Day 34 Happy 4th of July--Improvements

Happy really doesn't cover how I felt this morning. Outside my overall condition improving, I hadn't seen a serious improvement in my physiognomy until early this morning. I happened to look at my feet carefully for the first time in a month. I was shocked. Gone were the dry scaly skin and little white polyps. In their place was clear smooth baby-like skin.

For years my feet were always a problem, The scaly skin had been so severe, I often would pull it off only to find it connected to good skin which caused a wound. For years I had used a razor blade to remove dead skin and quite often cut too deep because I had no feeling in my feet. As a diabeticmI always took care of foot wounds to avoid the amputation that many diabetics suffer. You have no idea having had crusty, flaking, molting-like feet replaced by baby skin. It is almost traumatic. I want this regimen to work so bad. So far. so good.


Meal 1....Tomato Juice.............................50
Meal 2....Celery,two stocks..@ 6/..................12
Meal 3....1 White Peach...small....................34
Meal 4....3 Banana Chips...12 each.................36
Meal 5....Cold Slaw Large bowl **.................160
Meal 6....3 Tbsp Tahini/Honey=206.................618
Meal 7....Pineapple...2 slice...231 whole..........56
Meal 8....Orange juice.............................77
Meal 9....Cherries fresh..104/cup.................156


Readings for blood sugar were recorded:

Before first meal this morning........118
Before 4th meal........................99


1. Fasted Blood Sugar..........................118
2. Weight .....................................208
3. Waist .......................................40.5
4. Calorie Intake (6/30/04)....................957
5. Prescription Drugs ...........................0
6. Vitamins .....................................0
7. Exercise-class hours .........................0
8. Exercise-weights ..............................5
9. Exercise-treadmill, bike ......................5
10.Walking with 2 15 lb weights..................0
11.Walking.......................................0
12. Pilates......................................1.0

I have made significant improvements in my conditioning. When I started on the treadmill, I had a hard time going 15 minutes at 2.5 MPH. A month later, I have improved to 3.2 MPH with ease. On the lifecycle, I had trouble doing 60 RPM for 15 muinutes. Now I average 105 RPM with ease. That, of course, is at level 1 which I use to aid in reducing my weight (fast repetitions).