Type II Diabetics - Let's Support Each Other

Welcome Meredith! Yeah we all battle the same struggles too. You're diagnosis is fairly recent and it just takes time to figure it all out. I'm still trying and it has been about 18 months. We're here to support you so keep in touch on this thread!

Now for me...I had an emotional eating day today but am putting it behind me and moving on to the next day to do better for good health...:drinker:

i have been a type 2 since 1984, never really took care of it, until i was declared blind in my right eye, did surgiey for blood hemroging, and laser sugery, will go on april 7 for my left eye checkup, but now i am 20/25 with glasses..started working out with my wife in December 2010. i have a FB page Bongo's Diabetic Log that tracks my history. APRIl 2010 my average was 235 blood sugar. NOW:
Jan-11 126.03
Feb-11 119.20
Mar-11 120.50
Apr-11 97.43
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AVERAGE 112.38

i eliminated all white food bread rice potatoe etc..no sweets..follow the south beach food list..salads with everything that i like, vegetables all kinds, and chicken..and try to eat between 4pm and 6pm, stop at 8pm. my workout for yesterday was

TUESDAY
500 crunches
15min glider or burn 200 calories at resistance 50
15min treadmill or until 100 cal burn
dumbbells 20/12 20/15 10/20 6/25
15min suana
i keep track of all workouts, and blood test everyday..if i do not do this as a LIFE STYLE CHANGE then i would not be typing this because i would be BLIND..DO NOT DO WHAT I WAS DOING WHICH WAS NOTHING..SINCE YOU ARE ON MFP I KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE DETERMINATION AND FORTETUD TO BEAT AND CONTROL THE BEAST CALLED DIBIATIS..i am 55 years old and i am better now then when i was in high school..still need to lose 20 pounds. goal is 199

i posted this on another thread on diabetis here on MFP

bongowillie-impressive! Welcome!

I'm off to a conference for a couple of days so not sure if I will be commenting on the thread if I can't get wireless. I will log foods on my app. If you don't hear from me I'll be back Saturday eve. Have a nice end of the week!

Jenny

went to my eye doctor yesterday, and my vision is 20/20 but i still have to do laser surgery on my left eye, due to retina seperation, they took retnal scans and photos. this will be my 17th laser, my numbers for this month, very good BG readings
blood sugar weight spikes work out
Fri, 04/01/2011 83 220 cicurit training
Sat, 04/02/2011 150 220 outdoor track
Sun, 04/03/2011 94 220 yard cleanup
Sun, 04/03/2011 64 220 gardening
Mon, 04/04/2011 144 220 DRUMMING 30 MIN
Tue, 04/05/2011 79 220 new circuit training
Wed, 04/06/2011 68 220 off
Thu, 04/07/2011 96 220 eye doctor
Fri, 04/08/2011 124 220 MEXICAN
will be working out today in gym and tommorow will be outdoor track. my data collected daily since Dec 2010 tells me that using this site for you food log and information with working out 5 times a week you will control your blood sugar. a big step that people miss and i found out when i put my Bongos Diabetic Log on FB is that, to share with everyone you plight be it successful or failure, using MFP as the same avenue relieves the stress factor that you realize you are not alone..success is in WE, US, FAMILY, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS..you will fail if you believe in only 'I'

i have been a type 2 since 1984, never really took care of it, until i was declared blind in my right eye, did surgiey for blood hemroging, and laser sugery, will go on april 7 for my left eye checkup, but now i am 20/25 with glasses..started working out with my wife in December 2010. i have a FB page Bongo's Diabetic Log that tracks my history. APRIl 2010 my average was 235 blood sugar. NOW:
Jan-11 126.03
Feb-11 119.20
Mar-11 120.50
Apr-11 97.43
space
AVERAGE 112.38

i eliminated all white food bread rice potatoe etc..no sweets..follow the south beach food list..salads with everything that i like, vegetables all kinds, and chicken..and try to eat between 4pm and 6pm, stop at 8pm. my workout for yesterday was

TUESDAY
500 crunches
15min glider or burn 200 calories at resistance 50
15min treadmill or until 100 cal burn
dumbbells 20/12 20/15 10/20 6/25
15min suana
i keep track of all workouts, and blood test everyday..if i do not do this as a LIFE STYLE CHANGE then i would not be typing this because i would be BLIND..DO NOT DO WHAT I WAS DOING WHICH WAS NOTHING..SINCE YOU ARE ON MFP I KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE DETERMINATION AND FORTETUD TO BEAT AND CONTROL THE BEAST CALLED DIBIATIS..i am 55 years old and i am better now then when i was in high school..still need to lose 20 pounds. goal is 199

i posted this on another thread on diabetis here on MFP

Thank you for sharing your experience! I really really needed to hear this today, I don't think up to the last couple weeks I've taken seriously what can happen internally or even actually knew or perhaps didn't want to know?. I know how I feel when my numbers are good and I know how I feel when they are too low from waiting to long to eat. My brain simply doesn't function, my thinking is not clear and all my body tells me to do is find something to eat and make it quick almost like it bypasses my brain!! Thus way too easy to pick up fast food as it calms that panic feeling I get when my sugars are too low.

I'm eating much healthier now but I still am not on a very regular eating schedule but I am working on it and hopefully from being around you all I will learn just how important so much of this is!

"DO NOT DO WHAT I WAS DOING WHICH WAS NOTHING" <~~~ This is what really spoke to me, you sharing your experience and then seeing this!

I'm also a Type 2 diabetic and I have to say that losing weight really can make a huge difference in how easy it it to manage your diabetes. I've lost a total of 47 pounds from my highest weight so far, have been able to cut my diabetes medication dosage in half and have seen my A1C drop from over 8 to below 6 ... and it's still dropping.

today's Saturday morning outdoor track work out, 730am outside temp 74, high today around 90

blood sugar was 74 this morning
90 minutes outdoor track
run 10 100 yards each
walk 2 knee raises 100 yards each
walk 2 fist jabbing 100 yards each
long stride walk 100 yards
baby step walk 100 yards
total walk, run, jog was 3 miles
drove to gym and did 15 minutes suana
variety in doing the outdoor track makes it seems like your not doing 1 thing for a long time.

feeling real good, i do not work out like a maniac, i make sure i read my body for aches and pains during the workout, i slow down and speed up, my final measurement is to do the 3 miles however long it takes.

Welcome to all newcomers...this is a friendly and helpful bunch : ) I myself was diagnosed 22 feb of this year and am still learning but things have been getting a bit better...not in such a tizzy about what to eat...although i do still have days where i just draw a blank...lol Enjoy your stay on MFP and once again...welcome!

will update my weeks numbers on Monday, but my blood sugar has been in the 60s almost every morning, so i will probably have to have my meds readjusted, taken 5 gluberide and 1000 metmorfin twice a day now..my last big outdoor workout kicked my *kitten* and i had to recouperate for 5 days before i went out on the track again..

Yesterday I decided to jog on the track and do a jog-walk-jog-walk combo. Whole different feel from my exercise videos and indoor workouts. Need to work up the distance. I'm very sore today so don't know if my knees can handle it or not. I'm thinking of buying a punch card to the middle school pool so I can swim laps at least one night a week over the summer. That will be a nice change and not so hard on my joints. Blood sugar before breakfast this morning 104.

Have a nice day.

Jenny:bigsmile:

i've been reading almost everyone's post on this thread. and it's very motivating and positive. i need to hear this today.

i was diagnosed in 2008, going thru fertility tests. the doctors have stopped going further for treatment until my diabetes is managed. well....it's 2011. and no baby.

it gets super frustrating.

i need to get back on track. not for any baby...but for myself. my health.

tomorrow is a new day.

reading this morning was 116 (blood sugar) after my morning workout (1 hr of Zumba). i was so inspired to get back on track, i pre-packed all my meds (i'm so bad at remembering to take them) and took my blood sugar this morning. hope to do better today than yesterday.