Sigh.
I went to the doctor last week, and got my blood test results back yesterday.
Vitamin B12 and thyroid are fine. Vitamin D...still too low, need to take more. Iron...too HIGH...I was told by some nurse not to take my supplement anymore, but I think she might be on crack, since that's what gets me through every day...so I'm cutting back on those supplements but not cutting them out entirely. Cholesterol at 197...not great, but still under 200, so that's ok.
The big news is my blood sugar, which is still in the pre-diabetes range. Blargh. They told me to keep losing weight, as that will help that...and also to do better on eating less refined sugar. I don't eat a whole lot of that now, but I am finding that there are a lot of things I eat that are not so great on the glycemic index.
So, my plan right now is to eat one meal a day that is ENTIRELY on the good end of the GI spectrum. This will probably end up being lunch...today, I had a chickpea salad, part of a fruit and nut granola bar, and some apple juice (no sugar added).
I'm supposed to have my cholesterol, blood sugar, and iron tested again in 3 months, so we'll see how that does. I'm afraid to stop my iron supplements entirely, because I have entirely too much to do to be only half-functioning. I think I'll try taking one only every other day...maybe that will help.
Haven't walked since last Wednesday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday were the first 3 days of my cycle...so I felt pretty shitty. Then, yesterday, I had a filling done...and the novocaine numbed the entire left side of my face, including my eye. I really didn't feel like scaring the neighborhood children, plus my eye wouldn't stop watering and I felt really wonky...so I stayed home.
I will certainly be walking today and tomorrow...I have realized that I need to kick myself into seriously high gear for a few weeks, so as to rev up my metabolism again. Every day that I CAN workout, I will be for the next 3 weeks.
Ok, later. : )
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