Lost a few more pounds, moved more and had a pretty good week with blood glucose levels. I forgot one night, which I would expect to happen periodically, but some of it is likely quarantine related. Keeping habits is a challenge. Reminders and sticking to them are going to be important.

I also completed my first full week in Omada. It also adds accountability to this process along with education and peer support. I looking forward to the lesson this week (nutrition) and more conversation. Only 4 of the 11 peers have posted, but 2 doing very little. Interesting to see how much that changes over the coming weeks. This is a year long program.

I continue to work on eating the right way and moving more. Journaling is still important and I make a point to do it at least once per day. I officially kicked off Omada today. I’ll see what the weekly report looks like next week and figure out how to incorporate it here.

Basically, lost a few pound and made a little progress in BMI. Adding a few more tracking points this week as well. Found an old FitBit and I’m going to see if I can use that to get some sleep details. Tile today is a placeholder.

The spike in AM glucose(3/21/2020) was partially from booze along with mindless eating (see last post). I’ll try to document what happened with any spikes as we go along as well. Probably don’t need the date on the tiles since they will be in a dated post.

Next: Keep focus. Implement Omada coaching, group and learning.

This will be my first progress report in 2020. I suspect these will be more formal when I get Omada going, but I’ll put some of the stuff I’ve been monitoring in this post.

Weight

Blood Sugar

Next: Move into the Obesity Class I range.

This has been a very flat few weeks and motivation levels have been low. I have not hit the gym in about two weeks nor have I been active at home. At the same time, my eating has been a bit more liberal than it has been in a while.

To Do:

1. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
2. Move.

Next Milestone – Weight=180, target date = 05-DEC-2010

Thinking about how crazy my schedule has been lately, I can’t help but think how lucky I was to get started when I did. There was a nice lull from work, school and life in general that really let me think about what I wanted to accomplish. I had time to play around with several things to get the groundwork laid which has made the crazy time a bit easier.

Things are going pretty well from an eating well standpoint, but I need to get going on move vigorous exercise. I am still planning on nailing down my gym and trainer. Should be able to check out what I think will be the place today (LA Fitness).

Next Milestone – Weight=180, target date = 05-DEC-2010

Reminder: This will take me out of the obese classification and simply into overweight.

It has been a busy few weeks. Both work (travelling for a week) and school have complicated my efforts. But that’s what life is all about. The weight loss has slowed down considerably for the last few weeks. This is mainly due to less activity. I have done a pretty good job of eating, even when out of town. There has been a bit more alcohol in the mix, but eating right and in portion is becoming more and more of a habit.

One area that I need to focus on a bit more is fruit consumption. I am seeing higher sugar per day that I would like and it is mostly due to fruit. I will look to push more vegetables and beans into my diet and cut back a bit on the fruit.

You can see in the chart below, the tapering of the loss. This is my first plateau, and even so it is not disheartening. I have stayed flat for a week and dropped 1 and 1.5 pounds for the next two. Eating right in the right way is a major leg of the stool to getting healthy.

I am at the point where I really need to ramp up the physical activity. As it gets cooler, the pool becomes less of an option and cardio will not yield the long-term changes I am seeking.

The above chart shows my activity over the last 12 weeks. The pink bars indicate I am on track, the yellow that I am close and the green that I need to kick it into gear. Finding the balance of work, school and life are the tricky part and where it turns yellow is where they all converge. The right side of the chart is interesting – it shows how many days are in each type of activity level. I am proud to report that the right side of the chart is where I spent the majority of my time – with the largest number of days in the exceeding category. However, if it showed those over time, it would clearly be front-loaded which is not ideal.

I am looking to join a gym. And actually go to the gym. My employer offers reimbursement for this and I will be taking advantage of a membership and likely some personal training time. I am looking at some strength/resistance training as well as Pilates and\or yoga to work on flexibility. I am hoping to nail down the gym and join in the next week. I’ve got a bit more travelling coming up and want to be ready to hit it when I get back.

Next Milestone – Weight=180, target date = 05-DEC-2010

After re-calibrating my weight loss over the last several weeks, my target date is a bit more conservative. That said, I am looking to ramp up the activity and get back to a higher level of performance, accelerating this plan.