SO...I got back from the doctors and my 6 month check up today...and things are actually looking really good! According to her scale I have only lost a grand total of 34lbs...and I know that number flucuates 3-4 lbs so it's all good, (my scale said 38lb loss first thing this a.m.)...but my other blood work numbers are really cool! Blood pressure had been going significantly down since I stopped taking on the worries of the world but now my blood pressure is consistently and completely normal...yeah! My A1C which is a cumalitive blood sugar average over the past three months is 6.1 which is down from a 7.5...that's really a big drop and I owe that to nutrition changes and exercise!!! WOOHOO! In addition my fasting blood sugar levels are significantly down...in the normal range too...my cholesterol was 181, triglycerides 93, HDL 48 and LDL 114...which are all within normal healthy ranges! I am seriously going to reverse all this negative health junk and I'm really stoked about all this!
Yesterday I went almost 7 miles on an interval walk/run, it KILLED the balls of my feet for some reason and so I had to soak in the hot tub...but that wasn't so bad! Today was my day to switch to the South Beach diet and it's going well, I've been ready to do so for awhile...I think Atkins is a little too restrictive in regards to fruit and it being summer I think that SB will be a better fit (plus I was finding weird excuses to go off diet and I don't want to have a "diet" mentality) SB also seems to allow some living circumstance room and it takes in glycemic index, which I have found is very important for me personally...also SB knows that people have birthdays and a piece of cake is NOT the end of the world...its about achieving balance...Cake for breakfast everyday...no bueno...cake at a party once in a while...tres bien!
Well that's about it for my little health update...I want to try and write daily in the month of June and see if that helps me knock the next 34lbs! I will also be giving updates on the new exercise routine I am trying out...P90X anybody? :)
It's a good life!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Desperately Seeking ...?
So, I have got it in my head that I need a work out buddy or a trainer...and since funds are at a low point right now I'm thinkin' a personal trainer is out (unless I can find one that will work for home baked brownies and pretty pictures...) but seriously where in H-Town OR am I going to find a hunk of burning love work out buddy that can inspire and push me towards my goal of losing 100 big ones by the end of summer? I'm thinking a Maks/Kirstie 'Dancing with the Stars' type relationship where I get to work my booty off while being highly motivated by a tall dark handsome man with an accent who has all the right moves! lol...any ideas?
Seriously though I must keep my sense of humor as I struggle through this funk...and a work out buddy would be SWEET! I think I am Finally back on track with the cutting of the carbs and what, you ask triggered that? Getting good and angry and finding some determination inside of me that says 'No matter what obstacles, no matter who doubts me or sabotages me...I WILL do this just to show you I can.'
Still working through all of this and trying to figure it all out, but like my brother told me in a conversation regarding this struggle the other day, "you have to just get to the point where it doesn't matter what happened in the past, you just have to go forward and succeed in spite of all that" and I wholeheartedly agree! This issue will crop up again I'm sure and I will just have to battle right through it and keep on keeping on. This is not a jog around the park but a marathon and the finish line is the day I draw my last breath on earth, NOT when I reach a specific goal...my goal is to have a strong, sexy, beautiful body so that I can have, God-willing, a long, healthy, beautiful life!
So, while I would seriously LOVE to have a work out buddy, preferably a hot guy with an accent, I will continue to desperately pursue my goals and not give up...ever, ever, ever...EVER!
Seriously though I must keep my sense of humor as I struggle through this funk...and a work out buddy would be SWEET! I think I am Finally back on track with the cutting of the carbs and what, you ask triggered that? Getting good and angry and finding some determination inside of me that says 'No matter what obstacles, no matter who doubts me or sabotages me...I WILL do this just to show you I can.'
Still working through all of this and trying to figure it all out, but like my brother told me in a conversation regarding this struggle the other day, "you have to just get to the point where it doesn't matter what happened in the past, you just have to go forward and succeed in spite of all that" and I wholeheartedly agree! This issue will crop up again I'm sure and I will just have to battle right through it and keep on keeping on. This is not a jog around the park but a marathon and the finish line is the day I draw my last breath on earth, NOT when I reach a specific goal...my goal is to have a strong, sexy, beautiful body so that I can have, God-willing, a long, healthy, beautiful life!
So, while I would seriously LOVE to have a work out buddy, preferably a hot guy with an accent, I will continue to desperately pursue my goals and not give up...ever, ever, ever...EVER!
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