Testing 1, 2, 3

I saw my doctor yesterday for my quarterly check up. My blood tests (A1c, lipid panel, liver panel) were showing improvements, and she was delighted to hear I joined Weight Watchers and was already losing weight. I told her about the lows (hypoglycemia) I've been experiencing lately, so we discussed it and decided to drop one of my diabetes meds, which I'm thrilled about. I'm hoping when I see her again in 3 months, my test results will be even better and I'll be a lot skinnier. ;)

My A1c this time around was 6.4, which is a lot better than I had been doing the past year. For 4 years I kept my A1c in the 6.1-6.4 range, but last year it started creeping up into the 7's. I've finally got it back down, but with the new diet and weight loss I'm hoping to push it down into the upper 5's in 3 months. Eventually I'd like to see it in the 4's, which is a normal nondiabetic range. But ... one step at a time. For right now I'm shooting to push it down to 5.9 or lower.

Today I drove over to the Saturday morning WW meeting (we normally go to the Tuesday morning meeting) to purchase monthly passes for my sister-in-law (my diet buddy) and me. Now I just need to go to the WW website and activate the passes. I also picked up a POINTS calculator. I love the new design! It's like a small compact. ;)

This morning for breakfast I ate 2 whole-grain Eggos (2 POINTS), 2 tablespoons of Brummel & Brown (3 POINTS) and 1/4 sugar-free maple syrup (1 POINT). POINT-wise it was fine, but blood sugar-wise it was not a good choice. 1 1/2 hours after eating my blood sugar tested at 165. I shouldn't let it get over 140 (to prevent diabetes complications), so I think I'll toss out the remaining 4 waffles. Without the fat of the margarine to slow it down, I'm sure my blood sugar would have gone much higher. Still, it's too high and I'll have to stick with lower carb choices, like eggs. For lunch I'm planning a salad (assorted veggies and a sliced boiled egg for protein), using my honey mustard Wishbone salad spritzer for dressing.