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Oh and yah, if you findy ou are diabetic, do what our diabetic friend recommend :)

I have issues with sugar too, and recently learned that i am prediabetic. While they say "sugar is sugar", different sugars affect your "glycmic index" differently. I have found that any added sugar is really my problem. So i am trying not to eat anything processed with ADDED sugar. You dont need any of it, period. I dont…

Congratulations! I hope i can for once stick to it like that. Did you notice that your skin and hair look nicer too? I hope this new healthy you lasts for a lifetime!

Well as long as it does go up with exercise, that is good. It doesnt sound like it is low low like in the 40s. I would not want him working tht hard if it is that low. His peak aerobic heart rate might just be in the 130s to 140s. I have some asthma, which makes execise hard sometimes. I keep an inhaler with me if i start…

i would be more worried about the Asthma. but he might also be different physically from you. Is he very athletic and physically fit? I have a friend who regularly runs a few miles a day. We climbed stairs together, her heart rate was almost normal compaired to mine, which was really high. (i'm still working up my fitness…

i actually do it once or twice a day, just to see how much my body is fluctuating. i see the results of too much sodium and sugar when i do that, which i think might be a motivator to be more careful with these things. one time i lost 1 pound from an awesome work out. i try to only log once a week though, because hour to…

be kind to yourself. forgive yourself when you mess up. and remember to just take it one day at a time.

oh, and have a look at your food diaries and see what your trends are. read labels and see what has tons of sugar, fake, high fructose etc. oh, and i discovered that i had my lifestyle activity setting wrong and had to start over. make sure you've got it accurate so you're not eating more calories than you are burning. man…

i am finding i have similar problems. my big weakness is sweets, and when i need something to eat, i grab what we have, and not what i should eat. are you trying to fill up on healthy foods? lots of veg lots of fiber and protein. i actually added extra meals (breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and snack/dessert) you can do that…

http://www.womentowomen.com/default.aspx try this. it talks about women in all age groups, with some really interesting info about diet, health and supplements which i have found very helpful and informative. you can learn a lot about your body here. hope it helps.:smile:

what do you eat? i have a similar problem, and my doc told me to eat something really grainy like a bowl of cereal. like shredded wheat. but with your diabetes i'm not so sure about that. are you hungry? or is it a boredom kind of thing? you might ask your md, and have a look at what you are putting in your diet that could…

it depends on what you are doing at work? can you fit in a 10 minute walk here and there? your body might not be able to accommodate a full work out on top of what you are doing at least at first. if school just started, i would start with working in those little walks, then add or switch to maybe 30 minutes at the gym…

start logging your exercise, and you'll find you are given more calories. i'm only on week two but i am right on track, and i'm hitting the 1800-2000 calorie mark with my earned exercise. i have a pretty physical job on top of my work outs, so i am starving by meal time! your body needs those good calories to feed it from…

i put a little bit of lemon in my water, and keep it easy to reach for. it is hard if you have a busy lifestyle or just dont have a taste for water, but the more you drink it, the more of a desire you will have for water. dont quit!

any idea how fast you might have been walking? you might be able to calculate it that way. there is a "slow pace" in the exercise database. it could be a guesstimate.

i like that you chose to get on the bike. there are other ways to counter balance those sugar cravings. i am really surprised at how much sugar is in my diet, and i am eager to hear what everyone else does to combat it, because it is the devil!