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Back Home

Back home after two weeks of travel. We did really really well while traveling. Only a couple moments when we ignored our diet in preference to the folks we were enjoying our visits with. Now home and back on track!

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Snow and Spin Class

Starting next week I'll be traveling for about 14 days -- that means no spin classes. So really committed right now to take advantage of everyone.

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Saying No to Dairy

At the urging of my wife, a Nutritionist, I said goodbye to dairy about 3 weeks ago. You must understand that I am someone who loves cheese of all kinds. My dream had been to try a different international cheese every weekend for a year.

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Wellbeing

December 2010

I am now off of all medication! My glucose numbers are normal. In the process I've lost only 50 pounds -- still wanna loose another 10 or 20.

My blood pressure is still pre-hypertensive, but I believe some more weight lost and diet adjustment will remedy that.

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Healing

Winter of 2009 / 2010

In the winter of 2009 I began spinning. What a wonderful find! I was committed to getting my weight down and fighting diabetes with exercise and medicine.

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Healing

Spring 2009

With spring of 2009 I continued on my medical regimen, now on two blood pressure medications.

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Diagnosis

Spring 2008

So in the spring of 2008 I began seeing the new Dr. He changed up my prescriptions and began a routine of visiting with me, in his office, every two weeks to monitor progress.

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Diagnosis

Gettin' Started

In the fall of 2007 I decided to visit a Dr. to have a physical. The physical came back poorly, and my second visit to the Dr. and second blood work revealed my glucose at 180. That along with my A1C lead the doctor to diagnose me with Type II diabetes.

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