Jan 20 - Day 11

I was talking with new friend at Duke today, and I mentioned my hemoglobin had not fallen.  He corrected me and said I was thinking of glucose, the sugar content in the blood.  I realize I have been using the wrong term on this blog.  I hope I didn't confuse anyone.  I do apologize!

I had my weekly medical check-up this morning. I had lost a pound since yesterday, but my glucose had not dropped.  I asked the Doc if it might be a good idea to give me the A1C diabetes test which will definitely diagnose me positive or negative.  He agreed and I gave up more blood. If positive, I will begin medication immediately. Why wait til the program is over.

I participated in two pool aerobics classes first thing this morning. I my hands looked a bit "prunish" when I got out after nearly two hours in the pool. I'm pleased to note that the time in the deep water is much less taxing now than it was a week ago.

My tidbit of info from my classes today is this:

What happens to the fat that is burned during exercise, or for that matter anytime?? A clue is at the end of this blog.

This afternoon I used the Nu-step machine for 60 minutes.  I originally planned for a 45 minute workout, but as I approached my "cool-down time" at 40 minutes, I thought, "Hay, I can do this for fifteen more minutes, and when I reached 55 minutes, I only had my cook-down" light work-out time left.

I played bingo tonight, had a ball, but didn't win.  I won twice last week so that was perfectly ok with me.  I emailed my niece, Sarah, who is a student at North Carolina University in Chapel Hill, quite close to Durham. I am going to take her out to dinner some place in Chapel Hill during the weekend. It will be interesting going to a restaurant on my own.  I'll keep you posted on how I did. Speaking of restaurants, Some of  you asked me what the dessert was at the Gourmet restaurant I went to on Monday.  I found the trial menu in all my ever increasing piles of papers.  It was a Warm Pear Tart Tatin with Honey-Creme Fraiche Ice Cream. I split it with a friend, so I was only half-bad :-)

Clue: The final metabolic products of fat burning are carbon dioxide and water.  Does that suggest something.  Tune in to tomorrow's blog for an answer.