Traceys Blog

Well, it’s been quite a while since my last post so I will be giving you an update on more than one thing. I have been really busy. 

I absolutely love my new job.  The people are great, the company is great. It’s just all great!!  I am on my 2nd month of probation and I am positive that I will be here to stay.  The way my manager and boss speak I am not going anywhere.  My 3 months probation will be completed on September 1st. YAY!!!!!

August second was my 8th month marker of not smoking. YAY again!!  My family smokes around me and there are some times when I think to myself I can’t believe that I use to do that and that I quit. There are also sometimes when I am doing stuff and I think oh it’s time for me to have a smoke. Then I think “what are you thinking” lol…and I just forget about it.  I can’t believe 4 more months and it will be a year already!

My weight loss thing hasen’t been quite as successful. I no that since I started my new job I have lost 6 lbs from eating differently.  I have lots of work to do.  I still have not started the walking at lunch.  The last week we broke records for the temperatures we hit so it wouldn’t have been a good time to start last week. I probably would have gotten heat stroke. I will start soon I hope. 

As for the diabetes, nothing new there.  I have a 3 month check up this week so if there is anything new to report I will.

Wow, it’s been a while since I posted.  Well a lot has happened in the last month and a half.  First of all, I was laid off from my job on May 15th after working for the company for 4.5 years.  It was tough at first, I was mad and sad all at the same time.  Even though I was looking for a job for the last month or so before getting laid off.  But for some reason it still hit me a bit hard.  I was then forced to find a new job.  When I was looking before that, there was something stopping me from finding one.  I think it was because I felt as though I would leave the company hanging so to speak if I left.  It all worked out great though, I told myself that I would find a job by the end of May and low and behold I had an interview on May 28th and was offered the job on May 29th, started June 1st.  I really enjoy my new job. There are plenty of new opportunities and learning with this new company.

On to another note.  June 2nd was my 6 month marker for quitting smoking!!!!!! YAY ME .  I am very proud of myself.  There is no going back now.  I hit a pretty stressful moment in my life with losing the job and I did not resort to smoking to ease that stress.

The weight thing has come to a halt for a short time, but I will be getting back to Aqua Fit within the month. I will start walking more often as well.  With my new job I have stopped going out for lunch.  My lunch break is an hour so I will start walking on my lunch break. I will try to make it a 1/2 hour walk each day when I can.

I will try an post at least twice a week from now on, but no promises.

Hi everyone.  It’s been a while since my last post.  I have been going to the doctors every week or so and trying to figure everything out.  Since the original diagnosis of diabetes a few weeks back we have also discovered that I am Insulin Resistant.  Which means, unlike most diabetics my Pancreas creates Insulin, in fact it is creating almost double what it should be, but my body has become resistant to the Insulin.  For some reason I am not sensitive to it at all.

I have been referred to the diabetes clinic where I live and I had my first 3 hour session yesterday.  I learnt more in that 3 hours than I have in the numerous visits with my doctor.  Apparently my doctor does know all that much about diabetes.  I have 2 more 3 hour sessions with them.  Next week will be with the dietitian.  I am looking forward to that as I learnt yesterday that I could be Insulin resistant because of my weight.  I am almost sure that is the problem because they said that it has to do with one of 3 things, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and being over weight.  I only have one of those problems, being over weight.  So my goal now is to lose weight and get my diabetes under control to the point where I do not have to take medication.

I orginally said that I was going to get rid of the diabetes all together, but was informed yesterday that this is not possible.  Once you have diabetes you always have diabetes.  However, you can learn how to control your sugar levels with food rather than medication.  So that is my goal.

I hope to be posting more often.  I will have to post again about how my aqua fit is going once I am back at it.  I have been walking lately instead of the aqua fit.  But I miss it so I will definitely be going again soon!!!

Well, as some of you no I was getting tested for diabetes in the last week or so.  Today it has been confirmed that I do have type 2 diabetes.  I have to go in for some more tests tomorrow.  I guess they need to check my creatinine levels and my hemoglobin levels.  These are just 2 of the many tests for tomorrow.  I have been prescribed Metformin which is the most common pill for diabetics.  I will have to take this for a month and monitor my sugar levels 4 times a day and write them down.  After 2 weeks the doctor wants me to go in for a check up to see if the dose of Metformin is balancing my sugar levels.  If not he will have to adjust the dose.  I mentioned to him that my mom who is also diabetic took Metformin and had a reaction to it so he told me to let him no as soon as I feel any discomforts or reactions once I have started taking it and I can change it to Actos.

I just wanted to update everyone.  I will update again as to how my life is changing due to the diabetes.  I am not saying that my life will change drastically.  I have to go to a Diabetic clinic now and will see a nutritionist.  So now I have no excuse but to eat healthy and keep my aqua fit going.

My top droppers for the month of March 2009 are:

Dropper                                   # of drops
Traders’ Hub                                   31
The Way I See It                            31
Hot Shit Form Here                      30
amy lilley designs                         30
Computer Aid                                30
Rebellious Arab Girl                     30
DJ Tammy Squels                          30
A Grateful Heart                            30
The Daily Photo                              30
Anything Goes W/ Pahn              29

Thanks everyone, hope to see you all again next month

Well I had my routine check up at the doctors last week.  I thought it would be a good time to have a complete physical.  So my doctor and I went through all my family history and so on.  He sent me for a bunch of tests the next day.  I hate needles so I thought better get it all done at once.  It was not too bad, they only had to take 2 viles of blood from me.  On Monday the receptionist called me and told me that my blood results were back and that the doctor wanted to see me. Of course this worried the heck out of me.  I was at work when they called so when I called them back they said that it was not super urgent but the doctor wanted to see me.  They made an appointment with me for yesterday. So I went in yesterday morning and the doctor told me that my fasting blood sugar came back higher than it should have so now he thinks that I might have diabetes.

Diabetes runs in my moms side of the family, all of her aunts and uncles had it and she has it.  So now I have to wait for 10 days and go in for what they call a glucose test.  I guess it means that I have to go in after fasting for 12 hours then let them take my blood and see what the sugar levels are then they give me 75 ml of glucose.  After 2 hours of having the glucose in my system they will check my blood again. If the blood sugar levels are high the doctor said I more than likely am right on the line of having diabetes or I do have them.

So today I have started cutting all the sugar out of my diet that I possibly can.  I do not want to have diabetes.  My mom has had it for about 15 years and she now is having kidney failure and is on dyalisis which is due to having diabetes.  I also really hate needles I can’t imagine having to give myself a needle with insulin or poking my finger multiple times in a day.  As I said the test is in 10 days so I will let you all know what comes of it. I really pray that I don’t have it!!!

Well last week I was unable to attend my aquafit classes for the whole week as I was sick. I was really disappointed in not being able to go as I really enjoy the classes. I am almost back to normal this week and will be going back to class tomorrow night. As I mentioned before I tried out the deep water class a few weeks ago. I will be doing this class again on Wednesday. So from now on Wednesdays I will be doing a double class. Each class will be 45 minutes starting off with the regular aqua fit class and ending with the deep water class. Below is a link to a video of what the deep water class is like. We do not use the hand and feet things just the belt that she has on her waist.

WaterART Deep H20 Training

Those classes are a lot tougher than the regular aquafit classes but I enjoy them as well.  As you can see you do not need to know how to swim as you are using a floater belt that will keep you from sinking as long as you keep moving.  I myself am not a very good swimmer and I don’t have any problems with this class.

Well today I have officially been smoke free for 3 months. Yay me. I am very proud of myself. There were a few people that doubted me and said that they didn’t think that I could do. Well guess what? I DID IT It was pretty hard at the beginning. I still kinda think about it at times. I don’t react on the thought but it sometimes goes through my head. But I just put it aside and think of something else. I have some people in my life to thank for the awesome support they gave me. You no who you are and thanks!!! Anyways, I will report back to you at the 6th month marker. It will just be a post saying that I have completed 6 months

Well this month was my first month of being a blogger and I would really like to thank everyone for the warm welcome and for all the drops.  Here my top droppers for February 2009:

Thanks again to everyone.   Hope to see you all again at the end of March and really hope to have some new ones up there

Well lastnight was suppose to be my double class night for Aqua fit but it decided to snow yesterday.  I live on the West Coast and we do not get that much snow in the winter.  Well, this last winter was another story.  We broke records here in the lower-mainland that were from the 1960′s.  Yesterday we got about 6-8 inches of snow and the instructor for the aqua fit class could not get the to leisure centre from her house so both classes were canceled.  I was very disappointed about this.  I really enjoy going to the classes.

This morning when I woke up there was about 6 inches of snow on my car from the snow fall overnight.  I drive my niece to school everyday and this morning my car doors were frozen shut and my key holes were frozen as well.  So I had to use some lock deicer on my key holes and poor hot water over my door frames to get into my car.  My nieces school is about a 10 minute drive from my house and it was in the negatives this morning, I think about -6 C so by the time I got her to school her door already froze shut again.  I was like oh great I hope my door is not frozen again or we are both stuck in the car..haha… thank god it wasn’t so I had to get out of my car and go fight with her door to open!! So anyways I hope tonight’s Aqua fit class is not cancelled.