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Old 08-20-2008, 10:05 AM
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GeishaGirl GeishaGirl is offline
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Calories as a whole are an inaccurate form of measurement anyway. If you think you know, for a fact, how many calories you're taking in in any given day, you're wrong.

Take my favorite microwave burritos (before diagnosis at least). They were 360 calories -- but that's only an average. If the ratio of beans/rice is different, the calories are different. Was the cheese densely or loosely packed? All of that makes a big difference.

I have a Forerunner for my exercising, and the calorie burn is considered low. After a walk on the treadmill, it'll say i burned 112, but the treadmill will say 178. OTOH, it says I burn around 950 cals/hour rollerblading, which seems ridiculous, since I can blade for several hours at a time.

Point being, it's all an estimate. ANYTHING having to do with the body is an estimate, you know? The human body is art, not science
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misdiagnosed type 2 8/2007
rediagnosed type 1 8/2008


Pumping since 11/2008!!
Purple Minimed 722 named Barney

Other Meds:
Yaz
Elavil (10mg at night)
Metformin 1000mg 2x/day

a1c 8.3% 9/9/08
a1C 7.4 1/17/09 (better, as I stabilize)
a1c 7.3 6/09 (frickin' IR)
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