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Category: Health

  • Diabetes Daycare

    At the class on the 7th floor of Burnaby General.

    Got my blood sugar metre, connected it via Bluetooth, so the results would be stored. It has a decent app, and it looks like there are other apps that’ll interface with the data. It’ll even send emails/texts like this one:

    Last blood sugar reading: 5.4, After Meal, In Range
    Date/Time: 01 Jun 2016, 10:11

    It’s a Bluetooth link, and I’ve a habit of keeping my Bluetooth off. Thinking I’ll get a RFID couple of  stickers for the case, tap the phone, unlock it, enable the Bluetooth, then tap the phone against the case again to shut the Bluetooth back off. Something to look into.

    Beyond that, I’ve got tools now, which means I can track things better.

    I’ve been tracking my walks on my phone via the onboard pedometer and GPS, but I wonder if I should get a fitbit or something more accurate. I’ve got a good Garmin watch, that I should reinstall on my new pc, now that I’ve managed to free up some USB ports.

    Jeeves, add that to my to-do list and remind me to do it in 6 hours.

    Wait. I don’t have a Jeeves. Damn it.

  • Went hiking

    So, I hiked up the TransCanada trail, from the base of SFU, over at Dalla Tina Ave, up and around to Cardiac Hill, and back down. It was about 9km, over the course of 2 hours. I went with a small group, a couple friends from work, some others who were in the area. I lagged a bit behind for most of it, the rest of them in better shape.

    Afterwards, I had intended to be social, but that didn’t work out. My legs were a little too sore, same with my feet. But I’ll probably do something similar next week.

  • Two weeks later.

    Well, I’ve been watching my diet and I’m back to walking around 30 minutes a day. I’ve dropped down to 345lbs, which is surprising progress. Surprising enough that I am doubting the scale currently.

    Other than that, the weekend was a bust again. Didn’t manage Shadowrun, which was expected, didn’t manage the backup plan either.

    Did play some video games. The new episodic Hitman is pretty decent. Though it seems like I’m having issues with getting up to the third floor on the Italy level.

    I need to be writing more, I think. But I’m often lacking in inspiration these days.

  • Fitness tracking

    According to the tracker over at fit.google.com, I’ve gotten about 9 and a half hours of exercise in the last week. I’ve been making an effort to go for a walk during my lunch hour, on sunny days. I can get a good 3Km walk in, from Royal Oak Station to Edmonds station, then the train back to Royal Oak. that’s all I can manage over my lunch hour.

    After work, I’ve been heading home so I’m eating and taking the metforin at roughly the same time. I should be going for a walk after dinner, but I haven’t really been up for that for various reasons.

    Another alternative would be to get up a bit earlier and get some exercise before I shower for work. But I’m not sure how well that would work.

  • Sugar free

    The threat of type two diabetes has been looming over me for a decade or more, as a larger person. It has now ceased looming, and is now actively influencing my life: Metforin with my meals, minimize sugar, get more exercise.

    I’m not sure how to deal with it, emotionally. Nor how to deal with the extra 30 lbs I’ve picked up in the last year.

    I need to get my bike checked out, so I can ride it, see if that’ll help. I want to get an exercise bike for my room, since I spend all my time in there.

    I suspect if I were more like my sister,  I’d convert the garage into an exercise room. An old TV out there, a bike, etc. Unfortunately, with the existing swampy wiring problem, that’s not a reasonable plan.

    Logically, I should go to the gym, but for whatever reason, I’m not comfortable with that idea.

    In the mean time, I guess I’ll try walking more and seeing if that works. Though I probably need to pack my own water. It won’t be enough, but it is some activity. Start there, get some momentum.

  • Fun with paresthesias

    The alcohol and late night triggered a serotonin drop, which resulted in SSRI withdrawal syndrome. That’s why I’ve nausea and dry mouth, to go with the previous heavy sweating I’d been experiencing.

    I’m currently suffering paresthesias, a strange tingling feeling down the sides of my face.

    My mood is good, overall. Aside from feeling sick to my stomach, I’m relaxed and somewhat hopeful.

  • #30for30. I failed.

    Well, last weekend, I managed my 30for30 on the first day off, but not the second day off, as I spend the day buried under the blankets with a sore throat, drinking fluids and generally trying to conserve energy. That carried over for a couple more days, and I didn’t continue my post work walking, though I should have.

    So, I’ve failed the challenge, though I’ll be trying to get back into the habit of it soon.

    My hours at work will be changing. I’ll be doing the Monday to Friday, noon to nine shift. I’m going to try to walk home after, which should be good. Or at least walk as far as BCIT.

     

  • #30for30 day 16 & 17

    After writing my article yesterday, I had enough time for a nice walk down past Dick’s Lumber before catching my bus. I’m not sure exactly how much time it took, but I left my place just after 1:10 and I arrived at the bus stop at 1:53. I’m used to being able to check the Google Fit record to see how long I was walking for, but I don’t currently have that option. Today I’ll get a walk in before I head over to visit Gram and Carol. And tonight I think I may end up soaking in the hot tub.

  • #30for30 Day 15 – More Gremlins

    I didn’t get my full walk in before work, so I figured I’d do what I’ve done lately and walk home via BCIT, getting in a good 30-50 minutes of walking down a rather quiet bike route. This plan was sidetracked by the gremlins deciding to take the life of my celllphone. It’s stuck in rebooting when powered up loop. So, I had to head home to switch to my backup phone before continuing my walk. But, I managed to get my 30 minutes in before midnight.

  • #30for30 day 14.

    Walk down towards BCIT, a 50+ minute walk. Decent speed, until I got into the maze bits where the road isn’t what the map says it should be.