OT : My health

Posted by Hugh MacKay on April 20, 2005 at 15:49:50 from (64.228.11.119):

As many of you know, I milked cows for many years, close to 100 of them lot of those years. Never had any problem in those keeping the weight 180-200 lbs, not bad for 6'2". Two things happened when I stopped milking cows; after all these years I still rise at 5am every morning. Bunkus to all those guys that told me I would enjoy sleeping in. Second item, I never learned to push back from the dinner table. My daughter estimates I walked 5 miles per day in dairy barn. Net result is I now weigh 250 lbs.

Through the years I've always been plagued with low blood sugar, not bad just carried a candy bar to correct this. Bad habit number 2. Doctor warned me 15 years ago blood sugar problem may reverse as I get older. Hadn't been feeling great this past winter so went to Doctor. Blood presure, heart, chest, colestrol all fine. But not that blood sugar. Been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Pills and diet to control this. My good better half of close to 40 years being a home economist teacher is right on top of that diet thing.

HERE IS THE KICKER: The diet is designed to make me loose 1.5 lbs per week. Just have to convince my carcass to live off stored fat rather than food. Two weeks into this it's not bad, plus I feel so much better with blood sugar at 6. Biggest problen is lack of energy when I do physical things. No, that's not right, biggest problem, MISSUS is picking on me. I seemed to have developed a habit of coming in asking what our next meal is 2 hours ahead of time. Marg. has done volunteering at a seniors residence. One of staff jokes there is the old folks lining up for lunch 3/4 hour after breakfast. Since my diet I've told her I see the problem at seniors res., "They bloomin well don't feed them enough." This has reached the point where I dare not walk through kitchen in the hour before meal time. She is really giving me the old one-two on my one man lineup.

This is not bad folks, as Doc. said, "we know how to manage diabetes, some things we don't. You can live 1st 50 years of life quite reckless on diet, after that you must eat for your health." I will survive, will be around at YT, may be a bit cranky until I get this carcass feeding off stored fat.

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