Non Scale Victories

[LeeLee]

Great Willpower there Dory - well done you!

I am slightly confused but happy. I am on a rare 'getting dressed up' night tonight and have gone through my wardrobe and am now posing in a pair of size 16 jeans and 16 tunic top - topped off with a size 18 leather jacket!

I feel great in how I look - not felt so good about myself in a while.
Now how can it that I can get in the clothes comfortably that I was in when at my lightest last year - and I do look slimmer in the legs, hips and bum area. It must be all the gym work Iwas doing before my hip injury. Sp its not all about those flipping scales is it!!

Its inspired me - and I am celebrating with a vodka and diet coke!!

Hi Lucy, hope you had a lovely time. There's nothing to beat the feeling of knowing you're looking your best.

 

[runner]

You said it Lucy - so pleased you feel so good about yourself - and s0 you should

 

[Dory]

Yay! my first exercise-class 100% success:

before dance class: 5.6. had a banana (did not bolus)
put TBR of 50% to last the hour-long class
tested half way thru class: 6.8
end of class: 6.7

this has NEVER happened!! all other attempts have seen me having to get it up to 8-9 before the class and then seen it plummet to around 4 (usually before the class finishes which sees me having to leave early to avoid it going very hypo).

Of course, this is a)in the morning b)a dance class c)that time of the month so who knows whether the banana trick will work for a 7pm weekday combat (ie much higher impact) class........ 😉

the joy of diabetes!

 

[lucy123]

Thats great Dory - just keep an eye on them over the next few hours as mine for some reason can keep rising after a class (and then for me because I am 'special' plummet some times.

Its good to see progress though - do you think the healthy lifestyle is helping this?

 

[Dory]

Hi Lucy and thanks!! yes, I keep an eye on them after classes for the same reason as you - they do rise and then drop.

This is understandable as I'm guessing that when your body exercises your liver gets triggered to release glycogen which causes the increase after sport. For me, the drop after that is because sport increases my insulin sensitivity so my normal insulin rates are too much and my body is also eating up the glucose I do have floating around in reparing/feeding my muscles.

I don't think it's the healthy lifestyle as I've been doing classes for about 8 years now and have had a healthy diet for many years now. the problem was that i wasn't monitoring what types of exercise and foods, and health events etc were doing to my sugars. It's only in the past few months that I've been taking an active interest.

 

[runner]

Yay! my first exercise-class 100% success:

before dance class: 5.6. had a banana (did not bolus)
put TBR of 50% to last the hour-long class
tested half way thru class: 6.8
end of class: 6.7

this has NEVER happened!! all other attempts have seen me having to get it up to 8-9 before the class and then seen it plummet to around 4 (usually before the class finishes which sees me having to leave early to avoid it going very hypo).

Of course, this is a)in the morning b)a dance class c)that time of the month so who knows whether the banana trick will work for a 7pm weekday combat (ie much higher impact) class........ 😉

the joy of diabetes!

Brilliant Dory - the whole exercise issue is why I joined the forum in the first place, for advice and support - looks like you've cracked it!

 

[Dory]

thanks runner....by comparison, this was last night's combat class 20.30-21.30:

20.15 - 8.6 (not a deliberate attempt, it was just that level when i tested). put a TBR so basal was at 30% to last through the class
21.30 - 5.3.

the drop is too much for my liking as it requires me to have to get the level up higher before the start of the class. but i deliberately didn't eat a banana bfore hand as didn't want the reading to stay that level.

so I think I have 2 workarounds, one for when reading is 'normal' (ie 5-7) before class which is a 50% basal and banana and one for when it's slightly higher (8-9) which is 30% basal and no food.

now just sorting out sugar levels for the rest of my life events to deal with (can you see where my priorities are lol 😉)

 

[MichaelVincent]

Here's my non-scale victory: I bought a new polo shirt at the weekend ... I took two into the changing rooms, an X-Large as usual and a large just in case.

The Large fitted. I am chuffed!

Mike

 

[Northerner]

Here's my non-scale victory: I bought a new polo shirt at the weekend ... I took two into the changing rooms, an X-Large as usual and a large just in case.

The Large fitted. I am chuffed!

Mike

Great news Mike! Welcome to the forum 🙂

 

[gail2]

the two skirts i brought two weeks ago are to big and so will be taking them back to shop today

 

[Northerner]

the two skirts i brought two weeks ago are to big and so will be taking them back to shop today

That's terrific Gail! 🙂

 

[LeeLee]

After spending several months getting into the pyjamas my daughter gave me from her fatter days, I now need to hold them up when slobbing around the house. A trip to Primark could be on the cards this weekend!

 

[lucy123]

Brilliant LeeLee - well done! I love pyjamas! I do have to prise myself out of them each morning and make a bit of an effort.
I did think about buying a onesie but really mustn't as I know I would live in it!

 

[Dory]

A1c levels

Hi folks. Some of you will know that at the beginning of this year, I decided to face my bG levels head on rather than just resignedly accept they were all over the place and with no control.

I've never had great control (always been over 8.0 since I was diagnosed 23 years ago). But when I got fitted with a pump at the end of 2009, things started improving. Within 6 months, I was down to 7.2. Then I had a few things go disastrously wrong in my life (both work and personal), which nearly saw me throw it all in once or twice. Things spiralled out of control. Fast forward to December 2012, my A1c was 8.0.

However, since joining this forum, I have shed blood sweat and tears over tweaking, testing, tweaking, retesting etc - with advice from your helpful selves and guides I have been recommended. It was hard work and at times I nearly gave up and thought 's*d it, nothing I do seems to be helping'.

I had an A1c done 18th Feb 2013. The results came thorugh today. It's down to 7.1. in 2 months, I have turned things around completely. And I know I'm not 100% there yet. But 1.0mmol in 2 months is pretty amazing. In fact, 7.1 is the owest A1c I've ever had. that is all down to finding this site and meeting you guys, and the advice you've given me.

I can't thank you all enough - you don't realise how you've saved me.

XXXXXX

 

[LeeLee]

And a big well done to you as well Dory. YOU put in the hard work. So glad it's paying off. 😉

 

[Northerner]

Brilliant Dory! Well done on a fantastic reduction and for seeing it through - you have been admirably rewarded for all your hard work! 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Great work Dory.

Picking up ideas and approaches on forums can be a real 'lightbulb moment' but it is you who has put the hard work in and made them work in your own situation.

Congratulations on the improved A1c, that's a huge achievement. Long may it continue!

 

[runner]

That's some determination Dory - Go Girl x

 

[Dory]

thank you so much everyone!

have had a bit of a break recently from the basal testing but now i have the overnight sorted I can't put it off any longer, I'm going to have to do day time. Maybe next week 😉

 

[runner]

Its amazing how sizes change over the years: tried some smaller jeans on today after discovering a top I like actually fits me again now. 2 size 14's could just squeeze into, but way too tight, so another month or two yet. then an old size 16 - couldn't even get the button anywhere near doing up, yet wear a pair of 16s at the mo that would fall off without a belt!
Guess that means I'm a size 15 LOL