Oct. 27, 2007
I have been raw almost 5 months now and I am now down 61 Lbs. I went to the doctor for my 3 month check on the diabetes and was told " I am so proud of you." My A1C was at 4.9 which is at normal. I have not had an A1C that was normal ever. Also all my other tests were normal and my insulin is cut from 30R and 40N two times a day to 20R and 30N once a day and Glucopahage 500 tabs 2 times a day. I made a really bad move last night and since I had eaten so many grapes I took a shot of insulin at bedtime also. About 3:45 a.m. I woke up in a sweat and could not see for the spots in my vision. I checked my sugar and it was only 42. I will not take insulin at night any more. The doctor would like to get me off of insulin altogether by my next visit in Jan. He also feels I can eliminate the pills by the time I get between 210 and 180. I have 48 to 78 Lbs to go. That means at 10 lbs a month in 5 to 7 months I should be off of most of my medications. Praise God and thank you raw life style. This way of eating does heal the body. I have been unable to see in the mirror that I have really lost weight. I don't know if it is a mind set or what but today I notice that I now have bat wings for upper arms and my shoulders have shrunk, my hump on my neck is not hard anymore and the hairline ridge at the back of my head is completely gone. I get depressed when I look at the full body image in the mirror or see pix of me sitting because I have a big gut but it was pointed out to me that the skin that is sagging (about 5-6 inches of it) on my stomach has no where to go but up when I sit giving the appearance of still a huge gut. My doctor said the self image thing is from my personality; I have a very critical, perfectionist view of my self. Hopefully that will change with time and weight loss.
I have been thinking very strongly of getting my granddaughter and I memberships to curves and going daily instead of 2 - 3 times a week. Alisha and I have been kind of distant lately and I miss her greatly. I need to get us both going as buddies again. She will be here tonight so I am going to get a recipe for us to do together. That seems to help both of us.
Today I am doing some accounting for my clients so this will be a sit and work day. Not much exercise today. Anyone have any ideas about getting some exersize while sitting at a dest? Sure would appreciate some input.
2 comments:
deep breathing. not only does it relax you, but the inflow of oxygen to the blood fuels up your metabolism. sometimes when i'm sitting i like to breath in 5 or so times, breathing as deeeeep as my lungs can (breathing through the nose) and then when i release the breath i focus on tightening my abs, pulling my bellybutton in and feeling like i'm squeezing all the air out of my lungs. it's not an hour of cardio, but, hey, every bit helps, right! and it will make you feel gooood :)
hope this helps!
Hello,
My name is Prabhu, I work with Dhrumil at welikeitraw.com
We’re collecting the contact emails of people in the raw food community and I was hoping you could send me yours. Would you mind shoot me an email at prabhu@dboost.com
The reason I’m asking for it is that Dhrumil and the team at We Like It Raw are trying to unite all the bloggers with a common sub-site.
Thanks!
Prabhu
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