4 months and counting

Finally, the update I promised.
I have been on the GI Diet for 4 months now. When I started I recorded my measurements, done myself so accuracy may not be perfect they will be listed first then the ones now.

Waist=59 inches - then
Hips 57 inches
Thigh (left)=36 inches


Waist 47 inches - now
Hips 57 inches
Thigh 26 1/2 inches

As you can see I still have a looonnggg way to go, but I am going in the right direction!
Ok here's the video.

Bumping

and bumping, one says to herself, " you had to ask".

My children have been great at nudging me, maybe a little too good. No sitting on ones laurels now!
So I have been bumped, now what to write?



I have discovered Facebook, and should have known when the first person warned me not to get addicted, but I'm slow. By the time the second person warned me I was well on my way down addiction highway. Of course I can stop anytime I want to. Oh hang on it's been half an hour since I checked---um ya well---but---Facebook really is interesting, I think over half the attraction is figuring out how everything works. I am so nosey, I see something on someone's profile and I need to know how they did that, or where they found that. Some people think I am smart because I figure out how to use functions on cell phones et al but really it's just that I am just curious.
That's it for now. Thanks for the bumps J & D :P
Update on GI Diet progress coming soon!

GI Diet Week 14

Sometimes it feels like I'm spitting in the ocean but I guess I am making more progress than that.

Slipping Odd Peaches

We have an orchard here locally that has wonderful peaches. I almost always forget to get out and get some before it is too late or I don't have the money to get any. I heard on the news that the peach crop was early and plentiful this year and decided since I am on this new diet I must get me some. So I went out and there on Tuesday and the lady running the stand talked me into trying white nectarines; delicious! So I got a box of them, a box of peaches and a box mixed with all three. The majority of them ready to eat. Now I had a problem, I was still operating one handed for the most part and needed to get them ready to freeze.
I stopped by my mom's house because she lives near the orchard, and asked her it she had some time to come and help me. She agreed once she realized what a hard time I was having with my hand. So she came over and manned the slipping of the peaches and nectarines and I cut them up. It took us over two hours, all of which we were on our feet. We ended up with 20 bags of peaches and nectarines; each holding about 2 cups. When Mom got done with her job, she came to help me cut up. She also did the dishes after. I don't know how she did it because I was in agony by the time we were done with fruit! My back is still hurting. It really frustrates me that 64 (and older) women can run circles around me, but I digress. Mom held back some of the bounty to take home with her and of those there were these in the videos she just had to keep for the sheer oddness of them. I don't know what to call the one but the other is easy as you will hear in the video.
Anyway, thanks Mom!

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Overdoing

I am sorry for my absence the last few days. I have been in quite a bit of pain from pushing myself too far.
I gave my dogs a much needed bath and in doing so I made my back quite angry with me. It is slowly getting better; and hopefully I will remember this and will behave myself from now on! I am so bad at gaging my limitations it would be funny if it didn't cause me so much pain. So pray for me please that I will get, rent or otherwise have wisdom in my ability to gage my limitations.

I will be having my left carpal tunnel surgery this afternoon. I report to the surgery center at noon and will be the first one today; the MD had meetings all morning. I will be glad to have it done and be able to get on the with other things. I do believe I may need to have my neck done next as I am still having some issues with it; especially driving. We will see what happens after this surgery. Onward and upward!

I went to my family MD yesterday and he is quite pleased with my weight loss to date; at 9 weeks I have lost 28 pounds. A drop in the bucket compared to what I need to lose but great progress for sure. Overall I am still feeling better, recent back pain notwithstanding. The reason that happened is because I have so much more energy and not a brain in my head to go with it!
Thanks for the support and prayers; and thank God for His faithfulness in this and all things.

Week Six

I am in the 6th week on the Glycemic Index Diet and things are going well. 26 lbs lost so far and my energy level has doubled and pain has continued to get better. Pain level is down about 65 percent.
Thank the Lord God Almighty for bringing me to this place! He is good, all the time He is good.

Amazing cure

for writer's block! I wish; cause that is why I have been absent for awhile. I just can't seem to get anything to flow from these fingertips!

I am still healing well; I can now lift a gallon of milk with my right hand and it doesn't hurt any more on than it does to lift it with my left. I am so looking forward to having the left one done!

I am still managing the new diet well. It has been three weeks since I got the news that I am hypoglycemic (pre-diabetic) and in a couple of days it will have been as long that I have been on the diet. I am still feeling better, though I had a bout with a virus a week or so ago and felt pretty yucky a couple of days.

My biggest struggle right now is trying not to do too much. I need to have little notes stuck all over the house that say you can really only do half of what you think you can. This was a rule I learned in Fibromyalgia Self help course several years ago. Although maybe learned is a misstatement, more like was told and wrote down.
Guess I'll make that it for now. Back soon, I hope.

Free car!

Not really, just wanted to get your attention. I do have exciting news though.
I went to the MD today and I have lost 13.4 pounds in less than 2 weeks!!
Hallelujah!

GI Diet update

Well it has been just over a week since I went to the MD and he told me I am severely hypoglycemic and put me on the GI Diet. Here is a video; try not to judge me too harshly; I am not photogenic!
My energy level has increased about 40 percent and my pain level has decreased about 50 percent!

Light at the end...

Finally; some answers!
I went to the neurologist on Wednesday( yesterday) morning and was told I have severe carpal tunnel syndrome in both arms and need surgery asap. This explains the symptoms the other tests did not and the MD feels it is the worst of my the cluster of neurological problems I am having. Therefore I will be having the right arm done on the 20th and the left arm done about a month later; the exact timing depends of my recovery from the first one. Once the arms are done we will address the issues with my neck.
Wednesday afternoon I went to see my family MD for a follow-up after my Glucose Tolerance Test. Good news is I am not diabetic; however, I am hypoglycemic which is also referred to as pre-diabetes and serious business. My MD put me on a Glycemic Index Diet. He gave me a book title to look for and I will plug this despite the fact that I am not getting paid because I think this may be the one diet I can get behind. It is The GI Diet by Rick Gallop.Check it out; I think it would be great for anyone to do and it is especially important for people with health issues such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes,cancer, etc. The tough thing is that groceries will end up costing more and on a fixed income this will be an adjustment. However, in the long run it will be well worth it; of this I have no doubt. So pray for me you all, I really need it; my weight loss goal is YIKES 174 (or more)pounds.