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Gail L
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Ready, Set, Let's Go!
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Exercise and type 2
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Raw Food Diabetics
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Diabetic Food and Cooking
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Wow! that wore me out watching. Oh, to be young again.
Hi Ladies:
Well, Halloween has pasted Thank goodness! We had about 40 kids I made sure as they petered out I started giving each one more and more, so we ended up with very little left to tempt me.
I've been real busy with work, and my home busi...
Hi Di & Lucy: ..I like that idea Di... last year I took the left overs to our Wed night Pool league and same thing...it went real fast
I just cant' seem to get that old will power working for watching what I eat and exercising. I'll keep checking...
Hi Lucille, Diane...busy, busy, busy....Sorry haven't checked in....probably guilt...not been exercising like I should and been eating all sorts of garbage( I hate Halloween) get junk in for kids then eat it myself. My hubby isn't any help here, h...
Hi Di & Lucille... Nice to hear from you both.
Worked too many hours this week, so let my exercise slide LOL! Couldn't even find time to split wood.
But I did join a Yoga Class three weeks ago. First night, I thought this is suppose to be relaxi...
Hi Di.... I'm with you...although, I think I'll probably check in once a week or so...it's really difficult to do it every day. We all have such busy schedules. I've still splitting wood at least 4X per week and we're walking regularly. I joined a...
Hi Gail!
We start on the 8th. I kind of wish it was earlier, as I always get the first day jitters and just want to get it over with!!
I've re-discovered Jillian Michaels workouts this week. I've been doing 2 of her workouts this week, and I'm enj...
TUESDAY - I haven't done much today. We'll probably just take the dog for a walk. Yesterday, that's all we did in the line of exercise. After my 3 1/2 hours of splitting on Sunday, we took a break. We've split & stacked 5 pick up truck of Birch ar...
Hi!
I woke up this morning and did the elliptical for 30 mins, then some upper body work (not very much...I've been slacking off in the strength training department!). Still very humid here. Got some back to school stuff for my class, so I plan to...
SUNDAY -- Started day with short work-out then split wood for 3 1/2 hours followed by a 1/2 not too fast dog walk. At last we seem to be having some beautiful weather. Cool for August but gorgeous during the day. Hope you're having a good week Dia...
Hi Gail!
Congratulations on the 11 lbs weight loss! That's great that you've added the crunches and squats to your existing routine (I don't know how you do it-lugging and splitting all that wood). Yes, exercise does make you feel better, doesn't ...
Hi All: Start of another week. Well, I'm proud of myself today. I got up this morning and started a short exercise routine. 2 sets/12 Crunches, Squats, Calf raises + stretches. No big deal, but it's a start. This afternoon I lugged wood into the g...
Hi Di
Great that your hubby is going with you, makes it more fun...I don't mind a treadmill, but enjoy walking outside much more. Hubby & I were just saying we' have to get into a exercise program this winter, seeing as we both should be in prett...
Gail,
I think an hour of splitting wood would knock me out senseless! More exercise than that? I don't think so!
I recently discovered a track not too far from home, and I've been walking around it for the last few days. I usually walk on the tre...
TUESDAY: Hi All...I hope everyone is just having such a fantastic summer and holidays that they don't have time to post. It a real busy time for us all.
My situation is about the same, working all day and then go outside and split wood for 1 to 1...
Profile Information
- Hometown (where you come from):
- Toronto
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Date diagnosed
- December 15, 2004
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 8.0 mmol
- What glucose meter do you use?
- Accu-Chek Aviva
- Type of treatment you use
- Oral, Diet and Exercise
- What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
- Learn more about Diabetes, meet people in same situation
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- Link from Love Diabetes/ Allie speaks
- What do you do for a living?
- Self employed, Sales & Marketing
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- At 8:39pm on September 22, 2009,
David K said…
- Gail,
Did you change your diet/exercise program before going on medformin or did it natually get worse?
- At 2:53am on May 23, 2009,
Ziggy said… - Hi Gail, I see you are also quite new to this forum. I'm only diagnosed a year so can't really say if I'm doing anything right or wrong - you were 5 years on diet and exercise. I'm a vegetarian and when diagnosed was normal weight and BMI, someone said it would have been better if I had have been an overweight person who ate all the wrong things and didn't exercise as there would have been a lot of things to change e.g. diet, lose weight, exercise, eat more healthily. As it was my GP told me uncategorically that I would not be able to control it with diet and exercise and would have to be put on medication.
I was also fed the eat plenty of carbs - just eat healthily. I read about the low carb diets but it looked just a bit too hard for a vegetarian to do (before anyone chips in - I know there are a lot of vegetarians and vegans doing low carb - but I don't think it is for me yet, plus they eat a lot of food that I don't like. So I looked around and came across David Mendosa's site www.mendosa.com which talks about the Low Glycemic Index/Low Glycemic Load of foods, so I gradually started adapting to this diet, I bought some cook books but haven't cooked anything out of them, I just adapted my own eating habits to include more low GI/GL food and less high carb foods.
As for exercise, I started walking, was very sporadic at the start but now do between 3 to 6 miles - 5 or 6 days a week weather permitting. I walk pretty quickly too otherwise it won't be doing me much good. I know I have other things to change in my lifestyle that will help.
The ironic thing is that I stopped smoking 2 years age, stopped adding salt to food 1.5 years ago, stopped adding sugar at the same time and for my efforts ------ I was diagnosed with diabetes.
I've just been placed on ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure (which I am not happy about). I was using a system called Breatheasy which is pretty much similar to the Resperate system without the machine and it was helping, then I got lazy and stopped and now am on tablets. I also have 6 months to get my cholesterol below 4, it is coming down slowly.
So, that's me in a nutshell Gail. What exercise and diet were you using? Did anything alter in the five years which may have caused an increase in blood glucose? Ask me any questions you want - we're virtual friends now!
Ziggy
- At 6:06pm on April 17, 2009,
Di said…
- Hi Gail!
Thanks for the add. "See" you in the workout check in!
- At 12:14am on April 12, 2009,
patti lopez said… - HAPPY EASTER!
- At 7:47pm on April 10, 2009,
Sandee said… - Canada hugh? Wow! No wonder you don't have spring yet! I'll try to send it up your way! Thanks for the comment on my poem!!
- At 7:26pm on April 6, 2009,
Carolyn Schulenburg said… - Thanks for the warm welcome! I was sent over here by a friend who has type 1 diabetes as I work with my 13 y/o daughter to manage her diabetes that she's had for 4 years now. =) I'm enjoying this site already
- At 6:14pm on April 6, 2009,
annette beauvais said… - Thank you so much for the warm welcome Gail! I will try to get a picture soon, and keep in touch.
- At 12:48am on March 13, 2009,
Jake Lewis said… - Thanks for the welcome. My family and I are learning a lot every day. We are scared because this is so new and is hard to believe. I don't feel sick or tired so it is not easy to understand what my body is saying someimes.
Jake
- At 8:51pm on March 12, 2009,
Kayla said… - Thank you for the welcome
- At 10:21pm on March 9, 2009,
Terrie8 said… - Hey Gail: :) You're Welcome.
Yes, this is a Terrific Community with lots to do and read and chat. The People here are Wonderful also. I'm Happy that you enjoy being here. Good Luck to your Hubby. I do the same. This place is addictive.
Goodness, don't forget you brekky and medications. We're Glad that you found us.
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