Monday, January 23, 2012

Awful A1C results

I'm dreading the follow up call from my doctor. Last year she told me that I needed to take my Type 2 diabetes serious. I agreed with her and told her I wanted to do what I needed to.

I apparently didn't want it enough.

My A1C came back the worse it's ever been. When carbs are a huge part of your life, it's hard to cut them back.

It's time to make real changes, even if it means my meals are different than the rest of the family's.

Monday, January 2, 2012

A Fresh Start

I let myself relax yesterday, but not go crazy. I just didn't write down exactly everything I ate and how many points/carbs they had. That's not to say I don't have any idea of what those values were.

Today is the serious day though. I weighed in and lost a small amount of weight since the last time I weighed in. I'm thinking I'll weigh-in probably every other day or so, but definitely once a week at the least.

So today, I'm at 320.8lbs. I'm starting my first goal at 10lbs, just to set things up. If I take a slow and steady approach, then I should lose that in 5 weeks (2lbs a week).

Part of my new routine/resolution is also to get back on track with getting my diabetes under control. Thankfully its at the stage where I can reverse it so I need to really stick to my goals this year.