This Sucks!

I hate getting old.

Over One Hurdle

Last night me and a couple of my buddies met up to play Racquetball. I have taken to playing at least once a week but sometimes twice. If there was a court closer to my house I know I would play more but unfortunately there is not. But last night we played for 90 minutes. Now I know that is not an entirely long time but for my large derriere it is quite the accomplishment.

Monday I played Disc Golf with my son and a friend. Although not as aerobic as Racquetball I still end up with a sweat filled shirt and out of breath at times. The park we play at is full of hills and the course goes up and down and up and… well you get the picture. It is about 2 hours usually and always a good time. I love it.

I find that I am always thinking about Racquetball or Disc Golf. I could play either one every night if life allowed. The great thing is that my wife always gives me the green light to go. She knows that when you find any exercise that you enjoy, you should stick with it. That is a major hurdle for some people. Finding exercise they enjoy.

I know it is not the conventional type of exercise but I will actually do this. Willingly.

That is a nice hurdle to overcome.

You Tube Tuesday #31

Being Ninja usually means rolling solo but this little guy may be the sidekick needed to complete the Ninjabetic team!

This Cat is Ninja!

The Return of the Points

I joined Weight Watchers last week. This is only the second time I have joined and last time I lost 36 lbs so I have had a good track record. The reason I quit before was the meetings. The meetings can be awful.

I remember there was a lady that made her goal weight and everyone was cheering her on. Someone asked her how much weight she had lost to which the lady replied, 17 pounds. “oh well that is not that much” said the lady who needed to lost much more.

The instructor said, “Do not punish her because she had the desire to handle her weight problem before it got completely out of control.” Which I loved! BUT it was just not the kind of people I wanted to share about my life with.

The 15 point icing on the cake was when my weight loss was “easier because you are a man,” comment. Screw that.

Anyhow this new place is good and frankly, I can deal with the attitude if I have to. I want to lose weight so I will put up with whatever crap I have to.

I think I will also include you all in my weight loss. No, I am not gonna post my weight because I don’t think your monitor could handle that kind of number but I will let you know that after one week I have lost 2.8 lbs! Nice.

And if that lady who said that it is easier for men to lose weight is reading this then she needs to know that my wife lost more then I did so, HA!

On a side note I believe with a little more tweaking I will have my basal rates down. Those lows were effing scary last week but I am getting them under control. Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions. They have truly helped.

The Shorter Low - Update on Today

I was running high this morning and was fine with that since my battle yesterday.

Pre-lunch I was at 214. Bolused for the amount of carbs on the back of my Lean Cuisine with the correction.

2 PM – 98.

3 PM – 63.

So off I go to get a regular soda from the fridge and the infamous co-worker (this is the same one who has the candy AND who said those awful things to my boss’ wife) says, “You can’t drink that.”

“I’m low”

“Don’t you have some of those sugar tablets?”

“I ate them all yesterday.”

“I would think you would have a stock pile of them.”

“I think you should shut the fuck up and mind your own business!”
Nah, that last line was in my head but it was in my head so loud she probably heard it. I actually did not respond.

Unbelievable huh? Anyway, back to real issue.

Is my carb ratio wrong? Hmm. I lowered my basal rate. I am gonna just keep some juice with me on my drive home but this 63, I hardly felt.

BTW – I am reading all of your comments and they are helping me figure this out.