When I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes a few years ago, I started using their "exchanges" system, although I'm not religious about counting them. Since I test my blood sugar regularly (twice a day), I get feedback on what I'm doing right and wrong. My A1c levels (long term control) have been in the non-diabetic range now for years. Now if I could just discipline myself a little better, I could lose even more weight and the diabetes symptoms would probably disappear entirely.
(I'm not taking medication for the diabetes; diet and exercise is controlling it. But if I eat something full of sugar, I have to go exercise to counteract it. That's one reason I've taken to walking so much.)
My A1c levels have always been normal, but my fasting glucose level rocks all over the place from high (110) to normal (78), then I've had a few non-fasting tests of 108ish... just to annoy my Doctor.
That said, I'd just let the weight creep on over the years of business travel and enough was enough, so I have been trying to watch what I eat and exercise more with some weeks being better than others, I've been losing a fairly constant 0.5-1lb a week for the last year or so, with a couple of work related hiccups, which now has me a solid 40lbs down from my peak. Sadly, that's halfway to where I want to be.
Although my goal is actually a certain waist size, rather than an actual weight itself - I want to be able to take a 38" jean and a 40" suit which was my norm for about 10 years. If I make that, I know I'm balancing food and exercise well. Of course, the last time I was at those sizes that dang BMI thing said I was Obese... my doctor did a spit take on that too and told me to ignore it.
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Date: 2010-08-04 03:57 pm (UTC)(I'm not taking medication for the diabetes; diet and exercise is controlling it. But if I eat something full of sugar, I have to go exercise to counteract it. That's one reason I've taken to walking so much.)
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Date: 2010-08-04 05:20 pm (UTC)That said, I'd just let the weight creep on over the years of business travel and enough was enough, so I have been trying to watch what I eat and exercise more with some weeks being better than others, I've been losing a fairly constant 0.5-1lb a week for the last year or so, with a couple of work related hiccups, which now has me a solid 40lbs down from my peak. Sadly, that's halfway to where I want to be.
Although my goal is actually a certain waist size, rather than an actual weight itself - I want to be able to take a 38" jean and a 40" suit which was my norm for about 10 years. If I make that, I know I'm balancing food and exercise well. Of course, the last time I was at those sizes that dang BMI thing said I was Obese... my doctor did a spit take on that too and told me to ignore it.