The last few posts discussed the fact that I have gotten back on the “saddle” in terms of my diet and exercise similar to last August when I was doing great.  Over the Holiday’s I was pretty down for letting myself go again.  Not only had I put back on the weight I lost from the summer, but I was out of control with my A1c and daily blood sugars.  I knew it was time to get things turned around and this time for good.

I laid on the guilt to some of my close friends about how I was past my 10 year anniversary of being diagnosed and needed something to get my butt in gear.  That’s when we came up with the challenge.  For the period January 2nd through the end of February we are all trying to lose pounds and body fat both weighted equally. At the end of this period there will be some prize for the winner, which doesn’t even really matter to me.  I know this was the right time to make a change for the long term and this was a good way to motivate me and get a group of friends together for a common goal.  Nobody is going to lose.  Just like “The Biggest Loser” no one really loses.  If you can make a sustainable change to be healthy, that’s a huge win.

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Sometimes you need to look deep within yourself and ask the question, “Am I really giving it 100%?”  I wasn’t and not so deep down, I knew it.  I was too complacent and just tested, corrected, bolused, tested, corrected, bolused, and so on.  You could easily say I was just going through the motions.  Not anymore.  I owe it to too many people to take better care of myself.  I’m not saying that I’m perfect now or even can have a perfect A1c.  All I am saying is that I knew I could do better and now I finally am. 

My results so far are pretty good for only a month.  I am down about 10 pounds and my daily blood sugar numbers are ten times better than before.  Now it is a rare occurrence to be over 225.  At the end of February I will have my body fat retested and get everyone else’s results.  Wish me luck.

The next post will be on the single most important thing to change to better manage diabetes.