This Needs To Go

So.... its been another 6 months without blogging.  I see this is becoming a habit for me! :o)  And again... so much has happened to me.   I feel like I need to unload all of that... but another time.
Today I am using this blog as a place to keep track of my weight loss.

In January, I was put back on medicine to control my blood sugar after being told I was now a full-blown diabetic.  I changed my diet to a typical diabetic diet, but I was still having huge fluctuations in my levels.  My pain was at an all time high, and I couldn't muster up any energy.  I began to research different diets and became intrigued by the Paleo lifestyle... not so much for what it represents, but because it is very low in carbs.  I also liked parts of the Atkins diet, and the first phase of South Beach.  I realized that a super intensely drastic change was the only way to get this under control... because my goal has always been to be medicine free!  I also realized I had tried diets before and they never worked... because I didn't like them.  So I made my own custom diet, loosely based on Paleo, Atkins, and South Beach.  I cut out grains, sugar, processed food, most fruit, and legumes.  I also eat very very few starches and very little corn.  This wasn't easy to adjust to at first... I kept having cravings for bread and potatoes... but the longer I stuck with it and stayed completely away from those things, the easier it became.  After about 2 weeks, I had very few cravings and was able to stick to the diet completely.  Most I eat meats, dairy, nuts, and lots of salads.  I have added in potatoes on occasion (i love chips!), and all corn tortillas.

When I went back to the doctor my A1C went from 12.75 to 8.1, my triglycerides went from 1600 to 400 without any medicine to help that, and I had only gained one pound.  (Diabetes medicines typically make you gain weight very rapidly when you first start them, the last time I started them, I gained almost 60lbs in a year!!!)  I am due for more blood work in a few weeks, and I know I will be very close to normal range in everything.

But... the weight loss.  UGH.  I exercise, eat well, and still am not losing.  I truly understand why, but its frustrating, and sometimes I find myself eating things I shouldn't because I get in a slump of "who cares, its not working anyways".  When our worship pastors wife told me about something she used to lose weight, I was intrigued.  All-natural, known to help with blood sugar issues, and other health problems, including pain levels for those with Fibromyalgia (my newest diagnosis... but that's a whole other issue of doctors slapping on a label when they don't know what else to call it), and helps you lose weight with little effort, I was sold.  Today marked my first day of trying Plexus Slim with the accelerator.  I did the research.... I talked to my doctor.. weighed myself, measured my body, and took the first capsule and drank the first drink this morning.  Im ready for this stuff to work, and really praying that the Lord would use this to help me... the way the diet helped other areas!!

My goals for my health, my body, etc are fairly simple and not drastic.
Right now, I weigh 215 and I would like to get to 180, which is 30 pounds.  That's not skinny or anything... but that's ok with me.  I just want to be healthy.
Right now, I take 20 mgs of Glipizide 2x daily, 1 metformin 2x daily, 1 meloxicam in the morning, at least one muscle relaxer in the evening, and ibuprofen as needed (which is needed a lot), and B12 vitamins, cinnamon capsules, and vitamin D.  I want to get to a point where I take nothing but the vitamins.
I want to get pregnant, have a healthy full-term pregnancy, and give birth to a healthy baby who is not over or under weight.
I want to have energy every day... not just on days when I eat perfect.
I want to be around for my kids for a long long time.
I want to be ok with my body and my weight and not look pregnant!!  (I carry my weight in my belly).

I am hoping my diet, plus exercise and this Plexus Slim would be the key to completing my goals.  I know I can do this, and I believe that God is going to honor my dedication and use these things to heal me!!!

Today, I feel more energetic on this stuff.. the accelorator has caffeine, dark chocolate extracts, guarana, green tea extracts, and more.  Since I don't always drink a lot of caffeine (some days, I drink none), I do feel slightly jittery, but nothing horrible, and I expect this feeling to go away once I get off my tosh and do something other than type and edit photos.  No after taste from the capsule or the drink (which is just a powder mix put in water like crystal light... and it actually tastes very good!).  No diarrhea.. praise God! When I woke up this morning, I had a lot of low back pain, but after taking this and the meloxicam, the pain is almost completely gone.  It happened much faster than usual and without all the stretching I normally do.
So Im off to go outside and push Madi on the swing and check in on my garden!  I feel very good today!