Several days have passed since the "marshmallow incident". (That sounds like the title of a murder mystery. Move over Agatha Christie!)
I've tried to be careful the past few days and get back to sensible eating. It's felt good to have some self-control again, not giving in to every whim.
I had some news this week that hit me like a brick. It's now even more important for me to lose weight.
I've tried to be careful the past few days and get back to sensible eating. It's felt good to have some self-control again, not giving in to every whim.
I had some news this week that hit me like a brick. It's now even more important for me to lose weight.
The doctor had ordered some routine lab work. One of them was an A1C test. The results for that showed my blood glucose levels are higher than normal and I am considered pre-diabetic.
The doctor doesn't want to put me on medication at this point. She suggested a simple plan of diet and exercise and then retest in four months. She also suggested I take cinnamon supplements, as some people have good results with it. There's a good chance of slowing down or even reversing the disease if I could get my weight down. She also stressed walking half an hour, five times a week, or some other kind of exercise.
I've known all along I should be out there daily taking the trails. I have the "want" to do it, but not the motivation to actually go through with it. Maybe now I'll have a new resolve to actually do it.
I've been reading about pre-diabetes and how it's treated. I liked this phrase from one website:
The doctor doesn't want to put me on medication at this point. She suggested a simple plan of diet and exercise and then retest in four months. She also suggested I take cinnamon supplements, as some people have good results with it. There's a good chance of slowing down or even reversing the disease if I could get my weight down. She also stressed walking half an hour, five times a week, or some other kind of exercise.
I've known all along I should be out there daily taking the trails. I have the "want" to do it, but not the motivation to actually go through with it. Maybe now I'll have a new resolve to actually do it.
I've been reading about pre-diabetes and how it's treated. I liked this phrase from one website:
"Prediabetes is like the warning light in your car that clicks on when you’re about to run out of gas."
I can wrap my brain around that one. It means it's not too late to do something about it. And to not do something about it would be like the person who sees the warning light and then still runs out of gas. No excuse.
To be told I have prediabetes was a shock. I've watched my dad with his struggles with type 2 diabetes. I cringe at the thought of insulin belly shots morning, noon, and night, or even at the idea of those tiny finger pricks to test blood sugar levels. When I read the list of all the other problems diabetes causes, I can check off one after another that has plagued my poor dad.
I've quit keeping track of calories or Weight Watcher points and am trying the exchange method. I write more about it later. The doctor wants me to learn about the glycemic index and choose foods that are low. I've heard of the glycemic index but I know very little about it. I hope its nothing complicated.
