H Two, Oh, Oh, Oh!

As in, I've been swimming. I started in March but only went once or twice. The first time I swam in April was on the 4th and I did 1600 meters. Part of that was kicking because my lungs needed a little break. By the 13th I had worked up to 2000 meters, and much less of it was kicking. I decided to stick with 2000 through the end of the month rather than try to increase the length. I still want to make sure not to do any further damage to my knee. My general pattern in the beginning was to breast stroke 75 meters, then freestyle (crawl) 25, repeat... I have gradually increased the amount of freestyle. It is more difficult for me aerobically, so I want to keep working on it to increase my cardiovascular health. Today I did the 75/25 for the first 1000 meters, then 25/25 for 900 meters, then the last 100 meters did the 75/25 again. No kicking involved, straight swimming only. I plan to add 100 meters a week through May so to be at 2400 meters a session by the end of May. A couple of weeks in April I have only gone twice during the week. I would like my frequency to increase to at least three or four times weekly. I'd also like to get some weight resistance exercise in a couple of times a week. May maybe a little difficult for that because I am taking a week's vacation (woot!), but I think I have found a campground with some flat, easy trails that I hope to be able to do without making the knee too sore.

I know I have lost some more weight in April. My morning weights are usually under 200 and it has been as low as 196. My leg started swelling again last week, however, so now I don't know what my true weight is.

Here are the blood glucose numbers:
March: April:
Lowest AM: 103 Lowest AM: 108
Highest AM: 157 Highest AM: 148
Average AM: 133 Average AM: 123
Lowest: 94 Lowest: 92
Highest: 197 Highest: 187
Overall Average: 133 Overall average: 131
# of times tested: 55 # of times tested: 57

I feel like the important points on the numbers are that the average AM has decreased, the highest (at least tested highest) has decreased, and the overall average has decreased - even though it's only a couple of points.

I am still having a lot of trouble with insomnia - note that I began this post at 4am something... and that I had only slept a couple of hours prior to that. I've taken some lovely medicine that ought to put me back to sleep soon. Because tomorrow is Sunday, I ought to be okay with that, except I have a cheesecake to finish topping, box and deliver, and I'd like to swim again. I didn't expect insomnia because yesterday I worked on the housecleaning, put away all the extra dishes from Easter, did three loads of laundry, swam 2000 meters, made a trip to the grocery, cleaned out the car, baked a cheesecake... a pretty active day so that's kind of frustrating! I will try, once I get up - I hope I get a few hours sleep now - to stay active all day. I hope to be able to go to bed at a "normal" (for me) time, and get at least five or six hours before it's back to work. I swear sitting at a desk and pretending to be nice all day is more exhausting than all the stuff I did today! So - a drink of water and then back to bed and we will see what happens!

Goodnight!