My new normal

My blood suger, as of now, is within normal range. 120. Above 145 is high--this morning it was 144, but that was after several hours of not eating anything. Getting it to 120 is an accomplishment.

I've been eating a lot more veggies, and cut down on the meat. I'm also not eating much rice, which is a sacrifice for me--I love rice. I also love Chinese food, but that's a no-no right now, too. Dammit.

And I'm able to see a little better, too. See to read, that is--for a while there it was really hard to focus on text. Everything is still a little blurry but it seems to be better. Doc says that's a combination of diabetes and getting old.

Also can't do bread, much, though I have some five-grain Italian I had with dinner tonight that's pretty healthy. Also using an vinegar and olive oil dressing, mostly because olive oil is good at lowering the bad cholesterol, another issue I'm having to contend with. It's also pretty tasty.

I like the vieggies, raw and steamed, but when that's all I can eat it gets a bit tiresome. I steamed up some for dinner, mixed in some diced chicken breast and the aforementioned salad dressing, and it wasn't bad at all. It had the added benefit of producing the blood sugar score, noted above. (If you're interested, veggies were brocolli, spinach, carrots, and some string beans. Along with a Vidalia onion. Drizzled with the dressing. I saved the water to use for cooking later--it'll make a nice broth upon which to base a soup of some kind, methinks.)

I'm seriously considering becoming a vegetarian, at least for now. I tried it once before, years ago, during my bodybuilding period--it was okay but I decided it was just too difficult. And if I go that route this time I won't be all that strict about it. I can't or I'll go nuts. But I'm not one of those people who requires meat with every meal.

Poor Atari is not digging this new diea at all. He likes rice as much as I do and I usually give him my leftovers, over his regular food. He'll get used to it--he was starting to get a little heavy anyway.

Plus I have lost some weight. Not sure how much--at this point it really doesn't show up on the scales, just the clothes. I can't keep my warmup pants up now. Heh.

Fortunately I know how to diet, and I have some clothes from my leaner days, and I may even start exersizing some when my weight gets down a bit lower. Who knows? In a few months I'll be a shadow of myself. And that's a good thing.