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Thursday, February 26, 2009

My total daily dose of insulin has dropped dramatically ever since I restarted my exercise regime. My daily total basal has dropped from 30 units to 21.05 units/day!

There are a number of factors (other than exercise) that have decreased my insulin resistance. It’s been about 3 and a half weeks since I did a drastic cut down of unhealthy food. I think less oily food increases insulin sensitivity. This has been evident in the psychotic drops in my blood sugars (still working on it!).

I’ve been drinking Green Tea everyday ever since I discovered its benefits and I think it’s really helping! I found that it doesn’t give you that adrenaline rush that the caffeine in coffee does and is a great perk-me-up that doesn’t make you feel like you took steroids. Although at the end of the day, the main reason for this turnaround that my health has seen is largely due to the exercise.

Say what you like, but exercise truly is good for you. I used to think that it wasn’t important and that there are other ways to keep healthy. But if the heart ain’t pumpin, there’s no other way to reap the benefits of it. No slimming pill, weight loss gimmicks or changes in your diet can substitute it. It hasn’t been the only thing that’s responsible for my increased insulin sensitivity, but it’s helped shed some weight too.

Can you believe it?

Never in the history of my life with diabetes have I ever expected to be struggling to lower my insulin doses because I was becoming ‘oversensitive’ to it. I was accustomed to having not enough insulin and experiencing hyp-ers rather than hyp-os.

Amazing. God.

Rachel wrote in the pages of her life at 10:00 PM

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