Below 200 Pounds

The weight came off quickly, almost too quick in reality....I dropped below 200 at 199 last Thursday, it's now leveled out and I'm holding steady for the past week...this morning at 200.5. Like all things, especially diets, you start out quick, then things slow down....and that's the way it seems to be.

The BP is good, still in the 130/65 to 70 range and the back was acting up last night and this morning, but seems better now....

20 pounds to go....and keep the blood pressue steady before my next Diabetes Check in late October...

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12 Days 7 1/2 pounds

On the 12th day of the Diabetes 2 Diet, I have now lost 14 pounds overall(since the diognosis on August 21st), and 7 1/2 pounds down to 200.5 since September 3rd. My Blood Pressure is also falling a pretty rapid pace, and this morning it was 133/70 with a heart rate of 64. Neck and shoulders are better over the past few weeks...seems the effects of the House Painting Project are diminished. I did feel a tweaking in my right calf muscle yesterday and was taking it easy as possible when officiating the local High School JV Football game...it seem better this morning, will know more after my morning walk.

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5 DAYS IN

Went to St Marys last Thursday and worked with a dietitian on my plan for the diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes, that Doc Bergman says I have acquired.

So far in the first 5 days of this moderate carb, lower saturated fat, 2000 calorie a day diet, I have dropped a few pounds, and my Blood Pressure has moved into a better range...this morning it was 138/70 with my resting heart rate of just 64. This even though I partook a few cigars over the weekend and drank a few MGD Lite Beers....

As far as the back? It is doing fine, but the muscles in my shoulder/lower neck area have been acting up since I started on the house painting project in early July...sore in the morning, better in the afternoon seems to be the routine.

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