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10-22-2009, 08:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
Posts: 71
| | | Kicking Butt!!
Ok I keep saying I am a Firefighter (Asst. Chief) and a retired competitive powerlifter.
Well after I got the news about diabetes and being told my A1C was a 7.9.
This was on the last week in August (almost on my 42nd Birthday)
So I decided to get back in the gym and to get back to jogging. Well here we are the end of October and my A1C is a 6.4
I'm thinking about coming out of retirement!!   
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NJ Firefighter and Powerlifter with T2  |
10-22-2009, 08:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 101
| | | Congrats on bringing it down so fast! Keep up the GREAT work! |
10-22-2009, 09:01 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 794
| | That's awesome! I bet you're feeling so much better
__________________ Metformin 2000 mg
7/24 a1c=9.3
10/23 a1c=6.4
Diagnosed 7/22/09
Weight loss as of 10/23/09: 25 pounds! 
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10-22-2009, 09:21 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,888
| | Way to go, Bull! Keep up the good work! 
__________________  "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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10-23-2009, 05:59 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
Posts: 71
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Originally Posted by Moonglo  That's awesome! I bet you're feeling so much better | I haven't felt this good in years!
I am definitely at least going to coach but if I keep feeling this good I might get back to competing in the Masters’ category!
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NJ Firefighter and Powerlifter with T2 |
10-23-2009, 06:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 168
| | You did kick some serious butt! Congratulations. |
10-23-2009, 06:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,908
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Originally Posted by Bull I haven't felt this good in years! | Bull, that really great progress, congratulations!!
I know what you mean about feeling good, when I got my numbers under control I felt better than I had in years, now feeling well is my norm.
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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10-29-2009, 02:14 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
Posts: 71
| | | My Average BG for the month of October (testing 2 x -Fasting morning and 2 hrs after meal with a workout in there somewhere) as of today is 10/29/09 is ........... 108!
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10-29-2009, 02:27 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,888
| | | Way to go, Bull!
__________________ "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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10-30-2009, 05:11 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 1,226
| | Well Bull! congratulations, now that's the spirit, just go for it.
Some how, having diabetes gives us this remarkable drive to do better irrespective of this awful disease we so endure.
All the best my friend.
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DX 8/2004
Current Meds
Metformin 500 mg
Ramipril 5mg
Aspirin 75mg
Simvastatin 20mg
2005/6 Getting my
Head around this
Condition.
07- HbA1C 5.2 ChOL 3.2
08- HbA1C 5.4 ChOL 4.2
09- HbA1C 5.5 CHOL 3.6 LDL 1.9 HDL 2.5
Triglycerides 0.60
Many people will try to tell you what you can’t eat with diabetes.
Most will be well-meaning.
Rather than compounding the problem by telling you what you should
eat, I’d recommend a simpler method, eat by your meter.
Buddy 7 Essex uk |
11-03-2009, 11:45 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Snoqualmie Valley, WA USA
Posts: 1,100
| | You're kicking butt and taking names kid, many congratulations! Years ago I was into free fall sky diving and every time I landed I felt completely alive and powerful. I thought that I would never feel that good again, but lke you the success of my diabetes control and weight loss are just as thrilling!
Keep it up, you're doing great. But be careful or we might just have to order you a cape!
__________________ "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Georgia
T2 dx 07/18/09
Metforin 500mg bid
Neurontin 300mg bid
Celexa 20mg
Lisinopril 20mg
Celexa 20mg
Warfarin 7.5mg
Advair
Albuterol
Chromium
Cal-Mag[/size]
Last edited by Dis-N-Dat : 11-03-2009 at 11:46 AM.
Reason: spelling
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11-03-2009, 08:45 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
Posts: 71
| | | I'm just about back to my "Fighting" weight!!
I'm 235 38 inch waist 20 inch biceps.
I want to hit 225 36 waist 22 inch biceps.
Close to where I was a few years ago, Before I got lazy!
LOL
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11-04-2009, 07:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | Great job, Bull!
Keep up the hard work.......it's obviously paying off!
Karen |
11-04-2009, 12:30 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sugar Land, TX
Posts: 21
| | | Way to go Bull. You must not be eating typical firehouse cooking. I'm a retired firefighter and was glad I became diabetic AFTER my retirement because firefighters are not exactly known for healthy eating. LOL
Keep up the good work and stay safe.
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A1C 08/09 6.4
diet and exercise |
11-13-2009, 06:10 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ
Posts: 71
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