So after my last visit to the doctor I was discouraged, frustrated and not really feeling the customer service love! I feel like when I go to the doctor, I am an inconvenience, in the way and quite frankly I am sick of that....Possibly a topic for another time.
As I was saying, I went and was told "you're fine and I will see you in one year." (!!!!???) My A1c jumped up to 5.8 (6.0 is diabetes), my weight has increased by about 10 pounds and I get see you in a year? Diabetes is in epidemic proportions in this country. But its a disease that 1) can be prevented and 2) makes many a boat payment for the doctors, supply companies and those who "support" the diabetic lifestyle. I am not trying to be one in the category of diabetes. So I try to eat well. Usually we have farm raised, grass fed (corn fed anything is ICK and sickly and FAT!) cow, lamb and pig...well the pigs eat well, maybe not all grass; I try to limit processed foods as they are so full of chemicals and not nutritional for the body at all. I try to keep active by running (yes, not as much as I want) and doing yoga, which keeps me active and focused on my wellness goals. Yet my sugars go up and I am poo-pooed by the doctor. I am changing doctors as we speak. I made appointments with a new endocrinologist and a new GP....we will see what happens. They seem to think that getting diabetes is OK. NOT SO! So in my quest to get the fat off and not get diabetes I am taking my eating one step up--No Sugar, No Wheat for 100 days. So far so good. I am on day 87! Yep. 87! So let me give you the short version of what my days have been like and what I will be doing next. DAYS 1-20 I was tired, a lot. Day 3 & 4 were really bad and Day 5 I had a fairly annoying Headache; Yoga helped relax and take my mind off the pain. If you plan to try this try to have a minimally active set of days to start. Know that you will be irritable, tired and possibly break out in pimples. DAY 14 Yes, I broke out in pimples--a surprise as the juicing I do has really, really cleared up my face, and my skin overall. One would think after puberty the pimples would GO AWAY but no....had them forever, during ovulation, during PMS, on my cycle, after my cycle---but juicing helped a lot! DAYS 13-20 I was super tired, factors could have been work, still transitioning off the wheat and sugar...and just life...but I was super tired. DAY 20-22 I allowed myself on caveat in the beginning--if the cravings got tooooo crazy I could have some organic greek yogurt with organic blueberries and gluten free cereal. I ate this one time during these three days. It helped, then my period started and I knew why I was all of a sudden craving, like crazy craving sweets! DAY 28 I was still at 182 lbs.....no serious weight loss, maybe a pound or two....I was near 185 when I started..... DAY 29 I am starting to really feel better DAY 34 I ran/walked 2 miles. It was a bit of a fight, but I felt good getting out to move in the sun. DAY 43 Melissa week is about here: that is Mother's day, our anniversary and my birthday within a week, in addition another family member has a birthday that week too. So I can see it now, cakes, ice cream, treats, desserts.....my brain is starting to really get bogged down and worried that i cant pull this off. I really want to hit my goal, I am a goal oriented person. DAY 47 We have a date night with some other couples. We go to Sarnia to Sarita--this Amazing (!!!!) Indian restaurant. I love, love, love Indian food. But I am worried as I LOVE Naan bread, Pratha bread--i Love all the breads. This is the first time I have gone out to eat food I really love and not get the food I love to go with my dinner. It was an interesting and educational night. I ate my food, dish and rice, with no breads and just water to drink--no alcohol, no sodas. I was comfortably full at the end of my meal. I was not stuffed, or hugging my "food baby" as I tell my friends as I usually get so bloated after a meal. I was just full. It was nice, a nice feeling. I could walk about, talk, and I did not feel like I needed to undo the top 3 buttons (you know, like after the Thanksgiving binge?). I felt good. I learned that BREAD fills us up--and its is not even healthy, bread is the filler of life. Bread is bad carbs and its given to you ALL THE TIME TO FILL YOU UP WITH EMPTY CALORIES. But I DID NOT EAT THE BREAD! woo-hoo! I learned that I can have an amazing dinner, enjoy great company and feel good about the experience. So can you! DAY 56 I had some yogurt...you see a pattern here? DAY 57 I really wanted some fried chicken and after I ate it smacked myself as there is Flour in the batter! But then I paid for it as my tummy hurt till the end of DAY 48. My period started today. Odd craving but understandable. DAY 67 I still weigh 182.... :o( DAY 71 Beach yoga starts and it feels good to get moving again. Three days in I feel really energized. Day 81 I was doing an art show in Birmingham and my hip was achy, not really sure why but the next day my period started--no fuss, not muss, no PMS, a zit or two but no major pimple break out, not tired today but the next day I was (DAY 82), no cramps---nothin'! THIS WAS GREAT! DAY 87 I am just hanging out updating my site and blog...:o) sharing what I have experienced. I have to say I feel better. less brain fog and part of that I know is being out of school. I enjoy the summer and my day job is extremely stressful. I teach at the alternative high school in Flint MI. I deal with all kinds of foul language, naughty behavior and kids who need some serious direction and love---some days my life is threatened, some days I am called all kinds of vulgar crass things and names...I love the days when I see the light in the eye of a student and they have accomplished something amazing. I think its that little light that keeps me coming back for more! I am less bloated and I like that. My clothes still fit the same, more or less. I am going to a couple of new doctors so I will keep you updated! DAY 90 I am feeling lighter, though I only dropped a couple of pounds and I just go up and down in that little window of fluctuation. I am OK with it. I found a new book--I RECOMMEND IT TO YOU ALL! Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause by Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP This book is helping me take care of me! I have been to about 8 different doctors over the years that have told me "You're fine" as a goiter the size of a baseball pops out of my neck! Hair falling our, weigh gain, horrible pregnancies--you follow me? Over the years I have found my own solutions. I eat way better, little to no junk food--this means no desserts, no junk chips, no pie, no ice cream, no pizza rolls, definitely no pop, alcohol or coffee/tea. Sure, you just rationalize all you want for the pie, the wine, the pop, the drinks--stay sick. I am not feeling sorry for you! I am fighting the fight and I know what works. I don't look my age--I look about 10-13 years younger and I have the energy of a younger person. My friends call me "self-caffeinated" and I am. Doing this fast has shown me that getting older does not mean one foot in the grave! DAY 100 (!!!!) Yep! I did it! No sugar cravings, great periods that start and stop without crabbiness, crazy cravings, cramps, pimple break outs---all gone! GONE I SAY! BLOATED---GONE! Its pretty nice. I like it. Abdominal bloating is gone too! I like that as well. I feel better. I am more clear headed and I have even more ideas buzzing about. DAY 108 Experiment time! So I tried an experiment to see what would happen--I ate three homemade muffins (pumpkin chocolate chip) that my daughter made. They were not too sweet as she only put in half a bag of chips. But almost immediately I felt bloated and big bellied. I did not eat them all at once but throughout the day. The last one was at about 8 o'clock at night. I SNORED that night...my husband had to find another location....I felt so bad. BUT I had proof that I react to wheat and not in a wonderful manner. WHEAT is inflammatory to my tissue. I just don't need it. In the "Root Cause" book the author talks about finding out what you react to and how to stay away from it, I love that book Right now there is a new movement of "doctors" out there practicing FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE. It sounds great, if you can afford it, about $500 a visit--cash! OUCH! But I have found that if you learn how to read a lab, do your research (in the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses) online to corroborate information and facts--you can take better care of yourself! Be proactive in your own health. Read labels, change what you eat, turn off the electronics, walk, run, yoga, transform your life, don't diet--so frustrating, but get on the change-train for life--and find not only your inner Hot Chick but your inner HAPPY TOO! Comments are closed.
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M. Leaym-FernandezHey, I am a wife, a mom, a teacher, a wellness activist, and connecting all my parts together--I am an artist! I worry about what women are doing to themselves. Gaining weight, not having balance in life, letting the stress destroy our bodies. This blog is going to be full of stories, ideas, and whatevers that I find to help women not end up like the women in the movie "walli" fat, unable to move, unable to work, unable to live. I want to share my struggles, my story. Archives
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