Wednesday, October 2, 2002

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I weighed in on 9/25/02 at 590 pounds. That means that I have lost 110 pounds since I started back in January of this year. I have been completely off of my cholesterol meds since my previous weigh-in three months ago on 6/26/02. Dr. Wisse told me to try cutting my diabetes meds in half during my visit with him on 9/25/02. I have been monitoring my blood sugar closely the past few days and there has not been any significant increase in the readings so far. They have been between 100 and 125 each time. Dr Wisse called me this morning to inform me of the results from my blood labs that were taken at my last visit. He said that all of my readings were BEAUTIFUL and that there is a DRAMATIC turnaround in my cholesterol readings. My bad cholesterol (LDL) is 88, and my good cholesterol is 49, which is TREMENDOUS because we want the good reading to be above 40. He went on to say that I am doing a FANTASTIC job and to continue on with what I have been doing with my diet and exercise programs. It's always a plus when your Dr. uses words like the ones I capitalized above to explain your health to you

I have finally reached the 30-minute mark on my walks. One day last week I decided to skip walking down to the dead end to begin my walk. Instead I walked all the way out to the end of my street the opposite way. I had been increasing my walk by one house each time prior to this. In an effort to increase my time and distance at what I felt was a manageable rate. So that my body had time to recover more gradually, rather than jumping in with both feet right off the bat after not having any real form of an actual aerobic exercise regime in my life for several years. It was better for me this way since increasing time was too difficult for me. Watching the clock made me think about it too much. I still used my stopwatch to measure the length of time I was walking. But using landmarks was a much better way for me. Since I could just focus on one more small distance to overcome each time I walked. On the day that I skipped going down to the dead-end, I increased the distance of my walk the other way by the same distance I skipped by not going to the dead-end. The next time I walked, I did the same thing except I had a sudden boost of confidence to walk all the way out of the neighborhood. I decided to walk until I reached the 15-minute point of the walk. At that point I turned around and walked back home. I was winded, and a little more fatigued, but by God I had finally reached my goal of 30 minutes and boy did it feel good. This was another triumphant victory for me and I am proud to have accomplished it. I will now try start walking and working out a third day.

This last period was not without it's rough spots. My neighbor's dog killed my cat Lefty last month. I was devastated and still feel the pain and miss her very much. I had her for thirteen years and she was very much a soul mate for me. She got me through some very rough times before I got married and was a devoted companion for me.


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