Diabetes Prevention Class #3:Track your activity

That's right.  I didn't start with class #1 or #2.  Here's the story..

My friend Allison is a nutritionist at the Diabetes and Nutrition Center (DANC) here.  For a couple of years, I have seen her post about Diabetes Prevention classes through the hospital, and I have been interested (family history of Type 2 and personal history of gestational diabetes), but my schedule would not allow.  Either they met during the day when I could not go, or they met when my husband was deployed and I could not go.

This fall, though, something was different.  I'm on sabbatical from teaching which means that I can do things I haven't done before (demands on my time are different) and for the first time in a couple of years, I have a husband around who is not deployed.  Both of these two things coincided, so I decided to go to the information meeting.  At the meeting, I knew that I wanted to sign up.  This was going to be my gift to myself this year!

I missed the first two classes because we weren't sure if we were moving or not (it was still up in the air), but when we finally knew that we were going to be here, I showed up.  September 24.

I had missed the first two classes, but the ladies got me caught up.  The third lesson was on tracking activity.  One of the great things that I've started in September is walking 10,000 steps a day, so I was already getting more than 150 activity minutes per week (the minimum recommended amount).  Most evenings I have been walking the neighborhood while listening to podcasts and audiobooks.  Three miles, whether or not I need the steps.  I'm feeling really good.  Today was 29 days in a row of that!  (Most of them were 3-milers).

My other impetus this month was that my family was participating in an Alzheimers Walk up in Pennsylvania that I couldn't attend due to double unemployment, so I was doing parallel walk and training for them.  That walk was yesterday, and I've been walking with Charity Miles (app) to raise money for the Alzheimers Association.

This is a good thing, and I'm feeling really good about myself!  I'm so thankful for this opportunity to take this class!


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This Week's Weigh-In: 190.8

This program has a goal of losing ~1 pound per week for healthy weight loss.  Our goal is to lose 5% of our body weight in 6 months. For me, at this weight, that is 10 pounds.  In a year's time, I would love to be down to a manageable 140 or making healthy progress that way.