Hi!...and small progress update
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| Mon, 02-20-2006 - 10:17pm |
Hi all:
I've been away for a while... Got swept up in the crazy busy new year I seem to be having (mom-work-school-home-etc!)
I'm doing OK (75% I'd say) these days.
I had a little breakthrough with diet issues. I started a nutrition course and something I was reading prompted me to monitor my blood glucose for 3 days. I learned that I tend towards hypoglycemia; while I wake up with normal blood glucose (85), if I eat any sugar (including fruit) first thing in the morning, my blood glucose drops below 50 2 hours later (and I'm shakey, hungry, heart racing, etc...). According to the nutrition textbook, it might be a "reactive" form of hypoglycemia, resulting from overproducing insulin. Anyway, with some dietary changes I've been able to beat the energy loss in the afternoon and evening sugar cravings issues. I also no longer have the racing heartbeat in the evenings when I go to bed. And I've lost 4 pounds (not much considering the 30 I still have to lose, but I'll take ANY progress over NONE, right?)
I look forward to reading through some of your posts and getting caught up with how everyone is doing.
Take care,
Dee.

Hi dee! So glad to hear from you! I was wondering where you went!