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Why is it that every single blog today that I have came across has mentioned Obama?Other then that mention, I will not discuss it. What I want to vent about today is something that I came across in the Annetics blog today. Everytime that I work out, my weight goes up. It is very frustrating. Even after eating a low calorie diet all day and working out I still am about 10 pounds heavier then I was when I woke up. My problem is that I just have a gut that does not want to go away. There is a six pack sitting in there, and no not beer, but that too, but when I was in high school I had one, so there is potential to get it back.

Situps don’t really do me too well because I don’t think that they are even helping me at all. And running is just starting to become way too painful. My shin splints are incredibly painful. I had them in high school, but after my knee surgery they just became horrible. I run about 0.5 mile and I can barely even walk anymore. I am breathing fine and not tired, but it just hurts way too much to go on. This is why I need an exercise bike so I can just ride all night long. But I guess the saying is right, no pain no gain!

Well, just another day in the Life of a Diabetic!

Even with the holiday, this long weekend was way too short. Friday night’s concert was a success. I tried to position myself in a good way in the lawn thanks to Sara’s comment, but I still couldn’t see anything. Luckily, I knew somebody who lived in the high rise apartments above Mizner Park and could see from there. The concert was only about an hour, but Free Bird rocked the place.

Saturday was a longggg day at the Sawgrass Mills Mall. I went there just to have something to do and when the day was all over, my wallet was empty, surprise surprise. Sunday was a very boring day, but yesterday we had a nice little cookout, but I overate there of course. But the workout regime and diet is back to normal.

Let’s finally talk some diabetes now. I’m still in the process of getting some insurance coverage, but it is tough. I’m also looking for a new house at the same time, I have 63 days before I move out. I am prepared for a long uphill battle and fight!

Yesterday was a good day for my blood sugar levels all day long. The highest I went was 150, which for me is a success. I also tested about 10 times yesterday. It went up high after I went for a nice little jog. I disconnect my pump while I run because it always falls off while running. But then of course, this morning I wake up with a 252 reading. Must increase over night basal again. Pretty soon it’s going to be like 100 units of insulin over night (that’s an exaggeration!)

Well, speaking of running, my body is killing me today. Muscles that I haven’t used since my days of playing football in college are now being used again. And my good ole’ shin splints are coming back. After running a mile yesterday I was breathing perfectly fine, but I could barely even walk because my shins were absolutely killing me. I thought I stretched my calves out good before I went running, but I guess not.

I will have to stretch even a little more today when I play tennis. I have been getting better and better at tennis every week I play. I am ready to go play against some of the good guys now, and really get a workout. Well, off to work.

Just another day in the Life of a Diabetic!

So far after 2 weeks of dieting I have kept off most of the weight, and I haven’t really gone over 225 in those 2 weeks. I am still not exercising as much as I would like to be, but I am getting there, baby steps. I am running on Tuesday and Thursdays, playing tennis on Wednesday’s and attempting to play a round of golf every weekend. I am pretty ashamed of myself that I can’t even run a full mile anymore without taking a break, talk about being out of shape.

So, that is why I say it has been semi-successful, because the weight hasn’t been pouring off because of not exercising. I have cut down my calorie intake to about 1,200, slowly I will get it down to 1,000 and then burn off 300 exercising. Right now the late night snacking is what is hurting me, literally, because I am waking up with 400 blood sugars because it seems that my body can’t break down sugar while I am sleeping, even with a 2.0 basal on the pump.

Sorry so short on the post today, but lots of things to get done today.

I started working out again yesterday and attempting to eat better again. I did not even want to get out of bed. I was so sore it wasn’t even funny. Usually I don’t work on Tuesday’s because I have school during the day, but since we are on “spring break” I had to work. That is why I put spring break in quotes because I am still up at 7 a.m. every morning to go to work. I just want to go to the pool and relax and not worry about doing homework over spring break, which I have been doing all weekend and last night.

I woke up this morning and my blood sugar was 77, I tested again at around 10:00 and it was at around 100, then I just tested again and it was 140. I did not eat anything in the morning, and it still went up like that.

Well, I’ve put down 54 oz. of water so far today, and its not even noon. I will probably double that by the end of the day. I WILL lose weight this time, and keep it off. Well time to get back to work!