Keeping it up!

healthy

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about getting my diabetes and diet under control.  As I said, I had seen some very nice results as far as my blood glucose readings went.  They were pretty close to normal, which made me quite happy. Well, that was a one day more than 2 weeks ago when I wrote that, and I am happy to say that my readings are holding.  My diet is still under control, and I am feeling very good.  Amazing what a little more exercise and living a reasonable lifestyle will do for you! When my diabetes was out of control, I had a big problem with infections.  Almost any wound that I got, be it a paper cut, or even … [Read more...]

Learning about diet

Eating Fish

In the past few weeks, I have been making a serious effort to get better control over my eating, because my diabetes has been out of control, and I need to do something about it.  So far, I've been very successful, and I've brought my blood glucose levels down to fairly normal levels.  A blood glucose reading for a person without diabetes is generally around 120 or less after fasting overnight.  My blood glucose lately after fasting is running about 140 to 145, and pretty stable at that reading.  A little higher than a non-diabetic, but that is quite a good reading for me. Considering that just a few weeks ago my blood glucose was … [Read more...]