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16 November 2020

Have to go back to basics. Mapped out my food for the day. Seeing where I stand calories wise. Making conscious choices. Because I work evenings and am on my feet I don’t make the best choices. I eat at very odd times. And it’s making me gain weight.

I need to get back to eating regularly and logging my food to remind me of my goals.

And my push ups won’t suck so bad!! 😝

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.3 kg	0 kg	10.4 kg	Reasonably Well

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21 June 2020

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
87.1 kg	0 kg	12.2 kg	Reasonably Well

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04 September 2019

Went to the Dr. today!

Here’s the lowdown for those interested in the DT2 life:

A1C is 5.8mmols (down from 6.0mmols last quarter) and my health stats were super good! Dr. Snozyk was very happy with my numbers and my logs!

She mentioned that she liked seeing that my caloric intake decreased as the type of workout changed over the summer and that was great and it should increase as the workouts intensify in the next coming months.

She said that I was the most fit patient she’s ever seen. So woot!! Bonus marks for me!!

I told her I discovered that should I carb load even just a wee bit, it takes a few days for my body to recover as my morning BG is still high for a couple days after.

She said the odd carb load (within Mannie Numbers! Which is to say, after dinner mmols should be no more than 9.0mmols as the steepest spike for my liking.) can happen just be mindful that it takes a few days for the body to heal itself from that kind of sugar (the conversion of carbs to glucose) damage.

So to reiterate, when we say things like “oh I don’t eat this way very often!” It had better be only twice a month in my case because it takes that many days to heal each time. I can’t really carb load for a week because it will just take just as long to recover so I may as well just not do it in general.

It’s no different than routine exercise and diet maintenance and then going on holiday and abusing the body for a couple weeks... you gotta start all over again to maintain that level of fitness you had before the debauchery, the set back is not worth it sometimes.

Remember, it’s the repetitive spikes and drops, and the fact that I’m diabetic which makes the spike last longer before it drops, it’s that behaviour that causes the internal damages to the organs, just because I can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening, when I finally see the colour of my skin change or my eyesight gets worse, or my healing process for minor cuts and bruises takes longer, the damage on the inside is already bad.

I am aiming to avoid this kind of outcome. That’s why I maintain my levels of exercise that I do, why I eat the way I do, and why I log everything I do.

It’s been a life saver for me and I hope to live until 💯!

❤️

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04 September 2019

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
81.2 kg	3.2 kg	6.4 kg	Reasonably Well

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02 September 2019

Summer came and went. I didn’t log any information as I was living on the same kind of food every day for 8 weeks. Morning coffee with heavy cream and Splenda. Breakfast was an Atkins bar. Lunch was salami and pepperoni, garlic stuffed olives, cheese, and nuts. More coffee, and an Atkins bar for the 3pm wall.

I was working from 7am to 4pm. Volunteering from 4pm to sometimes 9pm for a few days every week. On top of working out.

There was pretty much no down time for me to be paying any attention to my logs.

Now I’m back on track. 😝

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