A personal victory

On a more positive note, this week I'm celebrating a personal achievement, of (intentionally!) losing 10% of my body weight over the past eight months. My trigger event, was that I asked for an A1C reading during my annual physical exam last year, and was told I was slightly above the normal range, which technically made me prediabetic. Holy ****, I thought, after the past 20 years of dealing with Kristan's diabetes and complications. Don't need to do anything special, they said, since I'm still below the diabetic range. Don't worry, my dad said, since several of my ancestors were prediabetic but never became diabetic. But, I decided to be proactive, and my first action is to keep close track of my food intake, and exercise a little more, with a goal of 10% weight loss over a year. My doctor, and other people, have told me that that alone can make the difference. So this week, I made it! Slow and steady, that's my motto, in many things, and this too. This puts me back at the weight I was, 30 years ago, when Kristan and I were married. Coincidentally, after that last scare in the ER in January, I went to my primary care physician for a follow up, and asked for another A1C as long as I was there. The result was encouraging, as it now falls just inside the normal range. Woo hoo!