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I took Charlie to his endo appointment yesterday. It was the first time we didn't come with an unraveling scroll full of questions. I had no questions because I believe they have no answers.
It's not that Charlie is doing so poorly. His latest A1c of 8.2 was his best ever. But his numbers have been rough since school started and patterns have become difficult to spot.
A pair of medical students entered the room with big smiles and lots of questions. I couldn't help sounding very matter of fact and slightly defeatist.
"Yes, we're counting carbs correctly. Reading labels, subtracting fiber, all that fun stuff," I said.
"Yes, we have the Calorie King book."
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Today I started responding to a question left in a comment. 

 

In the end, I decided this subject deserved its own post.

 

I have lost somewhere between 40 and 50 pounds over the past year and half.  It depends on the day and the time of day and whether I've worked out - etc, etc...

 

Anyway, it's been a long, strange trip losing the weight.  And the way I did it is pretty simple.

 

I stopped trying fad diets and started doing things the one way that I think really works.  I made very basic, but important changes to my lifestyle.  

 

I count calories and I burn calories.  It's that simple.  I used a calculator I found online to figure out how many calories I should be eating if I wanted to lose weight. 

 

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Since gaining twenty extra pounds in 2006 (due to my insane hormones and PCOS diagnosis), I've had ups and downs in trying to get back to my high school weight and back in my favorite pair of jeans. I let the pounds pile on for awhile before deciding to do much about it. And when I started to care, it seemed more trouble than it was worth.

 

In the spring of 2007, I tried jogging on a regular basis. I didn't lose any weight. Over that next year, I tried eating a little better and going to the gym with a friend. Still nothing.

 

In the summer of 2008, I had a breakthrough (with the help of the bio-identical hormones getting my body slowly back in order). I spent two to three days a week at the gym and lost about six pounds. I never got into a smaller size, but I loved feeling like my body could handle the basics of living.

 

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Well, it's that time of year again. The Web Warren Cookie Labs are setting up for the current season's research experi production run. In addition to the usual questions of which general types of cookies to bake, the specific sub-varieties start screaming out for attention.

 

That we will be "open for business" is without question. That we will be performing a certain degree of "quality control" goes without saying. The sizes of most of the cookies (small to miniature) have been predetermined by previous feedback. The questions include how many varieties to make, and whether to use wheat flour or another flour, sugar or Splenda, butter or yogurt-based blends, how many versions of a particular variety to make, and which ones to decorate.

 

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Time and distance have also served to blunt not just periods of psychological distress, but also some of the everyday things I used to savor before.

 

As in, before I was diagnosed with diabetes.

 

Before I had diabetes, I didn't have to worry about eating a hamburger, pizza, Fettuccini Alfredo, or my favorite restaurant "cajun pasta" dishes. Now, any version I make at home is significantly modified to eliminate refined flours, reduce fats, and raise the vegetable count. You can hardly find the pasta in any of my "pasta" dishes.

 

Before I had diabetes, breakfast was a pint of orange juice and a bagel with cream cheese. Now, bagels are eaten in parts, and orange juice is a special-occasion item: a quarter bagel is one carbohydrate exchange, and a cup of orange juice is a huge portion of the daily calorie count.

 

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My averages for the last week are down to 168. I'd be thrilled by this if there wasn't so much deviation in my numbers. 107, 192, 150, 272, 80, 59. I'm bouncing in no clear pattern and for no clear reason.

 

There are a few out of range that I can pinpoint like a 244 after an 80 because I didn't bolus for a low carb dinner thinking the carbs would bring me into range. Apparently, I was wrong. The 59 because I then over corrected the 244 too close to bedtime. But several lows and a couple highs are unclear to me. It looks like I'm overshooting my insulin when I'm dropping low, but I'm not doing anything different as far as I know (except probably being a little more exact with my carb counts which makes me wonder if my 1:10/1:8 ratio is too high).

 

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In battling whatever bug got ahold of my immune system last week, I fell off the diabetes wagon. My usual attempt at 5 blood sugar checks per day fell far short and resulted in multiple days with two or three checks total. That's not what I want to see, but sometimes we all need a vacation of sorts.

 

I also took a break from exercise last week. My energy was down and I just didn't have the drive to do much other than sleep. I didn't work out once in the entire week, which is highly unlike me. I did offset it with a lowered calorie intake so at least I didn't pack on any pounds while I was resting up.

 

This week, I'm back on the diabetes wagon though and trying to hit all my goals. I aim for 5 blood sugar checks per day as many times in a week as possible, at least four workouts in a week, and allow myself one splurge (restaurant dessert, fried food, etc).

 

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In November, I became determined to lose the extra weight that I'd put on and to just get my overall health back in line. Since then, I've lost 10 pounds and brought my averages into a much lower range. I'm still determined to lose about five to ten more pounds and continue to get my blood sugars more stable.

 

My weight has plateaued after the 10 pounds and I can't seem to get anything else off. It seems to fall off in "chunks" and not gradually which I don't really understand. I've been counting calories and working out as much as possible with Jillian Michaels' DVDs.

 

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My current 90 day average is at 159 mg/dL. I'm ecstatic about this average compared to where I've been in the last year with averages between the 180s and low 200s. I'm impressed with myself with the progress that I've made and continue to make.

 

For me, it hasn't been as much of a struggle as I expected it to be. In the past, getting stable numbers involved a lot of changes and a lot of frustration. I'm not saying it was easy this time around, but it was easier than it has been in the past. I think a combination of things has brought about the easier change and allowed me to reach 159 without so many tears.

 

For one, the Metformin has to be helping. I'm only on 500 mg and I'm still experiencing all of my PCOS symptoms, but I know it's allowing my blood sugars to be more stable and less resistant across the board. I want to raise it soon but I haven't taken the plunge yet.

 

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"So can you eat whatever you want?," a coworker recently asked. She wasn't being rude or telling me not to eat cake; she was curious about type 1 and how I managed. But the question knocked me off balance for a moment.

 

Most people don't want to know what I can or can't eat. They automatically assume that I can't eat sweets or bread or Mexican food or whatever stereotype they've heard. They put the rumors and myths on my own diet and never even stop to ask.

 

Since I don't normally have a chance to even answer this question, I guess I don't normally think about what I "can" and "can't" eat. Technically, I CAN eat whatever I want at any time because I'm on a sliding scale with Humalog. One of the "perks" of type 1, if you will.

 

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