Day 10

I have been a type II diabetic since 1992. I contracted neuropathy in 1997(common difficulty) and have had little or no tactile feeling below the knees since. It makes balance, walking, showering, driving, exercising, somewhat difficult. There are no cures according to the doctors. I'm proceeding with the fasting regimen hoping that it may clear up whatever the cause is.

That condition has demoralized me. No honestly, I guess I've been using that excuse to delay this dieting/exercising regimen. I've been lazy. Now that I've started, my legs and feet are beginning to get stronger. Starting yesterday, there is a definite change in my lower body.

I've become accustomed to holding the hand rail up and down stairs. Strangely enough yesterday, I bounded up the stairs at the gym two at a time without help. At the top, I was only partially winded. A definite improvement. I normally would go up one stair at a time, holding the rail and be totally winded by the time I reach the top.

1. Fasted Blood Sugar...............101
2. Weight ..........................215
3. Waist ............................43
4. Calorie Intake (6/8/04)..........519
5. Prescription Drugs ................0
6. Vitamins ..........................0
7. Exercise-class hours ..............0
8. Exercise-weights ..................0
9. Exercise-treadmill, bike ..........0
10.Walking with 2 15 lb weights........3
11.Walking.............................7

Breakfast
1 orange......................................64

Lunch
Ten Strawberries...44 per cup.................66

Dinner
3 Cups of shredded cabbage 9/i/2 cup..........54
1/2 Cup of grated carrots..31/1 7.5 ".........62
1/4 Cup of diced onions...30/ 1/2 cup.........15
1/4 Cup of sliced beets...35/1 beet............9
3 Cloves garlic........per clove 4............12
1 Tablespoon Vinegar-Braggs....................0
1 Tablespoon Aminos-Braggs.....................0
1 Tomato/Onions...............................63

Snacks

2 Oranges (64 per)............................128
3 Slices of Melba Toast..3 slices..............50
12 Grapes...at 58/cup..........................58

Well it happened. I just free-walked for a straight hour occasionally carrying 30 lbs of free weights. And I could have walked longer. Before the fast, I couldn't walk across the street to our neighbors without laboring. My breathing would get me. The fast has freed something or other and my asthma-driven, shallow breathing has temporarily disappeared. I will continue my regimen and attempt to improve my breathing capacity.

I am learning alot charting my calories. It tells me what foods are loaded and those that are not. Seeing that three tablespoons of olive oil ran to 130 calories, I eliminated it from my new batch of cold slaw. I didn't miss it at all.