My personal accomplishments for 1-27-09

It has been much too long since I had been to Ballys.
This morning my son said he was going to go lift weights and asked if I wanted to go exercise,
"Exercise" "I don't think so!"
It's 29 degrees and I would rather not go out and besides I don't want to find out how much I have gained. I have been carefully watching what I eat , because of my diabetes, but my portions have been out of control.
I started to think I have a paid membership that I am not using, when was the last time I had gone. Thinking back, it was just before Thanksgiving.
Why did I stop?
I realized that the treadmill had triggered my asthma and I needed to take my albuterol In fact that day I ended up taking 2 more. But I think I'll be okay this time I am on a longer lasting medication that is not a steroid.
I started taking SEREVENT DISKUS 50 mcg on January 1, 2009 and I cannot believe how fantastic I feel.
I have not had to use my albuterol inhaler once in 27 days.
So I said, "Okay, I'm going, but I want to take my scheduled puff before we leave.

There are two Ballys in our area, North Providence and East Providence. We go to the Bally at
50 Narragansett Park Dr., East Providence, RI 02916 (401) 434-1500.
They have a newly renovated building with a pool that has steps to walk into and the distance is shorter 15 minutes.
I felt I made the start, I signed in and went to the women's change area. First,thing I needed to do was find out my weight.
Here goes, I gained.
OMG My weight is now 172.
My short term goal is now at least 15 pounds before my next physical in April
I spent 20 minutes on one Lifecycle treadmill and then found out from Ron, who services the machines that there were newer ones that gave you your heart rate. I did another 20 minutes and found that my heart rate went from 96 to 120. According to the chart for age 60 it should not exceed128 . I was burning 68 calories with a speed of 2.5 Next time I will increase the speed to maybe 3.5
I actually worked up a sweat but my breathing was perfect. No need for the Albuterol which I had in my pocket, just in case.
I spent 30 minutes in the pool and 10 minutes in the Whirlpool the most enjoyable time. I love the whirlpool.
Total time 2 hours. Not bad for getting back in the swing.
Now when do I go back?

THE GOOD AND THE BAD of my examination

Yesterday I had my 4 month doctor's exam and follow-up to the blood work done on 5-19-08. The GOOD news first was that he and I were delighted with the hemoglobin A1c It had gone from 7.3 down to a 7.0 and the reading yesterday for my sugar was only 101

For a diabetic a 7.0 indicates( well-controlled). Hooray

However the BAD news, after telling me the good news he said I see that you gained 1 pound and are having difficulty losing. I now know the reasonwhy, your blood work shows that you have a low thyroid level of 6.1 and that causes your body to slow down, have poor metabolism, have low energy and does not allow you to lose weight even if you ran a marathon. I definitely want YOU to begin this prescription for LEVOTHYROXIN, it will be like getting EXTRA caffeine. You will find that you have allot more energy and you will begin to lose the weight. I know you dislike take medications, but this one is a necessary one if you want to live. You cannot let your body run down, it eventually will affect your heart. WOW I DID NOT EXPECT THIS BLOW.

As to my asthma, since I do not want to give away buddy and I sleep in a bedroom with carpeting, he wants me to continue taking Singulair and Loratadine daily. He did give me a prescription for Albuterol for emergencies and Serevent discus (inhalation powder) for controlling the asthma. I will need all that energy to work more hours to make the money to pay for these medications.