205.2 lbs. - Fasting BS 86

Good morning! I was hoping to see the 204s today but my weight didn't budge. 205.2 as a matter of fact. Oh well. Fasting blood sugar of 86 this morning. Yesterday's exercise consisted of walking to and from work (About 40 minutes of walking all together), and 45 minutes of DDR. I missed my friend's Battlefield2 gaming night because I wasn't able to start my workout until around 9pm. (Battlefield2 is an online multiplayer game. Lots of fun.)

I don't lose weight every day, but almost every day. I'm not too upset about being up .2... =)

I've been trying to conisder exactly when I'll add resistance training to my workout. I'm thinking around 185-190 I'll start. If anybody has any advice on this I'd love to hear it. I'm holding off because I know once I start bulking up my weight is no longer an indication of fat loss. Once I'm down to 185-190 area I'll probably switch to one of those electronic body fat % scales. There's one on my weight scale, but it varies wildy... I'm not sure if its working... Ah well... More to come later... (I'm going to talk a little about my diabetes results and the reason this seems to be working for me.) See ya...

Lance...

205 lbs.

Hello! My name is Lance. I am a type 2 diabetic, and at the start of my diet weighed 226 pounds. I've actually weighed as much as 240. Recently, a friend and co-worker introduced me to a diet plan, the Suzanne Somers diet. I was intrigued by what I was reading. The plan was not a crash diet. It was based on sound principles. It seemed like it would work. It didn't seem like it would be easy, but I wanted to try it because, if the diet was correct, I would be able to control, and perhaps cure my diabetes. This gave me the drive to continue the diet.

As I started the diet, I saw my fasting blood sugar levels go from the 110 level to the low 80s over a period of 3 weeks. I was able to completely stop taking medications my second week. I was also losing weight and feeling better than I can ever remember feeling.

It has now been 6 weeks. My current weight is 205. My goal is to reach 199 before we leave for our vacation at Disneyland on August 6th. My current rate of weight loss is about 2-2.5 pounds per week. At that rate I'll reach my goal in two weeks, and will be closer to 195 on our vacation. I hope I can make it.

I'm creating this blog to log what I'm doing, and what is happening. I will be happy to answer anybody's questions about what I'm doing, and why. To catch you all up, here is the numbers of my weight loss up until now:

• 5/19/2006 - 226 lbs. - Diet starts.
• 5/26/2006 - 216lbs. - Wow! 10 pounds in a week. This was wild. I started seeing visions of being my natural weight in a few weeks. Sadly this was not to conitnue.
• 6/16/2006 - 209 - I was not recording my actual weight until today. The previous two dates are the only two I could remember that I was positive about. From this point on I was recording almost every day.
• 6/19/2006 - 207.8
• 6/21/2006 - 207.4
• 6/22/2006 - 207
• 6/23/2006 - 206.4
• 6/26/2006 - 208 - Regression! Drank a TON of diet caffiene free soda pop over the weekend. Payed the price. Didn't think it would be so dramatic! No more soda for me!
• 6/27/2006 - 207
• 6/28/2006 - 206.6
• 6/29/2006 - 205 - Amazing... Pounds have been dropping fast getting me back on track!

So that's the story so far. In the coming days I will talk about the meals I am eating, and other things related to the diet, as well as my goals! I hope this helps some of you!

Lance...