First stop: Spartan Turkey

You can understand why most mothers put on weight then LJ. Resist mate, resist. Parenthood is tough!
 
The badness streak continued yesterday, I have lots of excuses, even a reason or two. I didn't have time to exercise (again), BUUUT I did have time to house more than a reasonable share of chocolate chip cookies. It was our anniversary yesterday, and we managed to get out without the kids for a few not-too-romantic-but-fun hours last night to Lucky Taco for some beer and (wait for it) tacos. What I realistically could/should have done differently was to avoid the g'damn cookies, and to order two tacos instead of three.

No sense in beating myself up, I know. Need to be more intelligent the next couple days to make up for it, though. I'm having a very minimal lunch today and will have a grilled chicken (or other lean meat) salad for dinner.

One of the things we were doing last night was playing "Who Does She Look Like" with our waitress being the "She". Couldn't place it, but she sounded just like Kate Micucci, though it took me all night to figure out where I heard "her". We also played "Who'd play that one" for a book we recently both read (A Secret History), all we could agree on was That Blond From DareDevil to play the one main female role. I don't know enough about the young actors these days, so kept rattling off good matches if it was 15 years ago.

Anyway...
 
Tacos are my weakness.

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Congrats on the anniversary. I think ours in June was the last time we were both away from our kids at the same time. Rare moments at their young age.
 
Thanks folks, I know all that stuff logically, and my Dr. is working with me to get me on the right track. But it appears to be bothering me more than I realize, I was kind of a mess last night, reverting back to my old ways of stress relief - bad timing in light of the previous few days. Cripes.

I also haven't exercised (really exercised) since Sunday, and I feel no desire. Which means I have to do it tonight. HAVE TO EXERCISE TONIGHT!

Hope everyone's week is going better than mine so far!
 
Hi LJ. You will get through this. Do you have to go on the needle or can you control it with diet? To be honest , I was always a healthy fat guy. Blood pressure , cholesterol etc where always good. I was lucky. That being said you can beat this. I have seen it done as a friend of mine had diabetes and controlled it through diet- lost a bunch of weight and he is good now.

Once you get what you can eat and what you can't eat sorted out then you can stabilize your blood sugar and the weight will drop off.
 
:grouphug: LJ. You will get through this. After the initial shock dies down you will get on track & become a very healthy LJ. Good health is more important than almost anything. You can do this xoxo
 
Get your head around it LJ
You are now lucky enough to have a huge motivation to get healthy.
Time to get moving. I can tell how smart you are. I know you know what to do. You just gotta do it and do it for a long time...pretty much forever.
 
Yup. Till death do us part and all that. Which is the best reason to find a workable method of weightloss.
 
cowboy48 said:
Do you have to go on the needle or can you control it with diet?
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Somewhere in between. The Doc asked if I wanted this pill or if I wanted to go right to insulin shots... First off, I'm not a doctor, shouldn't you be telling me?* Secondly, my diabetes knowledge is limited to sitcom humor. Thirdly, why would I want to give myself shots when a pill will do the job!!! Clarification, he said it was something this pill could do and he wanted to try that first, unless I wanted to go right to insulin.
brawny77 said:
I can tell how smart you are.
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I is wikkid smaht! Jokes aside, IQ has nothing to do with it, it's all about psychology/emotions.

Anyway, yesterday was a back-on-track day. The only challenge was going to my kid's school's open house and they provided dinner. There was a veggie burger option, and I pursued it. And I managed to not eat my son's leave-behinds of chips and pasta salad. We also walked to and from the school and I rowed last night. Still had some ice cream, but I went to bed about 500 calories under goal.

Get to be a single dad this weekend. Planning a hike with them tomorrow, but I need to figure out the food thing. We're making pizza tomorrow night, I think we'll each make our own tiny pie, and I'll make a huge salad for myself and raw veggies for the kids.
 
That pill is probably metformin or the generic version of it. It works really well at first. It can even aid in weight loss. It takes a coupkle of weeks to get used to it. lets put it this way...Stay within 30 seconds of a bathroom. I felt like a 3 year old again making a mad dash from the playground to the bathroom. Also beware as your blood sugar comes down. You are no longer throwing off sugar in your urine and your body can sometimes turn into fat if you keep eating badly that is. If you eat healthy you can still keep the scale moving downward. I had a very frank friend say something pretty cold to me when I was diagnosed with diabetes. He said "Oh so you have diabetes...well you will be dead in 20 years." That was 17 years ago....working hard to prove him wrong. In fact I have this dream of being really fit and at a healthy weight by then and I am gonna call him and let him know I am still kickin!
You can do this L.J.
You have to
 
I'll be picking it up some time today, so I'll know then. I don't like the news about the bathroom, I'm kind of a walk from the terlet where I sit. Probably just plan on regular walks, which isn't a bad thing. The only side-effect the dr. warned me of was possible nausea. We'll see, I reckon.

I haven't shared the news with anyone but my wife (and you fine folks), and I don't really want to until I have a better idea of what's going on and what my new limits will be. One of my worries is that I really enjoy craft beer - I don't drink often, but I do like to try anything new and exciting, so I'm worried that those things go away or at least get reduced significantly.
 
You just have to monitor your carbs. You can have a beer or two just plan for those carbs. Now I once worked with a guy who drank 8 to 12 beers a night. That would spike the old blood sugar but hey... you wouldn't care!
 
You'll adjust LJ, because as brawny says you have to. Be extra careful & follow instructions. If your doctor doesn't give you enough advice see the Diabetes council or whatever it is called there. When our youngest son was diagnosed with Asthma at about 5 I got the best advice from the Asthma Foundation. Do whatever you can right now to get your insulin stable & tweak your diet later to include the things you probably should exclude for now. Your health is SO important LJ. Take care xo
 
I'll be honest, I've been a bit of an emotional mess the last few days. Health and finances are the biggest hitters, but I have a bunch of little-to-medium things nipping at me: the metformin's affect on my blood sugar, the current spike in mugginess, my job is stretching me out so I'm doing everything poorly, I spent the last 3 days as a single dad with my short-tempered daughter. Ugh, I feel pretty powerless right now.

In light of all that stuff, I watched a really good horror movie that was a terrible choice for my mood - "It Follows" - if you like horror movies, check it out. Note that it's not gory, just scary as hell.

We're halfway through our Medallion hikes, 5 more to do by mid-November (I think, I need to check it out). I lifted on Friday, hiked on Saturday, rowed on Sunday. Foodwise I wasn't so good, typical weekend.

I appreciate the diabetes thoughts, everyone. I'll be able to wrap my head around it eventually, just that right now I have other crappy things going on in life. Nothing life-critical, just having a hard time getting my ducks in a row.
 
Sorry things have sucked and are still not awesome. That picture is another gem though! I suggest shooting all the ducks and grilling them slowly.
 
Sounds like you have been going through some stuff LJ. You can get through this. Focus on your health and your daughter ( she looks adorable by the wayeven if she is short tempered-haha). Sometimes taking a step back- taking a deep breath- refocusing on what I wanted and then pushing ahead is what I used to do when I felt overwhelmed. Duck shooting can be done too-lol. Take care!
 
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