Day 10 of walking course on treadmill

 Oh man

this one beat my butt

I feel slightly queasy, but that could be the ozempic and covid and flu shot working together in an unholy combination.

Very innocent seeming.  Push for 5 minutes.

gonna go lie down, i think.

really don't feel well.

Day 3

 Did my third workout with the treadmill today.  

I like the big screen, so I can watch things.  The iFit training stuff is nice.  The trainer is taking us through some of the national parks in California.  

It learns how I need to go, as it goes.  The trainer said at one point, that I should have a 5-6 effort at that point.  My effort was closer to a 3.  So I increased the pace by .2 mph.  That worked perfectly.  My normal walking pace is pretty close to 3mph, and it seemed to think it was like 2.5 or 2.6.  So the increase helped it learn that I don't need to be THAT slow.  

I have discovered that potatoes spike my sugar HUGELY.  :(
But pumpkin bread does not.  :D

Treadmill & iFit

 John got a new treadmill.  It arrived last Thursday.

I started using it yesterday, started a walking (I think) series.

This is my first one.

My next one, today's, was a recovery walk.  Pretty easy, actually.  

This was today's set.  
Heart rate means nothing, to me, since my resting heart rate is like 100ish.  (103 right now, and I've been done for half an hour.)  So, I guess my rate increased about 20 bpm.  Not too bad, I suppose.  Dunno how much it's supposed to increase with exercise.  But I never see more than like 145, no matter how hard I push.  Too weird.

Anyway.  I've got tomorrow's walk queued up and ready to go.  

Just had a thought!

 Yeah, I know.  :)
How's that a new thing?
Well, the thought is that I am at 174 pounds.  

My 'goal' weight is 155.  I'm technically under 20 pounds to my goal.  O-O 
SPAZZZZZ

I'm... word escapes me.  If it was a bad thing, it would be aghast, but it's a good feeling.  Maybe stunned?
Oh, the scale I use is called "Fit Index" and they are a biometric scale company.  It connects via bluetooth to the phone.  John bought ours before his bariatric surgery.  I've purchased two for friends.  I really like them.  Got it from Amazon, for about $25.  They still go for about that.  
I might change my goals as I go, I don't know.  I picked 155 as a nice number to aim for.  But it might still be too high.  Dunno.  I don't know that I ever thought I'd GET to it.  So any number was a good target.

Weirdness

 So, I'm having an interesting time eating.  

Animal proteins now seem to have an 'off' flavor.  Fish is a BIG no no, although tuna from a can seems ok.  I'm gonna try some chicken tonight, and see how that is.  

Carbs are ok, but if I eat too many of them, I get queasy.  

So, that's all fun.  

On the plus side, I'm down to 176 pounds.  

I might post some 'before to now' photos.  I've got the post primed and ready to go with the before pics.  Just need to take some now ones.

Stay fabulous, my people!

July 24th Physical news

 So, loyal readers.

I had my annual physical today.  

I'm down to 178 (with clothes, LOL) 
My A1c is 7.0, down from 7.7.  WOOOOOT!

My cholesterol/HDL: 2.4.  Down from 6.5!!!
HDL is 48 , which is up from 40, but still well withing the 40-60 range.  :)
LDL is calculated at 35, my last one couldn't calculate, because of elevated triglycerides.  BUT, much under the <130.  :D
Cholesterol is at 115, down from 261.  and WELL within the 50-200 range.
Triglycerides are still a bit high - 158, but compared to my last one - 526, I'll take it.  Ideal range for that is 25-150.  I *think* when/as my average blood sugar goes down, so will this one.  :)

I don't know what this is, but it's now in normal range: Alanine Aminotransferase 74 U/L and it was 94, with a normal range of 12-78.  
Oooo, of course I looked it up.  high levels happen with liver damage.  hmm.  I guess I might have been on the way to hurting my liver, but now it's better?  
copy/paste from my quick google search.
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme found primarily in the liver and kidney. It was originally referred to as serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT). Normally, a low level of ALT exists in the serum. ALT is increased with liver damage and is used to screen for and/or monitor liver disease.
Another one, probably liver associated: Aspartate Amino Transf.  is 31, was 50.  With a normal range of 15-37.  I'll do another search!  Yep.  another liver one.  I know one of the things I might have is a fatty liver, and losing weight will/can help with that, and guess who's lost like 6 pounds so far.  Yours truly!  So, going by numbers, I might just have been at the edge of doing major damage to my liver!  boggle.
ok.  
Yet another liver one.  Bilirubin  - 0.9 with a normal of 0.0 to 1.0.  previous was 0.8.  hmm.  gotta take better care of my insides.  

Average daily glucose level 142, down from an uncontrolled 253.  All of these before numbers come from April of last year, by the way.  

On the whole, I think I'm doing amazing, with the help of meds.  I hope I can maybe someday come off of some of the diabetes ones.  Not likely to stop using thyroid meds.  sadly, once that beast stops working right, it rarely comes back.  

I don't need any invasive stuff for a couple of years.  Flu shot later in the year.  But that's it.  

Stay awesome, my people.  LUV YA!

GOAL ACHIEVED!!!

 I made it under 180, for real this time!  Scale is working right, now.