My Journey towards Health

In less than six months time, I will be starting my third year as a diagnoised Type II Diabetic.  I really never had a chance come to think of it.  My maternal Grandfather died 7 years before I was born due to alcholic related Type II diabeties complications.  My own mother was gestional diabetic when she carried at least my brother and myself.  One of my materinal uncles is a Type II Diabetic and my sister was gestional diabetic with both her children.  After the over the phone via mother diagnoises and I rushed to the doctor with a fasting sugar of 280 and was diagnoised with Type II Diabetes, it finally came out with all my varying medical problems while pregnant I too was most likely a gestional diabetic and nobody caught it with the fastings or the sugar testings done to pregnant women.  At first I was highly upset that due to varying unknown medical complications all my doctors insisted I had my tubes tied at the age of 22 and recently finding out if they would have diagnoised me correctly from the start, I could have gone on to have my wish of four children.  Then I mellowed out and remembered I HATED being pregnant:D  And I am very happy and blessed with my two children.

 

Through these last two and half years, I have ranged from a very die hard diabetic paitent to a very lax diabetic paitent.  When a person has an uncurable chronic can live with an entire life time illness, one gets highly tired of all the regulations and testing that they have to do day in and day out to maintain a normal functioning life.

 

Currently I am what my RN Mommy who works the diabetic clinics and the Reservation Public School checks for diabetic chidlren calls a lukewarm diabetic paitent.  I actually monitor what I eat for the most part.  I get a lot of exersies compared to the majority of diabetics in our area receive and I am willing to cut bad habits from my day to day life.  Much to her dismay, cursing is not a habit I have yet to break:P:D  Sorry featherdawn 

 

The goal for this year was to loose the last 40 lbs I need to get back to my highschool graduation weight.  I have hit stale mate after stale mate.  Either time, family, or my own body has tried to prevent me from becoming healthier.  I am very slowly making progress.  I am loosing inches vs weight.  And I know in my body's case I will continue to loose inches for a few more weeks to months before my metablizim catches up and starts burning full on fat to loose the weight.  Simply because at 5'5", I am average height for a woman but I am not small boned.  I am medium boned with heavy muscle mass.  It is an advantage when people are attempting to guess my weight!  They usually guess 15-30 lbs under what I actually weight:D

 

I still have about three and half months left to get some more weight off.  I refuse to weigh myself until I can physically see myself not only loosing inches but fat deposits that will lead to weight loose.  And even then, I will still weigh heavier then I look due to the excessive loose skin I am starting to see through my abdomine, hips, and now more recently my arms.

 

So far, I have readded a daily exersise of either walkign or eliptical machine.  I have learned not to get bent out of shape if I miss a day or even up to a week or more exersising.  A part time single stay home mom, I do not get a lot of time to exersise.  Then I added a college class to the mix.  On top of my TKD and walking/eliptical, I virtually cut soda out of my diet completely.  Very rarely is it in the hosue and when it is I treat myself.  If we go out for dinner, I order water or ice tea.  And just in the last month, I have cut coffee completely out of my morning routine.  Yes I still drink hot teas in the morning and some do have caffine in them but not in the same degree that coffee has.

 

I have continued to research possible cleansing diets and between my lovely friends, atticsmouse and Teri, I have found a possible cleanse alternative.  When things settle down in my life I will give what they suggested a chance.  Plus why I think it will work for me is I don't have to stop eating and cause my sugars to go wonky!  Between what my food person says and what torridgirl posted, I have done research on avocadoes, and thanks to my girl Teri who was the initial guine pig for me, I am giong to attempt to add a half to a whole avocado to my diet daily for at least a month to start.  Avocadoes have been found to increase a person's metabolism rate and give an over all jump start on using your body's stored fat deposits!  We may eat like we are hunters and gathers but we sure do NOT have that life style anymore.  I have no need for all this stored belly fat!

 

In my next few days to weeks postings, I will also be giving periodical updates on my next habit I am attempting to break.............yet again.  Smoking.  Before we moved home, I was down to 3 cigs a day and I did well with my routine of smoking only on the hour for the first few days to a week and then moving the time between cigs further back until I am completely broke of cigs.  I don't care about the money.  I really dont' have a spendy habit when I smoke Tribal Smokes:P:D  But if I stop smoking, I have an arguement against my kids if they should start, I'll breath better, and I'll keep a lil more money in my pocket.  Even though we all know once I quit smoking, I'll end up dying some tragic death NOT caused by smoking anyway!  Oh yay!  I forgot, we all live to die in the first place so it really doesn't matter!:P:D

 

Well that is it for now.  Wish me luck on eating advocatoes and my attempt to stop smoking!