End of the First Week
August 28, 2010
Brags:
- I am up to 25 minutes on the bike.
- I am faster than my dog, but that's only because she is lazy. I have been making fun of her because of it.
- Physical therapy is working, I am only having pain when and after I exercise. The knee isn't waking me up at night.
- I am using less insuin.
The first week (before kids) was tough, but my mother pointed out that I was usually in tears at least twice from frustration, etc. Like the year that they told me I was teaching math to non-English speakers. My schedule looked good.
We've had kids for a week now and it is going well. One of the special ed. case workers came to tell me she was adding a kid. I already knew he was coming, but I had a great compliment, he asked to have his schedule changed to have me as I was "the best teacher at Hillcrest." He had been in my remedial math class last year, and I tried hard to fix him. He needs a lot of fixing, more than a classroom teacher can do, but I did my best. Glad to see he appreciated my efforts.
So far, I have been able to consistently exercise. I've been at LA Fitness every day and have either walked in the pool or been on a stationary bike and worked my way up to 25 minutes. Seeing insulin usage go down as a result and wish I could get in to the gym in the mornings, but just can't. Can manage it on the weekends, and I am going to try to work in at least Monday each week, but may not be able to because I wake up so groggy.
Food could go better. I'm not eating in the day and taking in too many calories at night, just like the last two years but focusing on changing that. The not eating in the day isn't going to change in a while, but I am working on the calories at night first.