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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Finding The Love I Have For ME.


I was walking past the big mirror on my way to swim class when I came across THIS girl. It's the first time I actually liked what I saw in the mirror! Praise God for all around progress. Self love folks. Mind, body and spirit, it's about loving the YOU God created you to be. If you can't love yourself, how will you love others fully? Love is one of Gods GREATEST commandments. To love Him with all your heart, mind, body and soul. THEN He takes it a step further and tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Without knowing that kind of love for ourselves, it's awful hard to share it in a big way with others. Love & hugs everyone!



Friday, May 9, 2014

I'm 40 And It's THE BEST Start To A Whole New Decade!



"How You Live (Turn Up The Music)"  

 Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken Wear your red dress Use your good dishes Make a big mess and make lots of wishes Have what you want but want what you have Hmmmmm And don't spend your life lookin back.

  Turn up the music Turn it up loud Take a few chances And let it all out Cause you won't regret it Lookin back from where you have been Cause it's not who you knew And it's not what you did It's how you lived.

  So go to the ball game And go to the ballet Go see your folks more than just on the holidays Kiss all your children Dance with your wife Tell your husband you love him every night Don't run from the truth cause you can't get away Oh No... Just face it and you'll be okay.

  Turn up the music Turn it up loud Take a few chances And let it all out Cause you won't regret it Lookin back from where you have been Cause it's not who you knew And it's not what you did It's how you lived. 

 Ohhhhh Wherever you are and wherever you been Now is the time to begin.

  To give to the needy And pray for the grieving Even when you don't think that you can Cause all that you do is bound to come back to You So think of your fellow men Make peace with God but make peace with yourself Cause in the end there's nobody else.

  Turn up the music Turn it up loud Take a few chances And let it all out Cause you won't regret it Lookin back from where you have been Cause it's not who you knew And it's not what you did It's how you lived.

  Cause it's not who you knew and it's not what You did It's how you lived. 



Thursday, May 1, 2014

May's Edition Of My Story. Check out Pages 18 & 19 Of Syracuse Woman's Magazine.


Check out my story in Syracuse Woman's Magazine!  



Photo's For April Are In! 30 lbs down.


January Start of Training & April To Date.  30lbs lost.

Front Profile. I can now fit into my Izumi Pants I bought!
Side Profile. I do believe my belly is leaving! Get outa here fat!

From this point on, I'm not going to be weighing myself anymore. I'm going to measure.  I have started weight training. Since muscle weighs more than fat, I'm DEFINITELY NOT getting on that scale for fear of sabotage!  

One thing to learn is that while muscle weighs MORE than fat, It also MELTS fat.  Momma likey! Hahaha  I'd like to get into proper nutrition for pre and post workouts but that will have to come another day.  

I am quite proud of my progress! This did NOT happen quickly folks.  It's been hard work, plant-based and if you've read any of my posts at all, comes with tears and sweat.   Hard work pays off!  If you want to lose weight or reverse disease, THIS is the way to do it. Make it work! MAKE THE TIME! 



A Frustration With Medical Care.


Hm, I used to get into my endocrinologist with no problems at all when I needed him. Then his office became a practice which has taken in more specialists, PCP'S and ENT Dr.'s.  It was then that they lost personal contact with me as their patient. I started feeling like I was cattle going in to be marked and less like a human being they cared about.

The front desk started asking people what the problem was before they'd patch them into the Dr.'s or their nurses and my scripts were supposed to be easier going "paperless" because they were phoning them in only to find they hadn't and it would take several more tries to get my medications.

Now that my weight is going down, my blood sugars are starting to go down DRASTICALLY in what almost seems like overnight.  I called the diabetic educator who has been AMAZING as all the changes started taking place, and she reduced my insulin over half since Monday.  She's said my body is starting to use it's own insulin instead of needing countless amounts pushed in (any leftover stores as fat in the body by the way). Insulin Resistance is pretty much almost gone.

Today I called her to follow up, and during workouts because I'm still having lows in between will be cut in half yet again. She said she would see me at my appointment with her at the end of May.

I know I can call her and get an emergency appointment, but there is NO WAY I'm going to make it to the end of may when my numbers are 115 pretty much across the board AFTER meals.  I've had 65's twice tonight which really put me close to fainting spells.

Luckily I have a husband who is an RN and we've identified that I need to eat MORE.  I'm barely keeping my numbers at 115 and this is after a HUGE portion of food on my plate AND a handful of cashews with vegan chocolate chips.  I'm REALLY full!

Luckily I have an appointment with my new PCP I found several months ago that has been personally working with me. My labs are in (though I highly doubt the past two weeks really count as a 3 month average yet) and I get the results.

If the low's continue to come, I'm going to have him deal with everything and call it a day. The downside to that is even though I'll be on oral meds, we're going to have to find the right dosage and that could take a while. I don't deal well with some of the side-effects.   All these lows are not only making me weak but VERY emotional.