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Monday, June 6, 2011

Day 1 Ooops......

It's day one...first on the scale. Jim is starting off at 251.4 lbs this morning, which is a couple of pounds higher than lately...could be because Katie and I had a couple of "last suppers" this weekend. My blood sugar was 14.4 which is about 5 points higher than normal in the morning. This is definitely Type 2 range. A few years ago, I got up to my highest weight ever which was 271 pounds, and discovered that I had Type 2 Diabetes. I had to take Metformin 3 times a day, but I started to lose weight and went for lots of walks. I actually managed to get down to 239 at one point, and also managed to get rid of the medication and my insulin readings were very good. Type 2 seems to run in my family as does hypertension.

This last March, when we went to our mobile home in Texas and did our usual 3 day travel there, spent a month, and 3 days back, Katie and I both gained close to 10 pounds. Why? because we ate whatever we wanted and whatever was around. Seems like when we're away, most thoughts of eating properly go out the window.

So all the more reason we are doing what we're doing. We won't divulge Katie's weight now...only how much she and I are losing day to day and week to week. I will also let you know how I am doing with my sugar levels.

This is breakfast, which is oatmeal with Soya milk and walnuts and a side of vitamins...



This is lunch....you can eat as much salad and fruit as you wish around a pound of salad a day


We made dressing from the book, but are not totally sold on it...so for today having "Eating Right" poppyseed and carmalized onion.


Oh...by the by....blood sugar back down to reasonable levels...7.4


Yesssss! Time for supper! Katie made enough of this vegetable soup to last the whole week. This is so strange....when I was a kid I wouldn't eat a vegetable if it was covered in chocolate.

This was quite good...so no problem eating it again
Then we had some chili...lots of beans...used to hate beans
still not so crazy about the consistency, but will eat them
anyway because Katie makes them taste good.




more later....

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