Take care of yourself

Chest and back day. Thirty minutes on the stairs just 'bout whooped me.

 

Happy 14th anniversary, thread!

 

First day in months I was kid-free for a couple hours in the morning. Able to get in a 45-minute workout of mostly sledgehammering.

 

Been 3 months since the diabetic diagnosis. I've lost 25 pounds thanks to exercise and 99% carb-free diet.

Got the first A1C blood test back and the score is down from 6.4 to 5.9 ... meaning I'm close to being back into non-diabetic range.

 

Been dealing with a pinched nerve since first week of October. Just will not go away. So far I've had 15 chiropractor visits and three sessions of "soft-tissue" therapy (combination of massages and stretching).

Haven't hit a tennis ball since Oct. 10. Three miles of running and a 45-minute dog walk each day are my only exercise. This really sucks.

 

I find getting a good nights sleep the best way to take care of yourself but also one of the hardest things to do. Life just keeps you so busy and the easiest way to gain an hour is to cut it from your sleep time.

 

How about acupuncture?

 

Electronic acupuncture is part of my chiropractic treatments.

 

Cutting sugar from your diet by like 98 percent makes you realize just how unbelievably delicious freshly baked chocolate chip cookies are when you finally have some after going ages without. Just took my #bloodsugar 90 minutes after a chicken dinner with green beans and peas and salad. It was 125. Very good. I have worked really hard (scholarship-worthy hard) on eating well to have consistently low scores. I wanted -- needed -- a reward and just inhaled 4 warm and gooey chocolate chip cookies. The score should be interesting in an hour. But damn they were worth it.

 

Sugar-free chocolate cake mix.
One can of Diet Coke or Coke Zero.
Mix and bake as usual, nothing else added.

Now ya got cake back, and it tastes the same. Skip the icing, you don't need it.
Diet Sprite for yellow or red cake, I was told. Haven't gone that route because I wanted chocolate back.

 

What's the point of cake then?

 

Like I said, you get chocolate back. There's probably a sugar-free icing recipe out there. I don't need it, but I might look for one. You might be able to sub SF pudding for icing, too.