Happy D-Blog Day!

It would be a happier day if we did not have to worry about Diabetes but the fact is I love blogging and reading and just being a part of this community! So I say Happy D-Blog Day!

Be sure and click on the picture to read about D-Blog day over at Gina's blog.

Thank you Gina and Jon for all your work over at DiabetesTalkFest!

Reminiscing

“We’ll go dancing in the dark, walking through the park and reminiscing.” – Little River Band (One of this ninja’s favorite songs)

I spent this morning looking at my posts from this time last year. I wrote about my first walk and about how blogging has changed my life. I wrote about quitting smoking and how checking my BG several times a day was now the norm as opposed to the 1 a month that I was doing.

I remember back 2 years ago when my A1C was 12.5 (which still freaks me out).

And this year I get to reflect on the weight loss. That has been the big battle that I have attempted to win. I should say that I will win. I know I waited for a long time to start this weight loss stuff but I knew I had to wait at least a year after quitting smoking. I just wanted to hit that milestone before taking on something new.

Just like last year, I am so thankful for all of you readers and those of you that leave me comments. Your words of encouragement provide great support for me. I will go back and read comments many times over when I start to get down on myself.

Do you ever just stroll down memory lane in your history of posts? I find it to be a really good exercise.

The Old Switcheroo

I cannot iron. I have tried and tried over the years and all I seem to do is iron in more wrinkles. The only successful ironing runs I have ever had have taken about 15 minutes for one article of clothing. Not nearly enough time for me to do my entire outfit in the morning as well as shave, shower, check my BG, pack up and hit the road.

My wife always irons my stuff for me and literally lays out an outfit for me. Another issue I have is the inability to match clothing in the early morning. I do well with weekend clothes but work clothes? Forget it! Someone really needs to come out with a line of Grranimals for adults. I would change my entire wardrobe.

Anyhow I get home yesterday after a long day at work and decide to change into something more comfortable, like shorts and a t-shirt when my wife says, “How did the pants work out?”

“Um, they did not fail me (I say jokingly). What do you mean?”

“Well,” she says in a strange voice, “I accidentally grabbed one of your other [read: pre-fat ass] pants and just hoped they would work. I didn’t have time to iron another after I noticed.”

“Woah.” (and not like that Joey Lawence “Blossom” woah) “That is pretty freaking cool. I had no idea. Very cool!”

Scales are one thing and it is nice to see the numbers steadily heading downward but stuff like this is a way better pay off!

You Tube Tuesday #45

This is how I avoid all the extra points from french fries.

I cannot decide is this is very cool or very gross. Maybe a little of both.

Enjoy (and eat some carrots).

Rough Night?

I have no clue what the hell I did in my sleep but I did not notice thise yesterday. And here I thought I could use this thing as a grappling hook if my ninja skills failed me. Thank goodness that has not happened yet.

I would love to hear what you think happened. I am thinking with a funny caption, this could work on Siah's LOL Diabetes site.

Maybe - "Don't bolus so hard!"

I am too tired to think.