January Health Status

I am an obese Type 2 diabetic. I am hearing-challenged and sight-challenged. I'm also a chronic migraineur. Like many diabetics, I have also been diagnosed with and am on prescription medication for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high triglycerides. I have nasal allergies. I also have frozen shoulder (right side) due to an injury I sustained in a fall last November.

I am on 8 prescription medications, including metformin and glipizide, and 13 drugstore medicines and supplements, 7 of which were ordered by my doctor but I can't get them by prescription because they are now available over the counter.

My goals for the next four weeks are to:

• Keep a full food journal, including macronutrient percentages
• Stay below 100g carb/day for this month
• Exercise (walk or ride) 30 min./day 6 days a week