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My Continued Win Against Diabetes
So after a 5 mile run today I came home today to great news! My blood work results are back and my A1C is 5.2! This blood test determines your blood glucose levels over a 3 month period. If it's 6.2 or higher you are considered diabetic. In December 2014 it was 7.2 and my doctor wanted to put me on a second medication…
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Success validation
I had a Wellness visit to the doctor today. In December 2014 before I started my health journey my A1C was 7.2 and the doctor wanted to put me on a second diabetes medication. Last year I got it down to 5.8 and was taken off Metformin. Today my A1C was 5.3. My heart rate was 60 and my blood pressure was 102/69. Everything…
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One Year In The Making
So today is my first anniversary of being on My Fitness Pal. In the past year I have dropped 35 lbs, gone from not being able to run a block without breaking out in a cold sweat to being able to run 4 - 6 miles. And in two weeks it will be exactly one year since I got off the diabetes drug, Metformin. That happened on my…
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What I've Learned About Weight Loss
I wrote a blog post yesterday about my experience over the past year. I thought it might help a few people so I'm sharing it here. https://whitmore77.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/what-i-have-learned-about-weight-loss/
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My Story Of Success In A Year - Losing Weight And Getting Off Diabetes Medication
This time last year I went to the doctor and my A1C was 7.2, which is kind of high. The doctor wanted to put me on a second medication. I'm a type 2 diabetic and I've been on Metformin since August 2008. When my wife and I researched the second drug (I don't remember the name) we found it's strongly linked with liver…
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Beating Diabetes
So the big news of the day is I'm officially off my diabetes medication! We went to the doctor today and got the blood test results. My A1C was 5.8, down from 7.2 in December. 5.8 is more or less in the normal range. In December the doctor wanted to put me on a second medication as my A1C was high. I refused to be put on…
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A great NSV
I have a MAJOR NSV to report! When I moved to the US ten years ago I wore size 36 jeans. Within three years I was up to size 40. A year ago I could get into my size 36 jeans, finally, but they were tight across my butt. Now they are loose fitting. So today I tried a pair of size 34 jeans. AND THEY FIT. I had no trouble…
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I dropped two sizes!
A few months ago I wore size 40 pants. I have a pair of size 36 jeans that I hadn't worn in years because I couldn't even get close to doing them up. Well now those size 36 jeans fit comfortably with even a little room to spare. In fact, I bet if I tried them on I could probably get into a pair of size 34 jeans, even if…
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Are There Any Other Diabetics Here?
As the heading says, are there any fellow diabetics here? I'm type two, I was diagnosed in August 2008.
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Hello!
Hi, I'd just like to introduce myself. I've been struggling with my weight for about 20 years now. I'm in my mid 40's and diabetic. After a long and frigid winter I'm looking to get more active and I've started going for a long walk and run in my local park about every other day. I've had some success recently losing…
