I don't know what happened, how it happened....well I guess I do.....don't eat the right food, don't keep to a scheduled meal time and depend on Insulin, diabeta and metformin (all three she takes) to try to keep your sugar readings low.
Don't exercise every day the equivalent of walking for 30 minutes.
She is now enrolled in a nutrition class at the local hospital. Seems excited about it, said it is taught by a nurse and a nutritionist.
As a no longer active RN I wonder what her reaction will be when they tell her the same thing she has heard from me for the last three years: Only eat amount of calories that caregiver prescribes, eat at least three meals and two snack each day, try to eat at the same time each day (called meal scheduling) include as much fresh produce in diet as possible, take prescribed meds when you are supposed to take them, check blood sugar as requested by caregiver and keep a log of sugar readings, medication taken and amount and type of food consumed and when.
At least she has dropped some of the weight. Think it made an impression on her when she sat down on the floor and then couldn't get back up. She had to have someone help her.
Even though it is positive that she has lost weight, I'm still a little down. It is the same pounds that she has lost and gained back in the last few years. Should have know when she called about the great bathing suit she found a nice 3X but bought some shorts to wear over it because the skirt (from the top) left some of her stomach bare.
Peace.
