
Well today this pathetic ennui ends!! I am fed up with feeling sorry for myself. I will no longer stand idly by and watch my health and happiness deteriorate any further. I am going to take control of the only thing I can - myself.
This blog is going to help me along my journey. It will be my priest. It will be my best friend. It will be my coach.
Day 1:
Weight - 230lbs, Blood sugar - 11.3 (10:49am)
Okay, so breakfast wasn't so great for diabetic-me, but at least I didn't have my standard cafeteria egg mcmuffin and hash browns. I had an everything bagel and lite cream cheese with a coffee (two cream, two Splenda)
Medication: aspirin, Ramapril, Metformin (1 full tablet)
The cafeteria has club sandwich salads in the salad bar today... they look interesting. Hopefully there is still one there by noon.
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