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green tea

well.. i have been watching my sugar very closely, checking it 3-4 times a day..usually first thing in the morning... then right before lunch... then an hour or two after lunch, right before dinner... sometimes after dinner... to see how it moves up and down.. it has been staying pretty constant under 120 and usually around 110 or so... except when i feel it's low and its usually 97 or so...
so before lunch today, it was 96... i had brown rice pasta (loaded w. carbs, i did not realize it at first) and pasta sauce from scratch (no sugar added).... and 2 hours after lunch it spiked at 162.. i could totally feel it... i felt terrible... mental fog... etc... the way i had been feeling before i started changing my eating habits..
so i read that green tea has been known to lower blood sugar levels... and so i steeped myself a cup o green tea.. and wala an hour later.. its back down to 116... a m a z i n g....

i thought the brown rice pasta was a healthy alternative since i can no longer have wheat pasta.. and well i did not realize it had 40 grams of carbs per serving... and i had a heaping heaping serving.. that would also explain my high sugar first thing this morning since i had that same thing for dinner (late dinnner) last night...

it is all really making sense to me now... a few weeks ago i had two smores... and then had to take a 2 hour nap, wish i would have known then what i know now.. i would love to know what my sugar spiked to...

Consistency...

Consistency  
–noun, plural -cies.
Steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form, etc.: There is consistency in his pattern of behavior.

This is something that I lack... not in all areas of my life (which is a good sign.. i am capable of consistency.. there is hope for me yet!) but... I do lack some follow through. I am the great idea gal! I am the great project starter... I can motivate like there is no tomorrow.... but sticking w. it.. follow through.. hasn't been my strength... There have been occasions in my life when i had no other choice.. and I came through to the finish line... but there has to be a lot at stake for me to to that it seems... and now once again there is....

I went to see my Dr.. a month ago. I am seeing an MD who has a Natureopathic Doctor... She is so wonderful!  Well  I gave her my list of complaints... tired... mentally foggy... tired... over weight... general feeling of blah, complete and total blah...    So we scheduled the blood tests and 7 vials of blood and a urine sample later... here I am.

I saw her last Monday  3.5 weeks after our first meeting.  My results... not good... not horrific.. but not good... My cholesteral was 211. my Tryglicerides  192, my fasting glucose 106... all HIGH... and to top it off i have an overgrowth of yeast in my intestine it seems (i just completed further testing, waiting results) - my Vit D is LOW... i am LOW on one estrogen (normal for my condition) and I am TOO high on the other estrogen... (there's three) - the good news is my thyroid is normal.. (bad thyroids run rampant in my family) - I have too much uric acid (can you say gout?) so there you have it... Now i did get test results a year ago that told me that my cholesteral was high.. i made an initial change and did not stick w. it...

We set a course of action - my body does not process carbohydrates well... my cells are becoming resistant to accept sugar... this is not a good thing - this is prediabetes folks... my dad was diabetic, his mother was diebatic (she went blind btw) - so this stuff also runs in my family... all of my grandparents(all of them!) died of heart disease...  So like i said - there's more at stake here...

I have switched my eating habits... which had improved over the last year anyway - but my goal now is more improvement and consistency...

Insuling resistant diet plan: well not diet, but eating.. lifestyle (so cliche.. i know)
Candida diet and purine diet as well...

I am taking vitamins, vit d drops...
Getting better sleep (more than 5 hours)
nothing white... no potatoes (not even sweet) no white rice..
no fruit except for strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
No sugar... of any kind... (not even honey..)
No bread of any kind.. (not even wheat) - not wheat products for now, no gluten...
No dairy (i am keeping feta cheese and eggs) - this is my idea, i have issues w. dairy -  i actually started this a month ago in an effort to find out the cause of some of my migraines)
No more instant oatmeal
No red meat
(adding no vinegar products now too)

now I weighed 204 when i started the no dairy thing on my own - i went down to 200 lbs when i saw my doctor @ the first appt. When is saw her last Monday I was still @ 200 lbs.. no change... and in fact, i had made no other dietary changes  from my first appt to my most recent...  I did however make changes in the past 7 days.. i followed the above mandates to the letter.. and I am down 3.5 lbs... and not just that - i feel so different... so "light" - so clear headed... not exhausted...

I have been eating fabulous meals - since hottie husband - cooks, he has been 100% on board, wanting to see me healthy - and around for awhile -

In this process I also discovered a few reasons for some weekly migraines that I was having.. I had noticed that after two specific meals that we eat pretty much weekly, i would have a migraine that night and the next day, i thought it was the cheese (hence cutting it out) - it was this Southwest Chicken Salad (green salad w. chicken, black beans, corn, etc...) w. this southwest ranch dressing (which we found out has MSG, a huge migraine trigger for me) and then the taco seasoning we use on our turkey breast tacos also has MSG.. BINGO! I got lazy reading labels over the years looking for MSG , i figured people did not still use it. BOY was I WRONG!   Then - another fav of mine has been turkey bacon... love it.. we have been eating it for 4 years now... well DOH i just learned about NITRATES... and its loaded w. nitrates... hence more headaches after eating turkey bacon... I am so excited to find these causes and work my way to be migraine FREE!

I have enjoyed this new adventure - my goal is constency... i want to be athletic to have fun w. my boys who are all super athletic.. i want to live a long life happy life.. i want to be healthy..... i have had such excellent support from the family - i know everyone wants the same things for me...

We cleaned out our pantry of everything that I cannot eat... and had some girlfriends come over for grocery shoppping.. they left w. many many bags of stuff...

I also learned about atlantic salmon (ew icky... swimming in pens of it's own feces.. yuck) - we eat alot of salmon, so we switched to Keta?

I have been checking my sugar 3x per day... so far its been good... it was high for me this morning (101) after sleeping all night... but otherwise its been good...

now.. since its too too hot for mt biking... we are going to try the p90... hmmm...

She's back

yeh i was gone for awhile... just busy with life!  I just figured out how to blog from my blackberry and update photos... i am jazzed... that will be fun too... i do that on facebook alot..but i want to get back to blogging...

......stay tuned

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feeling mojo or is it goji?

well my last post was alitle dark and depressing and that was how i was feeling at the time... it was a rough beginning of the week.. so so so dang tired...  today i am feeling good, especially for having only 5 hours of sleep and being startled awake by a 6am call that my friend was going to the hospital by ambulance and having no coffee - all in all.. doing well!

I did some investigating and started taking Acai berry (1500mg strength) on Wednesday... along with drinking some GOCHI juice (goji berry) - in my attempt to take care of myself... next week starts excercise (famous last words) - and I have to tell you - i feel great - i feel well rested, and i have some serious mental clarity, none of which i had before for quite some time.

I am still staying up late, running around being super busy - but the first night i tried the goji juice, i slept SO soundly -  and when i woke up i felt refreshed... and alert...  it's been a decade or so for me that i have felt so good...  and this morning when i was startled awake - and had to get up at 6am - to rush to my friends house, i did it with ease...

i do feel some positive effects from this juice... some other positive effects that Jeff is benefiting from too.. {wink wink} serioulsy been awhile since i felt ALIVE.. loving it. and its only day 2 and i feel great -  so i am hoooked on the juice. man...

fyi, my friend is ok... long story, cannot blog about it :) all is well...

Went to see billy joel and elton john last night, had a blast! looking forward to a fun weekend w. the fam!

scattered

my mind is scattered...  it is like an autofocus lens, struggling to focus.. i can hear the cranks going back and forth... zoom... zoom...

i have many irons in the fire right now, which is great - i have been given many great opportunities recently - and i am jumping on them... but.. still.. i feel scattered... maybe i am just tired. if you saw the dark circles under my eyes, you would agree... maybe i am trying to do too much at once... maybe i am terrible at time management... which i think i am. I am great @ Crunch time... though.. but leading up to crunch time i am so easily distracted.... i can focus on the urgent... but i will focus on the non important urgent... first... which is not smart. i know.

i think i am just tired...  feeling overwhelmed and a ton of pressure... money is ok now, it will be tight in a few months... i have some things that are going well... towards the tipping point... but i get scared... everyone so often, fear grips me and i cannot breathe...

i am staying up way too late...  i need to sleep - that is what my problem is today.. and then i get overwhelmed and panicky when i don't sleep... i feel like every minute i am not doing something, i am failing...

i am working to find the balance of being home... new job of a househould... and building two businesses... and keeping my sanity to balance it all... how do super women do it?

tomorrow will be a new day... and I will be bright eyed and busy tailed... maybe a power nap is in order