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My BGLs are doing really well the past few days. Staying completely under the 140 mark, even going down into the 90s a few times. My AM numbers are still a bit high, but at least now I know what causes them - cortisol. That great wake-up hormone. Took my BGL last night before bed @ 10pm, 104. Woke up at 7am this morning, 125. Years ago that would have confuzzled me, but now I know why it happens and so long as the numbers stay under 140, I don't give a flyin' leap. So why the 140 you are asking? The urologist told me that when BGLs go above 140, all that sugar in my blood can cause a UTI which can then affect the kidneys. Hence working hard to stay under 140. I definitely don't want to harm my kidneys again.
I am still working to get the strength built up in my legs again. Been going for short walks twice a day every day for the past 4 days. When I went into the hospital in late May, I couldn't walk at all without assistance. Now I can at least walk around the house w/out my cane or a walker. Still don't trust myself taking walks though w/out the walker. I was bummed out about this a few weeks ago. I've always been a walker. It was my main means of transport for decades because I couldn't afford a car. Once I did get a car, I practically stopped walking. That was my downfall right there. Now I want to get back into walking so that I can walk to nearby stores which are about a mile away. Baby steps towards that though. As it is, I can barely walk a block and I am tired out. Still, it is a goal to work towards.
My 53rd birthday is coming up in 5 days. Hard to believe that I am that old. Going to break my own tradition and do something with family this year. Normally, I stay home, watch my fave movies, have a special breakfast and dinner, carrot cake and white russians. No more of that kind of behavior though. Not if I want to keep my BGLs down. I may still have a small carrot cake that the local convenience store sells. Maybe. I can always work it in to my carb count.
I go back to the doc on the 24th, so will get a weigh-in then. Hopefully I won't have gained weight. Eating 3 times a day and all those carbs though, I am pretty sure I will have. If I have, I will be giving up potatoes. Stick mainly to other veggies and just eat more of them since they won't be as full of carbs as potatoes are. When I eat fruit these days, it is mostly berries and grapes. May have to give up the grapes and stick to berries since they have a lower glycemic value.
Okay, enough of this. Hope everyone here at FatSecret has a wonderful weekend. Good luck on all your diets!
Diet Calendar Entries for 15 June 2019:
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1950 kcal
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Fat: 80.65g | Prot: 129.30g | Carb: 171.11g.
Breakfast: Johnsonville Sausage Patty, Water, Egg, Dannon Oikos Greek Nonfat Yogurt - Vanilla (Container), Musselman's Lite Cinnamon Apple Sauce, Cream (Half & Half), Cinnamon, Quaker Instant Oatmeal - Plain, Espresso Coffee, Coffee-Mate Sugar Free French Vanilla Liquid Coffee Creamer, Coffee-Mate Original Powder Creamer. Lunch: A&W Diet Root Beer, Water, Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Honey Uncured Ham, Sargento Natural Provolone Cheese, Chobani Mixed Berry Blended Greek Yogurt, Hellmann's Mayonnaise with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Oroweat Health Nut Bread. Dinner: Pepsi Pepsi Max (Can), Chobani A Hint of Alphonso Mango, Bob Evans Macaroni & Cheese, Meat Loaf Made with Beef in Tomato-Based Sauce, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Red Onions, Zucchini, Yellow Summer Squash. more...
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2331 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sitting - 5 hours, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Resting - 9 hours and 45 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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