Weight update
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yendiHad my two-month check-in with my doctor today. I won't have my various blood results until next week, but my weight's down to 179. That's 11 pounds since last time, and 39 since my April diabetes diagnosis. I haven't been this thin since eleventh grade (which is not to say I'm actually thin, but I'm safely out of obese territory now). I'm pretty pleased with that.
We're talking about possibly stopping the metformin* next week, depending on the state of my blood sugar. Obviously that would be for a trial period until my November check-in, but my doctor would love it if I could control this by diet alone (as would I). The statin and kidney drugs will probably stay, as they're preventative.
So yeah, pretty please with myself. Of course, we're looking at seven straight days of rain coming up, which directly impacts my ability to walk, which does NOT please me. I like losing weight, but getting in shape is what really pleases me (and what matters, health-wise).
On the clothing size front, I'm down to a size 34, although that comes with a nice big asterisk, since my size 34 shorts are too big on me (as in, they won't stay on), and my size 36 shorts fit just fine. Basically, the men's clothing game is as much of a racket as the women's clothing game is, even though the sizes are supposed to represent real-world measures. That said, most of the size 34 pants I've tried fit, so that's what I'm going with here.
*How has their not been a "Metformin?" "Of course I have. He works for me!" joke on House yet?
We're talking about possibly stopping the metformin* next week, depending on the state of my blood sugar. Obviously that would be for a trial period until my November check-in, but my doctor would love it if I could control this by diet alone (as would I). The statin and kidney drugs will probably stay, as they're preventative.
So yeah, pretty please with myself. Of course, we're looking at seven straight days of rain coming up, which directly impacts my ability to walk, which does NOT please me. I like losing weight, but getting in shape is what really pleases me (and what matters, health-wise).
On the clothing size front, I'm down to a size 34, although that comes with a nice big asterisk, since my size 34 shorts are too big on me (as in, they won't stay on), and my size 36 shorts fit just fine. Basically, the men's clothing game is as much of a racket as the women's clothing game is, even though the sizes are supposed to represent real-world measures. That said, most of the size 34 pants I've tried fit, so that's what I'm going with here.
*How has their not been a "Metformin?" "Of course I have. He works for me!" joke on House yet?
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Date: 2011-09-24 01:53 pm (UTC)1. Size. I have a small place, and basically, for me to have exercise equipment means I don't really have a living room. A rowing machine has less of a footprint.
2. Price. To get a gym-quality treadmill, it's $1,500 - $2,000. A really nice rowing machine I can get for $600. *sigh*
Who knows, I may still at some point get a treadmill - variety is a good thing. :)
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Date: 2011-09-24 01:22 am (UTC)I think you should try selling your "metformin" joke to Hugh Laurie. :)
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Date: 2011-09-24 12:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-24 02:14 pm (UTC)Truthfully, the risk/benefit analysis of ACE inhibitors and Statins in anyone who even goes into the "pre-diabetes" spectrum of disease is pretty darn good. (And hopefully you're on the 4 dollar flavor of each of those, so the cost/benefit analysis is good as well) But I'm primary care and think those drugs should be in the water supply...so I have a wee bias.
As far as the metformin joke, *I* love it - but on House, they only deal in intra-ocular insulin and pancreas transplants as treatments for diabetes, so y'know - limited use. :)
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Date: 2011-09-28 11:45 am (UTC)As for the pants thing: I know the sizes are all bs because one time, I was shopping for jeans in the men's department and compared the same exact size from two different brands and discovered one of them was missing 2 whole inches when compared against the other one! It was at that point that I determined the Men's department fucks with you just as much as the Women's department.
~*::Meow::*~