Wed, Feb-10-16, 10:23
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,728
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Plan: HFLC/IF
Stats: 218/176/140
BF:27%
Progress: 54%
Location: Houston area
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finally back under 200
So, this morning, Steve's FBG was 180. How much of a factor is stress? He is a shell of his former self, due to crushing work stress. I know from reading the case studies in Dr. B's book that fatigue is a common complaint with diabetes but I thought that was for those who are having hypo episodes. He just stays tired all the time. Granted, he is 57 and has to work roughly 9 to 9 most days of the week, but we can't tell how much each thing contributes to the problem. He asked me what I thought was the reason for the fatigue. It broke my heart to have to tell him that this is one more thing to the illness's toll on his quality of life.
He set up his weights in the house so he doesn't have to contend with the cold garage. I had forgotten about the weights, in relation to his lower sugar, this morning because he didn't lift at all last night. Does resistance exercise improve our sugars in a general way or does it correspond in a workout night/lower in the morning kind of pattern? Night before last, when he did it, his strength was greatly diminished. He had trouble pressing 150 lbs., when usually, 200 to 250 is more his speed.
On a decidedly TMI note, the most personal of personal symptoms was improved the other night for the first time in a long time. I tried to gently point to that for some extra encouragement. You would think that would be all it would take.
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