Ok, I didn't exactly fall off but I've been hanging off of it and
dragging my foot on the ground.... ok, I've killed that analogy...

So, in the months since I last posted...

... I turned 40
... I haven't been walking much at all (no treadmill and winter weather
made it icky to walk)
... I haven't been great about my diet (not awful, just not great)
... I stopped metering regularly (only when I thought I was hyper and
needed to confirm or deny -- and if I was I would grab handweights and
wave my arms around like a lunatic until my BG came back down)
... Gained back about 5-10 of the original 45 I lost before winter
started.

Now I am facing my first Dr. appt since I got my A1C of 5.6 last
December and dreading it. Also, at that time, my LDL was high and my HDL
was low and I haven't really done much to fix that since and my doc said
he would want to put me on something if I didn't get it down.

So, I'm feeling a lot of guilt and stupidity at myself. I got lazy and
now I have to force myself back into the lifestyle I had started to
adopt last summer/fall.

Hence my posting. I figure if I am public about this and honest (and
have an audience as well) it will help keep me in line.

So, here goes...

Hi. My name is Andy and I'm a type 2 diabetic. ("Hi Andy!") I had too
much pizza for dinner last night and clocked in at 174 mg/dl and then
did a mile on the treadmill (which we got a few weeks ago) and knocked
it down to 99. I weigh about 230-235 (I don't trust my scale right now
and need to buy a better one) down from 274 before dx and 225 before the
winter started). My goal is to walk 10k steps per day, keep my carb
intake <20-25 per meal (3-5 meals per day), drink at least 1 glass of
red wine a day (I'm civilized, dammit) and lose another 50 pounds (or
so). And I want to keep my A1C in the 5-range.

I know I've done a post similar to this before... fat lot of good it did
me then. So, here goes again...

-Andy in Rhode Island