After getting all of my health issues dealt with and got doctors that listened to me, I’m now able to workout regularly. I have setup 1 personal trainer appointment per week for the next 12 weeks. After that I will purchase 12 more. My personal trainer is my inspiration. She was overweight in the past and she knows how to get the best results. I will also be running two days a week. My son has decided to join me, not because he is overweight or unhealthy but because he wants to support me and make sure I’m around for him for a long time. All that and he’s only 12. boy, i did something right raising him! As a single mom with one full time and 2 parttime jobs I have lots of stress, and my doctor informed me last year that if i don’t change my ways i could have a heartattack before i’m 40. So I’m moving for change in my life.
How to get healthy
How I did it: Found all new doctors and started over. Thyroid problems if monitored properly should only be a 3-6 months thing. Not every month because I feel bad. New doctor has nailed it and my levels have been great for over 3 months.
As far as the OCD, just like I take my medication everyday, I need to take my diet and exercise everyday. You wouldnt stop one, you certainly cant stop all of it. Sure there are days when I cant do yoga, so I meditate instead. There will always be problems, but I have never felt better. Its all about priorities. What is important to me? How I feel everyday was very high on that list.
Lessons & tips: Find doctors that listen to you. I went through 4 psychiatrists before this one. If a doctor is willing to give you med after med after med without looking into solving the problem, thats a red flag. If your doctor isnt willing to discuss diet and exercise, thats a red flag too. People have become so sensitive over this stuff, they refuse to believe smoking, food and no activity could possibly be part of the problem.
Move. Move, move, move. Its scientific that moving helps your body create hormones that make you feel better. Dont believe me, try it. As someone who couldnt get out of bed to someone who walks at a local park, does yoga and is getting back in to society again, it works. I am also off 2 of my medications! And dont forget 50lbs down.
Im saving extra money a month on saved copays, medications and eating less and better.
Resources: My doctors, the ones that finally listen and believe that meds cannot solve everything. Bravery. Its hard to get up and get going, I KNOW this. But once you do you will feel so much better.
Still looking for someone or something to help with cholesterol. All this weight gone, working out and eating better and it STILL hasnt moved more than 3 points...ugh.
People doing this are also doing these things:
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set up a t shirt business
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make people realize just how ridiculous and wonderful the word "coffee" is: coffee. coffee. coffee. coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee! coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee. Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Coffee, coffee? C
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Get completely pissed then go to the cinema
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courtney foxsparrow The quiz says I'm an Organized, Healthy Self-Improver. Nice!
I had testing done last week, and all of my tests came back within normal ranges. My A1C was exactly 7, my liver and kidney functions were normal, my blood pressure was good and my cholesterol was within normal ranges. I still need to lose weight, bring my A1C down a little more and increase my good cholesterol, but overall, I’m looking healthy! My A1C was higher than I expected, but the doc agreed that it was probably because we only switched my medication 6 weeks ago and the A1C is a 3 month average, so the average would show higher than the actual results I’m getting at home. She’s going to retest at the end of November, where I should be at a 6 at the highest.
My doctor said that she could tell that I have made a lot of changes in the past 9 months, so she knew that not losing a lot of weight like she wanted me to must be frustrating for me and not entirely my fault. I love my doctor, but until this visit, she didn’t believe me that I’ve been working on my diet and excersize. It was nice that she acknowledged that it isn’t entirely my fault.
I’m very happy with my progress. If the test results are as expected at the end of November, she’s “going to release me back to the ob/gyn.” Woo-hoo! Baby, here we come!
courtney foxsparrow The quiz says I'm an Organized, Healthy Self-Improver. Nice!
I have testing again this week. I looked at my average blood sugar results for the past month and my A1C would be at 5.4!!! It’ll probably be a bit higher because of difficulties I had the prior couple of months, but it’s finally getting down. 6 or less for a diabetic is ideal, so I’m really getting to where I should be. I’ve very excited.
My weight loss is also coming along…slowly but surely. The trend is ultimately downward, so I’m very happy about that. Soon, I should be able to start trying for a baby again. Yay!
LaLaNYC is ready to go!
So as per my agreement with myself i went back to gym today after a three month break…and the the treadmill ate my keys!!! I decided to take this as a sign that satin really doesn’t want me getting into shape, so this is my mantra “He might have broken my keys, but he isn’t going to break my will!” I used the anger i had about the situation to finish my workout and stay calm, then i went home and got a new lock and a new set of keys cut so I’d have a spare.
take that Satin! BooYa!!
LaLaNYC is ready to go!
I’m not sure how to start this but it’s going to start with eating right for six days a week and taking one day off. I’m also going to work out three days a week.
I haven’t a clue how to do this, but I know that posting and having someone (or two) cheer me on and kick me in the seat when needed is going to help.
I need to lose at least 75 pounds. I have a treadmill, I have alot of exercise equipment at home to use, but I am a people person….I need to have others “with” me. Celebrating and pushing.
I am 53 soon to be 54. I would like to be much much healthier by the time I hit 55. I believe I said this before I turned 50, and 40 also!
Baby steps!
Education:
This freaks me out completely!
I get so overwhelmed thinking about nutrition and healthy eating. It seems so complicated and so incredibly difficult to keep track of. It doesn’t seem like I will ever be able to get a handle on all the thoughts out there.
So, what I’m going to do first is read “You on a Diet” because that’s what my doctor recommended.
Then I’ll look at the Nutrition Almanac book that J recommended.
So, for the next month…I’m going to concentrate on just learning as much as I can about how to read labels, knowing how much I should weigh, how much BMI is ok, how many carbs, how many calories etc…learning some of the values of certain foods and how they react to my PCOS.
What are good portion sizes? and find a bit of a routine about when to eat…
Want to explore the GI diets too. Think that may be the way that I need to eat…
One month is not that scary…
So, here goes…
courtney foxsparrow The quiz says I'm an Organized, Healthy Self-Improver. Nice!
It’s a little easier to focus on this when Mark’s out of town. When we’re together, we’re enjoying each other and I don’t work on my healthy habits as much. When it’s just me, I have an easier time keeping my calorie consumption in check (I eat more when I’m happy and enjoying myself) and I eat less because I just cook simple things for myself. So, since he went to work in Wyoming, I’ve been losing weight pretty rapidly.
I’m still having trouble with my blood sugar. It isn’t outragous, but the medicine just isn’t getting it where it should be. It’s difficult, but I see my Dr. next week and we’ll figure something out.
