Medifast Day 9

Day 9
Weight 185
Glucose 135
I need to find a better way to take my pictures. I am not happy with them. The hardest part is still not snacking when I'm watching tv and not looking for comfort food when I am feeling sad or anxious.

Medifast Days 3 through 8

Day 8

Weight 185

Glucose 141

Body Fat 38.4%

Tummy 42.5 "

Neck 16 "

Chest 41 "

R Arm 15.5 "

L Arm 16 "

Rib Cage 37.5 "

Waist 36.5 "

Hips 40.25 "

R Thigh 23.5 "

L Thigh 23.5 

Day 7

Weight 185 pounds

Glucose 123 mg / dl woo-hoo!

Day 6

Weight 185

Glucose 138

temptations at work

Medifast Day 5

Weight 185.6 pounds

Glucose 140

Day 4

Weight 185.6

Glucose 133

Day 3

Weight 187.2

Glucose 130

Medifast Day 2

Yesterday was rough. I ate my first meal and then I went to Whole Foods to do my shopping for the week. I did not prepare. I thought I would be back by 2:30pm when I needed to eat but I didn't get home until 4pm. At 2pm I was in the store and felt like I was going to pass out so my husband convinced me to eat some samples. I had one corn chip with guacamole and he bought me some electrolyte water. I also had a diarrhea attack. I'm so glad he drove me so I didn't have to drive home. It is so difficult shopping for things I don't normally buy. But we got it done. I had to go to Bed Bath and Beyond to buy a kitchen scale because they didn't sell the meat in the exact portions I needed. I also had to go to Smith's for a couple of dressings that they didn't carry at Whole Foods.

This is a picture of yesterday's meal. It was delicious. I actually had a hard time eating everything.

Me today. I will be so glad when I don't look pregnant anymore.

Weight 187.2 lbs
Glucose 132

Medifast Day 1

So, my health has actually gotten worse instead of better. :( So sad. August has been a rough month health wise. I was at my doctor 2 weeks ago and she said that my diabetes was bad and that I needed to get my sugar down. She didn't want to give me more medication because I'm already taking so much. She said to eat absolutely no sugar. Do you know how hard that is? Believe me I've been trying since 2008. She also told me to eat Oatmeal, Apples, Pears and Beans. I can do everything except the pears. They are gross. I feel like I am eating sand when I eat a pear. I don't like the texture. But I said I would do what she said. A few days later I went to the eye doctor which should not be a big deal, right?! It ended up freaking me out!!! First I got progressive lenses so I can focus on different distances. He told me there is a freckle inside my eye we have to watch to make sure it doesn't turn into cancer. But the scary part was he found that I have diabetic retinopathy!!! That is what makes diabetics go blind. I am only 44 years old! He explained the sugar in my blood is so high that it is leaking from the blood vessels in my eyes. The good news is that it is not near my optic nerves. It is in the outer parts of my eye and he says it may be reversible.

I had lots of people at work giving me advice. One said that I should only eat protein, like meat and cheese. Since I have been trying to go vegan ever since I first saw Forks over Knives I thought that would be a pretty extreme shift. Another person I was introduced to by my manager had been doing Medifast. He got off all of his medications in 2 weeks and lost 45 pounds in 3 1/2 months. I was reluctant because the food did not look healthy or tasty and it is very expensive. But given all the bad news I had and that I hadn't been successful with Weight Watchers, PureTrim, Juice Fasts or a Vegan lifestyle I decided that this is my next effort.

Today is day 1.

This picture brings up some other issues. I have been in this house for over a year and my mirror is right where I keep all of my unpacked boxes. Maybe during this journey I will get my house in order.

Today is one of my best days since I became diabetic. I weigh 189.4 lbs. 38.7% body fat and My glucose is only 144.

Tummy 42.5"

Neck 16"

Chest 41"

R Arm 16"

L Arm 15"

Rib Cage 38.5"

Waist 38"

Hips 41"

R Thigh 24"

L Thigh 24"

Energy Profiling? Type 1? What is all this crazy talk????!!!!

I quit my job on July 1st and life has been a whirlwind ever since! Part of that is because my daughter called me one day and told me that she had been learning about energy types and thought I was a type 2.  (see www.myenergyprofile.com ) I said ok. I was in the process of moving to Utah so I told her I would learn more about it after I arrived. Several weeks later, before I left to catch a plane to visit my son she gave me a copy of Dressing Your Truth and told me to read it on the plane. I did. (see www.dressingyourtruth.com ) By the time  I returned I was sure I was a type 3. She showed me a video on you tube that explained that many type 1s with a secondary 4 and vice versa confuse themselves with type 3. I was thoroughly confused. I would tell myself I was a 1/4 but I didn't like it. My facial profiling was definitely much more type 1 than 3. I didn't see any 3 in my face. I sort of accepted it until we went to a club night. By the end of club night I was sure I was a type 2. Then in casual conversation with both Carol and Ann they said, "So, you're a type 1." (They assumed that I had already come to that conclusion myself. Carol told us not to ask what our type was. We need to figure it out ourselves.) I left very conflicted thinking that they know what they are talking about and that they were wrong at the same time. I decided to embrace it or at least try to. I get why it is a 30 day challenge it is a process. Here is a picture of me, Carol and my daughter at club night:

 On September 2nd I went to get my hair done. It was such an emotional experience. Here is my before picture:

Here is my after picture:

I don't know if you can tell in my face but I was not happy. I hated the hair color. I had her go much darker before I went home. I have to say that everyone at the salon and the store is so nice. Melissa stayed there to get my hair right until 7:30pm. They close at 6. She told me how since type 1s want everyone to be happy we sometimes have a hard time knowing what we want. 

This is me the next day trying to do it on my own:

I later realized that this shirt was type 3. Grrr. It just really weighed me down. By the end of the day I couldn't wait to take it off. But I like this hair color. I think I need my hair cut again to make my bangs shorter and to get more layers. I also wish I hadn't gone so short. But that is the way I learn. I have to see it on my head before I know if it will work or not.

It's been over a year since my last post. A lot has changed. Not healthwise though. I'm still struggling with most of my health problems. Yesterday I went to a seminar about eating vegan and I have decided to try that again. I first tried this a couple of years ago. I was recovering from surgery and had watched Forks over Knives for the first time. It was great while I was home on short term disability but as soon as I returned to work and school it was too much. I'm ready to try again.
My husband and I have moved to Utah. That means I am no longer attending ASU. I did successfully complete one year though. I am so proud of myself. My biology is done. I am now attending UVU and looking for work in the medical field.

Becoming a Doctor

Ok. So I want to be a doctor when I grow up. I am attending ASU as a Spanish Linguistics major and I am taking my pre med classes. I plan to graduate in May 2018 and then to attend the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine. I'm super excited. I will do my residency in the US and then work in a low income community so the government will pay off my student loans. I plan to specialize in internal medicine and use my background in customer service to be a first class doctor that helps her patients to cure themselves of all the nasty diseases that are becoming an epidemic in our society. It is going to be tough because I am working full time and because I don't know how I will pay for it. I no longer qualify for student loans or grants because I reached my lifetime maximum by taking 20 years to get my associate degree and getting PLUS loans to help my kids go to Southern Virginia University. Both of those things were important so I don't regret them it just makes it more difficult now. I won't let that get me down.