Spring Break Day 3 Yesterday's Gone

Nadia got back last night, and she was so excited about all the cool food she was able to purchase at the Asian Market in Oklahoma City. So, we've been having a great time with that. I decided to rest a bit today. My blood sugars have been great. Early this morning, it was 62; at 1 PM, it was 158; and it was 56 at 7 PM. I may do a few exercises today, but not too much. I'll hit it hard tomorrow.

"Dont stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Dont stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone."

-Fleetwood Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8arvEzHsA8

Spring Break Day 2 There is No Spoon

Well rested. Woke up at 11 and checked blood sugar. It's 187, so not ideal (still technically high blood sugar), but an improvement on how it's been lately. I go to see Laurie for a check up on April 20th, and I want my Hemoglobin A1C to be at least below 8. 6 is healthy, but I have to set a realistic goal, because the A1C gathers the blood sugar average for the past 3 months. If I can get below 8, I will consider it a major success. I want to find my MP3 player and go for a nice, long run today.

11 AM

BG: 187 mg/dL
Carb intake: 100 g
Bolus: 12.2 units
Music: Bon Jovi
Movie: Thank you for Smoking
Pushups: 50
Crunches: 200
Jumping Jacks: 100
Bicycle kicks: 200


"She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got'Cause it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.We've got each other and that's a lot for love -We'll give it a shot.
We're half way there - Livin' on a prayer!"
-Bon Jovi

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2PM

BG: 84 mg/dL

I'll start my run at 2PM
I don't know where I'll go, but I'll find out soon

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5PM

BG: 230 mg/dL
Carb intake: 50 g
Bolus: 5.0 units

"Send a heartbeat to
The void that cries through you
Relive the pictures that have come to pass
For now we stand alone
The world is lost and blown
And we are flesh and blood disintegrate
With no more to hate."

-Smashing Pumpkins
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7:30PM

BG: 59 mg/dL
Carb intake: 116 g
Bolus: 11.4

"Push the fader gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota
Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh."

-Red Hot Chili Peppers


My daily fitness tip wants me to hang a diagram of the food pyramid on my wall. Hmm...

Spring Break Day 1

I've decided that I've had enough. 269 Blood Sugar today at 12:50. I am going to get healthy this Spring Break. Step 1: Spend Small Fortune at Wal-mart on "essential supplies":

Yoga Mat
Doors CD
Bon Jovi CD
Select Harvest Light: Vegetable Beef and Barley
18 Eggs
6 Bananas
Inspirational Movies: The Matrix Series

Today is the first day of Spring Break at the U of O. I will take full advantage of this time to:

I) Take complete and utter control of my blood sugar
II) Get into good shape or at least get on the road to good shape
III) Record it on the blog (to help me organize my blood sugar and exercise.

Day 1
1 PM
BG: 269 mg/dL
Carb intake: 150 g
Bolus: 19.9 units
Goal for tomorrow at 1 PM: 100 mg/dL
Protein intake: 58 g
Pushups: 50
Crunches 200
Music: The Doors
Movie: The Matrix
Reading Material: SPORTS AND FITNESS NUTRITION by Robert Wildman and Barry Miller: Ch 1. Nutrition, Exercise, and Health

"I'm gonna love ya til the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love ya til the stars fall from the sky
for you and I"
-The Doors

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Walked/Ran for a good hour and a half
First time I've felt truly motivated since February.

5PM
BG: 95 mg/dL
Carb intake: 0 g
Bolus: 0.0 units

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6PM
BG: 53 mg/dL
Carb intake: 28 g
Bolus: 1.5 units

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9PM
BG: 193 mg/dL
Carb intake: 0 g
Bolus: 0.0 units

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11PM
BG: 82 mg/dL
Carb intake: 80 g
Bolus: 8.2 units

Phishing Attempt

It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought I'd come on and write a little more. Recently, school has been getting busy with the double major in Music and Communications. I'm learning to play the piano, my former room-mate and best friend Brandon Barron is doing incredibly well with Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C# Minor", and it's really reminded me of my Mama Laura; I've been playing around with composing, camera work, helping Nadia understand cross-hatching in her Drawing class, proof-reading tutees' papers for pay, and sleeping very little, but enough.

I've recently formed a band with Brandon, my former room-mate and three other guys named Tony, Carlos, and Patrick. Our band's name is Phishing Attempt. Our first performance was "Freebird" for the Talent Show at the U of O, but we've been playing at the Coffee House and want to pursue further gigs elsewhere. Here is the link to the video on Youtube of us performing in Rowntree. My microphone was too soft in the beginning, but things improved, so the first verse is missing, but the second verse is there as well as the crazy guitar solo by Brandon.

Anyway, enjoy!