If you have been reading these updates, you'd read about my grumblings over my bathroom scale. It was unreliable and annoying the heck out of me. It is at this point in my life, that I would like a reliable way to measure my weight. I want to see my progress as I lose weight.

So I got a new scale, a Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale from Costco. It seems to be more reliable so far. Moving it around does not change the result, and it reads down to 0.1 lbs compared to 0.5 lbs on the old one. My wife likes it too, although she insists I not be in the same room when she uses it.

Yet more update on my quest to cure myself of diabetes.

My weight is going down again. It had levelled out for a week or so, or perhaps my scales are deceiving me again. Anyways, after returning from a bike ride it was down, and that made me happy. I am now more than 20lb down from the weight I was at my last doctor visit. That should impress him.

I have some big news, I just got my Hemoglobin A1c test done, prior to my upcoming appointment with my doctor.

Yet more update on my quest to cure myself of diabetes.

A few times I have gone out to a sushi restaurant, and had sashimi. Most raw fish have zero carbs, so I can eat all I like! I checked and the ginger has plenty of carbs (about 7g per tablespoon). Sometimes they dress the sashimi up with vegetables, and usually on a bed of grated daikon. I go easy on the daikon, as it does have carbs, as does the carrot.

My favourite sashimi is mackerel, but it is not always available. I think that is because it is not popular enough. It is oily, and has lots of omega-3 in it.

Hello again,

Hope you are doing well. As you can tell, I have been focused a lot on my health recently. It took me some time get it, and now I am committed, I am making good progress.

I just updated the look of Big Dreams. For some years, I had kept it the same. not wanting to disturb anything. I got so many attacks from hackers, trying to deface the site, that I locked down everything. Even that was not enough, as they would still get in and destroy.

Yet more update on my quest. If you are not bored yet, please let me know your thoughts. If you are going through something similar, please let me know. If you have questions, perhaps I can answer them in upcoming updates.

I am making progress on several fronts: blood glucose, blood pressure and weight. I am a true believer, and I am committed to continuing this indefinitely. My awesome wife is on the same track too, and is losing weight. We both have a way to go yet, but I am confident we will continue.

Latest update on my quest. Yet more news to share!

I started some fasting as part of my diet. I had to reduce my blood glucose level meds so that I did not have really low blood glucose level. This had some interesting results. One result was my blood glucose level went up and down a lot more than usual, causing my average score to go up.

I created a new category Health and moved all my diabetes related posts there. It probably does not matter much to you, but I had posted them in the Personal Development category previously. I kind of see the two categories as related, both about improving your life.

Latest update on my quest. Yet more news to share! I want to call this episode "two steps forward and one step back".

1. I am off another hypoglycemic pill (reduces blood glucose level).
2. My weight has gone down a little more.
3. My blood pressure has continued to go up, so I am back on the water pill.

Latest update on my quest. I have further news to share! I am making progress, and it excites me to see each little improvement.

My blood glucose level is down to 5.5 mmol/L average over the last two weeks. That is based on taking 6-7 readings per day for the last two weeks. I'm staying in the green range most of the time, except for some lows last week, which I have made adjustments to take care of in the future. Also, I am off of another drug.