8 posts tagged “health”
A few of my favorite pictures of the kids from this week!
Tally is doing great. Getting ready for school to start next month.
I went to my doctor the week before last and am still waiting for my test results. I'm not expecting them to be great but I'm hoping they are at least decent. Will post when I get them.
I've been in a funk the past few weeks, maybe even a month. I haven't been exercising or wanting to get out much. Talking to a friend I decided I needed to make myself exercise and maybe it will get my spirits up too. So I just finished my 18 min walk at home video, 3 days in a row so far. It's a start since I haven't been doing anything the past few weeks and I can definitely feel it. I guess I should just be happy my weight stayed the same during my "break" lol So far I am feeling better. I have a scrapbook crop tomorrow night, thanks Lisa for inviting me. I desperately need to get out of the house away from the kids. It's rare I get away from both for anything longer than a trip to the grocery store or getting my hair done. ;)
Devlin is doing well. He passed his hearing screening but they are going to check him again in a few weeks because he has a bit of ear wax that we might have issues with. We will meet his Speech Pathologist on Tuesday and start his therapy. I'm excited to see how much she can help him!
We went to the park on Tuesday... (I accidentally double sharpened my resized pics, ignore that)
and I even finished a page with Gina's new kit Spring Bloomers
I've been slacking on my reading a bit. I just finished Lethal Legacy the night before last and started on Bare Bones yesterday (1/3rd of the way through so far). Right now I'm looking into getting a container garden book. They are all checked out at the library so I'm thinking about hitting the bookstore on my way to get groceries tonight. Matt and I have really been discussing this since we don't have a lot of space in our court yard between our condo and garage but are wanting to grow a few vegetables this year. Will keep you posted on what we come up with on that one and if you know of a good site or book to research this more...please share! Hope everyone has a nice weekend!
My A1C is 5.8 (120 average), which is great compared to my 9.9 (240 average) that I had in December. So my diabetes is under control. My blood pressure was good this appointment also. My Cholesterol is another story though so I have one more medication added to my pill box. Total Cholesterol went down, Trig went down also, HDL went down to under 40, not good and LDL went up, not good either. My doctor believes that once my BMI is down in the normal area that I should be able to get off all meds and control the diabetes with diet/exercise. I actually am starting to believe that it's possible now with how low my A1C is. Now to keep my booty moving so I can lose this weight!!!
I just finished a Wii Fit workout. I am exhausted! I did two 6 min sets of Boxing (Aerobics), 6 minute Super Hula Hoop (my abs hurt like a S.O.B. during), 3 min Step Workout and then a 3 min Jog that I got a 105% 4 star burn rate on. Probably need to look into a heart rate monitor to see how much of a workout it is giving me right now. I am going to work on getting the jogging up over the next few months. Hopefully outside around the neighborhood and only inside during nasty weather or summer heat. I haven't done a workout video in a week and really need to fit them in at least a few times a week. I still have a lot of weight to lose to get down to a healthy BMI. I see my doctor on Tuesday to have my A1C test redone, lets see if I've been keeping my blood sugars under enough control. I'm sure it will be down a lot but not sure if it's where the doctor wants it. Will keep you posted on the results, doubt I'll get them until next week from experience.
- Pizza (takeout)
- Parents house (Ribs, Chicken, deviled egg potato salad, corn on the cob, and salad)
- Creamy Tomato Basil & Italian Sausage Soup with Garlic Bread
- Cube Steak Stroganoff (Saving Dinner cookbook)
- Ham
- Herb Crusted Flounder in Roasted Garlic Sauce (Robin Millers Quick Fix Meals)
- Breakfast (whole wheat pancakes, scrambled eggs and turkey bacon)
- brown rice
- whole wheat pasta
- potatoes
- broccoli
- green beans
- asparagus
(I use at least half whole wheat flour with all my baked goods as well as benefiber and flax seed)
As usual if there is a recipe you want from my list, feel free to email me from here and I'll type it up and send it.
Haven't done a book post in a few weeks so I felt I was due. I'm not reading as fast as I was there for a while so I'm only going through about 3 books every few weeks.
I finished this one recently. Another great Tracey Bateman book and the end of the Drama Girls Series
On the health front. I'm still trying to get used to working out. I've worked out 3 times so far this week and if my kids will stop being crazy while I'm trying to work out I'd really appreciate it. lol I've found it really helps my numbers in the morning if I can get it done within an hour after breakfast. My afternoon and evening numbers are still decent.
I had my cholesterol checked at my last appt and finally got the results from that at the end of last week. It was NOT good! I'm not surrpised either since at that time I'd still been in the getting control stage. I'm not sure how fast cholesterol numbers go down but I'm hoping it's decent by my next appt. Cholesterol was 214 (wants under 200), Triglycerides were 228 (way high, but I think were due to my uncontrolled diabetes...needs to be between 50-150), LDL was 119 (wants under 100 due to the diabetes) My HDL was decent 49 (needs to be between 40-96) So I have some work to do with fat intake as well as carbs. Which is hard since I like eating nuts around this time of year. lol
I'm still drinking water for the most part with an occasional tea or no sugar added hot cocoa. I've bought some soy products from the advice of my doctor, light vanilla soy milk and roasted soynuts for the protein. She wants me getting 25g of soy protein per day. I also noticed on Biggest Loser last night they had talked about Fiber One original cereal with 14g of fiber per 1/2 cup, so I'm definitely going to try that and see how it does with my blood sugars in the morning. I need something that isn't going to spike it up like crazy. Weight loss wise I'm back down to what I was before my diabetes was controlled, it's going to be rough with me on meds to lose it like I want to but I'll get down this 35lbs by the end of the year! That is my goal for the year and I'm going to do what I must to get there!
Thanks for your support!!
Multigrain Pancakes
1 cup bleached all purpose flour
1/3 cup each cornmeal, whole wheat flour, and old fashioned oats (for 1 cup total)
3 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups low fat buttermilk
1/2 cup low fat milk
2 large eggs
2 T oil (I use canola)
1 tsp vanilla extract
oil to brush on griddle
Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over low heat while preparing batter.
Mix flour, cornmeal, whole wheat flour, oats, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Microwave buttermilk and milk together in a 1- quart measuring cup to room temperature, 20-30 seconds. Whisk eggs, oil, and vanilla into the buttermilk and milk. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk until just mixed. Return batter to measuring cup, stirring in a tsp or so of water, if necessary, to make a thick but pourable batter.
Increase heat to medium and lightly brush skillet or griddle with oil. When oil starts to spread out but before it starts to smoke, pour in batter, 1/4 cup at a time, working in batches, if necessary, to avoid overcrowding. When pancakes bottoms are golden brown and tops start to bubble, 2-3 mins, flip pancakes and cook until golden brown on remaining side. Repeat, brushing skillet or griddle with oil as needed. Serve hot.
Spicy Roasted Salmon
4 servings
2 tsp light brown sugar
4 tsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp cinnamon
salt and pepper to taste
4 (5 oz) salmon filets
Preheat oven to 400°
In a small bowl, combine spices and rub over the salmon. Place the salmon in an 11x7 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the salmon flakes easily with fork.
Weekly Diabetes update...
My fasting this morning was 189, although it's not exactly were it's supposed to be at least it's not in the 200's! Keeping within my diet isn't really hard so far. I went to lunch with my mom yesterday at Johnny Carrino's and my number was 133 after eating. I tore off a few bites from the bread, had a salad with ranch on the side and the Lemon Chicken with red pepper green beans and a little bit of angel hair pasta. I was very careful and I'm not sure how many carbs I had with lunch but I think I did pretty well. Once my sugars are were they should be I'll up my carb count closer to the 2-3 carb choices per meal. For breakfast I've been staying between 1-2 since my numbers are so bad in the morning. Lunch I've been sticking close to 2 and dinner 2 also. Snacks I'm doing around 1 mid day and 1 before bed. The reccomended carb choice count per day is 10 and I think I'm sticking close to 7-8. I have 5 cookbooks coming in from amazon in the next few weeks that I'm hoping will spice up my cooking. I also called my doctor this morning and set up a fasting appt on Thurs, Jan 8th.
I haven't been reading as much lately with all of the holiday stuff going on and I probably won't be reading as much because I need to stay on a good sleeping/eating schedule and I usually read at night in bed which at times can put me getting to bed really really late. The meds I'm on right now are making me tired and plus I need to be up in the 8am range to check my blood sugars and eat. Both of those cut into my reading. lol But here is what I am reading at the moment.
Finally started reading the book I got from Rachel Hauck
On Christmas day I gave myself a reality check...while talking to my dad about my foot issues he volunteered his blood glucose meter for me to check my blood sugars. I haven't done this since I saw my endocrinologist after Devlin was born and the doctor told me I was prediabetic but not diabetic which I guess in my mind told me I could go back to eating whatever I wanted because I had time. Well I was definitely wrong. When I checked Christmas day my numbers were in the 200's. When I checked yesterday mornings fasting number I was 250 something. I was going to wait until the beginning of the year to go to the doctor and have all my blood work done before I knew my true numbers. I realized after that number yesterday morning that that could no longer be my plan! I had to take action immediately to start lowering my sugars. Of course it's the day after Christmas and my doctors office is NOT open. lol So I head to Urgent Care for my clinic which has put all of the urgent cares into one place... so can you see where this is going?!? I arrive at 10:30 and almost 6 hours later I can finally leave with 4 new prescriptions in hand plus another bg meter to test my sugars 4x a day. So I am now officially diabetic and have a slight blood pressure issue I hope to lower so I don't need meds for that eventually. The doctor put me on Metformin, Avandia and Glyburide to help lower my blood sugars which I'm sad to say my A1C put me at a 9.9/240 average for the past 3 months. It's all crazy right now and I am not liking this Metformin so far and he even started me out at only one dose a day. So my menu plans will change for the better. Luckily I cut out all soda a few weeks ago so I don't have to come down from my caffeine fix. I am trying to stay away from sugar alcohols, fake sugars and for now anything sweet until I get this under control which the doctor told me could take up to a month or so hopefully. I will keep you up to date as my numbers go down for the better, most likely when I'm under 200 to start with I'll let you know.
Have a nice weekend and I'll be back probably tomorrow night with my Menu Plan for the week!
