hit my original weight goal...

itsbasschick

thanks, everyone. and keep on going toward your goal! even when we stumble, we can pick ourselves up and keep trying

Hi itsbasschick! Congrats on your wonderful progress! If it's not too personal, I was wondering if you were taking meds for your diabetes. Your numbers improved greatly!

no meds at all. in fact, it was not wanting to take metformin that made me decide to make changes to my lifestyle. i find longer walks, even when not particularly speedy, knocked my blood sugar down about 35 to 40 points right after walking. i discovered this after a day at disneyland of 21,000 steps - even though i ate more, my blood sugar was lower, and lots of checking showed this was always the case. for me, walking is more effective than harder workouts. in fact, the first time in years i hit 99 was after a 40 minute walk last week.

eating 175 to 250 calories per meal every 2.5 hours helps keep my blood sugar down, too. i came up with 2.5 hours as after TONS of poking, i found that 2 1/2 hours was when my blood sugar dropped all the way back down after a smaller meal. losing weight helped, too.

mrogers52

Great job! So inspiring:flowerforyou:

deannalynn66

Thanks for sharing! You are awesome! :happy: