Progress...

Feeling so much better, it is quite incredible. After only three days my blood sugars are so much more stable and I am regularly achieving the goals of:


1hr after eating: Under 8
2hr after eating: Under 6.5

However the fasting goal is a long way from where it should be and is currently hovering between 7.5 and 7.8. I am aiming for Under 6 which at this point feels really hard, but after getting better after meals readings, feeling a lot more energetic, finding the plan really easy (a lot easier than feeling so rotten and just lying on the couch) I am sure it will eventually happen. Plus my meds have been increased to 3 x 500 a day (Metformin). I am trying to incorporate foods that I love but find lower spike ways to have them eg yesterday I had a caramel decaf frappe at Gloria Jeans with the guilt free caramel syrup (worked like a charm). I also had a Subway wrap for lunch which was delicious and once again perfect sugars. Oh, and I have lost a kg.

In other news:

Grading for Blue belt at karate in three weeks and then Green belt blue tag four weeks after that woohoo

Starting weapons (like a broomstick lol) on Thursdays and I am really loving that, I especially love the karta.

Go Matt Corby on Idol - he is fabulous and I can't wait to see what they all sing this week.

Back to school Monday - I will miss the boys but it will be so good to get back into an ironing routine.

Great find re diabetes info and support

I have been doing some research online about diabetes and the dawn phenomenon and came across http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php and http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/ lots of info about achieving a low spike diet and a 5% a1c.

My latest results are

hba1c: 6.7
fasting blood sugar: 8.8

so based on the theory that what we eat each day matters the next day blood sugar wise I am going to continue testing and increasing the testing to 1hr and 2hr tests after meals and see how the carbs I am eating are affecting the results.

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Really working on all of this right now

So.... Since last Friday I have been religious about checking my blood sugar levels (fasting and 2hrs after each meal) and whew what a shocker! My fastings are all high (over 9.0) and the breakfast ones are all high (over 9.0) and the lunch and dinner ones are great (5 and 6). I also have been religious about diet and exercise and the only day I had a good breakfast reading was the day I had a protein shake with strawberries and fibre mix. I am going to experiment with trying different things to get the fasting and breakfast readings way down.

1. Treadmill every night for 30 mins followed by grade requirements of star jumps, sit ups, squats and push ups and 5 mins skipping and running through each karta and routine.
2. Breakfast will be the banana berry protein shake with psyllium husk and LSA.
3. Tracking bsls and food/exercise diary on this blog.

I am also seeing my dr on Monday for a complete review.

25 grams of fibre

or what I learnt from Dr Oz on Oprah.

I have actually learnt a lot since I started watching a few months ago. About things like how to have 25grams of fibre a day. So I have started back on my porridge/psyllium husks/lsa regime and already feel so much better. Morning tea is a banana blueberry protein smoothie and I am still working on lunch (thinking a multi-grain salad and cheese sandwich). Afternoon tea is an orange and a yoghurt. We always have vegies or salad at night. It is really hard to fit in all that fibre...

Karate is going fantastically - really - I did 50 star jumps without stopping last week! I am going much better with sit ups and skipping and learning how to improve my stances in my kick routine.

Did a few layouts on Tues night (have about 10 to journal still) then I am going to post some. Still having the eternal dilemna of 12x12 vs 8.5x11 lol.

One more sleep....

Only a few short hours really when you think about it....about 23 hours and 45 minutes to be precise until Harry Potter is in da house!

I am so looking forward to reading this. I have some thoughts as to how the plot will go (in particular to the location of the last horcrux) but I will wait and see if I am even close.

Only two hours of ironing to do today until I start again on Monday so I think I will mosey into the scrapbooking room and do some scrapbooking this afternoon.

In an effort to get some things done around here I have set up some routines and I find it much easier to fit everything in now.

Sat morning I always clean the bathrooms as soon as I get up.

Sat night is now scrapbooking night however I will be busy with Professor Snape tomorrow night.

On Sundays I am going to try and make an effort to de-clutter this house - room by room. You know, none of this clutter is even mine??

Eight sleeps...

til the last Harry Potter book is released. I am mostly always available to my children, husband, family and friends but next Saturday - forget it. I will be huddled in a corner reading feverishly as fast as my eyes will let me. I have already decided I will not be answering the phone or going on-line at all lest I should come across a spoiler accidentally. I cannot wait. Simply cannot wait.

In other news:

• big garage sale tomorrow - phew!! I mean big!!!!
• not much treading of the mill going on
• ironing like a woman possessed trying to catch up
• had a great time at the movies seeing HP 5 with Ben
• had a great time scrapbooking last Saturday night (if I ever get a spare minute I will scan and post some layouts here)