Adam's Journal page

[adam7]

Instead of copying and pasting everything I already put in this thread I'll just be using this to track actual numbers, and how I feel I think.

I think we (the wife and I) officially started on 8/8, when I was 200lbs. My blood glucose for the prior month (July) was:

AVG (all values in July, 73 measurements)
151.3

Fasting (morning fasting figures, 29 measurements)
153.4

Total Avg (from 1/1/2011 to 7/30/2011)
162.0

As of 8/17/2011:
Weight: 192.2lbs
27.2% Fat
53.1% H2O
8.3% Bone
28.4 BMI

Measurements:
Waist - 42" (measured at belly button)
Chest - 40.5"
Thighs - L22" R22.5"
Arms - L12.5" R12.5"

Blood Glucose 8/1/2011-8/19/2011:
AVG (46 measurements)
133.8

Fasting (16 measurements)
136.1

Total Avg
158.5

I like to categorize BG readings by colors based on the #
Blue = below 80
Green = 80-149
Yellow = 150-199
Red = 200+

So far this month I have
Blue = 1
Green = 35
Yellow = 7
Red = 2

Last month it was

Blue = 2
Green = 37
Yellow = 23
Red = 10


Blue and red make me feel like crap. Yellow makes me feel 'funny'. Green is good.

So, to sum up the numbers:
Weight = down 7.8lbs
BG AVG = down 17.5 (this will move a little more quickly than the total average, but will look at month to month changes)
BG Fasting = down 17.3 (this can move quickly because of the limited number of values, but has a lower limit where change will no longer be necessary)
BG ALL = down 3.5 (this will move slowly due to the large number of values)

I'll also track A1C and Cholesterol numbers, I can use my last reading, the one I'm going to get in a week or so as a 'slightly better', and then the next one three months down the road as my 'primal difference'.

6.1.2011 (value in () is change from prior 2/22/2011 visit):
Cholesterol: 180 (+5)
Triglycerides: 235 (-114)
HDL: 33 (+4)
LDL: 100 (+24)

A1C: 6.7 (-0.2)

[adam7]

If I'm supposed to have a goal here it would be this:

A1C in the 5.0-5.9 range and the ability to keep it there without medication
Weight in the 165-175 range. This is not as important to me, I just want to lose the fat I don't really need, maybe go down a waist size or three. It wouldn't hurt to look better naked.

[adam7]

As of 8/17/2011:
Weight: 192.2lbs
27.2% Fat
53.1% H2O
8.3% Bone
28.4 BMI

Weighed again this morning. Had a bad weekend as far as discipline is concerned, so I'm happy for the one lb I managed to lose anyways:

As of 8/25/2011
Weight: 191.1lbs = -1.1lbs
51.1lbs Fat = no reading
26.8% Fat = -0.4%
53.4% H2O = +0.3%
8.2% Bone = -0.1%
28.3 BMI = -0.1

[adam7]

Weighed again this morning. Had a bad weekend as far as discipline is concerned, so I'm happy for the one lb I managed to lose anyways:

As of 8/25/2011
Weight: 191.1lbs = -1.1lbs
51.1lbs Fat = no reading
26.8% Fat = -0.4%
53.4% H2O = +0.3%
8.2% Bone = -0.1%
28.3 BMI = -0.1

A whole bad week with travel up to DC, followed by another two weeks of poor BG control:
9/15/2011
Weight: 191.8lbs = +0.7lbs
51.2lbs Fat = +0.1lbs
26.8% Fat = no change
53.4% H2O = no change
8.2% Bone = no change
28.3 BMI = no change

Measurements are:
Waist = 42"
Chest = 40"
Thighs = 22"R, 22.5"L
Arms = 13.25"R, 13"L

So the last two weeks at a casual glance I was up 3-4 lbs, now I'm hear, and we started the 30 day challenge again with the announcement on Monday. I don't have any upcoming travel plans that I know of, so I'm hoping to go strong the whole 30.