Two Steps Forward

yo t2ds! Things are going quite a bit better the last three weeks or so, having dropped actose and making some other changes. The Metabolic Centre in Burlington program is going well, refining the 5 mini-meals a day diet and resistance type exercise on Sat mornings - an hour of torture.

I'm now shooting 90 levemir at night, and doing it at 10 pm instead of much later. My daily is still 15-10-15 but sometimes, I don't seem to need 15 in the morning because my first reading is lower - 6-8, way better than 8.5- 11. Walking the new pooch an hour after supper is likely helping a bit too. I'm testing a lot, and that's expensive, but it keeps me honest.

I'm supposed to ramp up the treadmill incline to build more muscle, that being the main objective of their program - increase muscle % to more calories are burned at rest. My ratio went the other way in the first month though, not sure why.

So now, I'm thinking of putting gastric bypass on back burner, to see how much I can lose in the next months. Both my endo and GP favour lap banding over bypass anyhow, and it's a good idea to diet beforehand to make it easier to adapt to diet after lap banding. If I can lose enough to get to say 230, I might not do the lap banding or bypass - I get to stay on normal food - if I'm well within control over blood sugars.

I think I'll be below 7 on next A1C test at the end of Oct. I was at 7.4 last test, a bit high. Mind you, I've been down this road before, full of optimism. So, like addicts, it'll be one day at a time.

all for now.