Dinner 4/29/12

Tonight’s dinner : oven-baked garlic-y lemon pepper tilapia
w/ summer squash and fancy green beans

= 226 calories. / 6.12 fat/ 5.31 carbs/ 36.16 protein

Fish is weight-loss/health magic

p.s.: I used olive oil when cooking.
If you want to cut back on fat and/or calories, just nix the EVOO (though it is a healthy fat and great for skin/aging).

@ home weigh-in

(originally posted in my weight-loss/fitness tumblr)

The scale says I've lost 10 lbs! - since April 13! - Even better!
That's 10 lbs in a little over 2 weeks!
(That's even after my [total cheat] weekend in Louisiana!)

I go back to the gyno on Tues, so I'll get (what I feel to be) my "official" monthly weigh-in there, but.. hopefully her scale matches mine.
That would be awesome!

Plus.. I just got a new scale that I love <3

It's really the little things isn't it? :)

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Dodging my Doc and (hopefully) my Diabetes

I blogged a couple weeks ago about my inability (needle-phobe) to check my sugar levels, as I've been ordered to by my doctor. Well.. I told you guys I'd be totally honest on here and... the honest truth is.. I don't think I'm even going to go back to that Dr.

Granted, he is kindof a quack to begin with and my fiance recently found an awesome Dr who I really want to start seeing. But... it's also so I can dodge the whole bloodsugar thing. It's just that bad. My bf said he was going to help me, but.. he recently lost his job and.. everything has been turned upside down around here.. and he isn't even freakin in town. Anyway...

I feel guilty they gave me the free kit and if/when I do go see this new Dr, I plan on giving the (unused) kit back to my old Dr. But, yes, I'm just that fucking chicken that.. I'm going to go to a new Dr all together to dodge this damn sugar testing/finger pricking thing.

Also though, I should mention.. on my last gyno appt (different Dr), she suggest I up my dosage of Metformin (instead of taking 500mg 1x a day, take it 2x a day). This alone could cause my blood sugar to not only not be problematic, but could even cause it to be too low. So.. I'm kindof not really worried about it??

The truth of the matter is, yes, I'm still.. in serious fuckin denial about even being diabetic. I just... refuse to believe it/accept it. And.. even if it is true (which it is), I'm in the very beginning stages, so.. I know there is still time to reverse it. My Dr looked @ me like I was crazy when I talked about reversing it (as if it weren't possible), but.. I've read articles and watched youtube videos, Mom's scene it on Dr Oz, etc... It can be done.

I'm just working on losing weight; eating right.. exercising. I work out an average of 5x a week for an average of about 2 hours a day (swimming mostly) and am "dieting". It's too soon to say it's a "lifestyle change", rather than me simply trying to lose weight/get healthy (I think terms like that are so freakin trite and lame anyway), but.. none the less.. we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

I'm also prescribed Adipex, which if I was actually taking it, would help me shred pounds pretty fast, but.. I kinda hate taking it. It's basically just a speed appetite suppressant. Um... I don't really need an appetite suppressant. That's just something my presumptuous Dr gave me. And every appt I go to that I don't lose weight.. he asks "so you're not losing any weight taking the Adipex?". ugh. Again.. I'd like to avoid that conversation as well come next month's appt, by just going to a different Dr anyway. Hopefully one that will give me a weight-loss pill that isn't fucking PhenPhen. What I would like is some type of fat burner, if such a thing exists. I know I've taken OTC fat burners before that worked, so.. I can't imagine them not having one in prescription form. My present Dr claims Adipex is the ONLY diet pill on the market. Um.. I kind of highly doubt that. seriously.

But... I've gotta go swim now. I've only got 2 hours until closing time.
Adios!

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My 1st time checking my bloodsugar = Fail

I go to my GP every month. It seems more often than not they draw blood to run labs, whether it be to check my thyroid, my bloodsugar, my hemoglobin (to see if I'm getting enough iron) or whatever other random test they decide to do.

Based on my labs on last month's visit (3/15/2012, I believe) he told me he wanted me to start checking my sugars with a monitor because they were just a little high (now what did I eat before I went to my appt? I have no idea. sushi? taco bell? who knows). He wanted me to come back in before (last) month's end to pick up a (free) monitor, but.. I never made the appt.

When this month's appt rolled around (4/13/2012), I could no longer hide. I was "lucky" enough (depending on you definition of luck) to get a free monitor and the whole kit-n-caboodle via Liberty. My doc told me he wanted me to start checking and logging my sugars every other day; to check in the morning before breakfast and again in the evening 2 hours after dinner.

The plan all along (well, the plan I made for myself, that is) was to ease myself into the idea and to start the actual testing Monday (today). I woke up.. grabbed my kit.. sat down at the kitchen table and slowly started removing all the contents from the Liberty bag. I played around w 3 different needles before I figured out how to get the setting right. This went on for what seemed like 30 minutes. Once I finally felt I had everything set up properly and knew what I was doing, I turned on some music hoping it would calm me. I took a deep breath and put the device to my fingertip, but.. instead of pushing the "trigger".. I just started crying. I sat crying for a good few minutes.. just staring at the scene in front of me and this thing in my hand. What was I going to do? I got this free monitor. I had to start logging this - doctor's orders!

Well, I'm a bit of a picker, so.. I start looking for places on myself to "pick".. to scratch or squeeze. Sick, pathetic, but true. I finally manage to find this tiny little scab on my arm. I squeeze all the fresh blood I can out of it, but.. it just won't measure on the stick. :sigh:

Overall, obviously, a failed attempt. I just can't/couldn't do it. I'm a huge needle-phobe. I hate getting blood drawn. I'm like a 5 year old girl. (Actually, when I was a little girl, they had to literally hold me down to take blood. It was always a huge scene. I cried when I had to get shoots, even as a teenager.) It's bad.

The only positive spin on this is that I only have to do it every other day. That being said, my bf and I are going to try to work something out where he can help me. Maybe if he can do it for me and provide the comfort/support I need.. we can somehow make this work. I guess I/we'll try (again) tonight and see..