Episodes of low blood sugar today: a big fat 0
'C's Mood today: a little sassy, but we made it through morning errands, just he and I without too many scratches. The toddler we have previously nicknamed 'the politician' for his overtures to strangers in the grocery store actually had a moment of quiet and shyness today when we went to visit a great friend, her two year old daughter and her newborn son (the newborn was super cuddly-if only he didn't need to eat constantly I would have snuggled him longer!). It's funny how toddlers already know how to "put on a show" in a different environment-C was shy one minute and all "no listening" the next, I guess because they must know they can get away with a little bit more in front of non-family members. How do they know this already??
Donations this week: none so far. Have to admit I have taken a break from the fundraising since I hit my target. I would love to raise more as it is a fantastic cause but I also feel the need for a mental break from it all. I love to share my story, but after 6 months of "laying it all out there" I feel the need right now to take a step back. I have great friends and colleagues that are still encouraging me to keep things up but for now a little breather is needed.
Clean eating today: Isalean Shake for breakfast with a piece of toast (oh, how I love toast) and a black coffee.
Workout today: A rest day from running. Jeff and I went to my running clinic last night together which was lots of fun-even though he had to hold back so that I could keep up with him (love that fit and fab man but he is a fast bastard!). We did 8km of Fartlek training-this does not involve passing gas as the name suggests but altering your pace throughout the workout. We did a 2 km warm up and 2km cool down with 30 seconds of easy pace mixed with 30 seconds of 80% capacity pace for 4 km. Make sense? I know kind of a confusing description. :) I think I might do some yoga this afternoon to stretch out my tight legs-I have trouble 'resting' somedays, if you can believe it. ;)
Yesterday was day 30 of Jeff and I's 30-day system with Isagenix www.isagenix.com It is a company that has a lot of different products and as with any system that offers things like "weight loss, improved energy, and healthy aging"I'm sure there are people out there that have found success with their products and those that have not. I am not writing today to sell or promote things, I just wanted to share how I feel having used the products now for 30 days.
I didn't start using Isagneix for weight loss, it was the "improved sleep and energy" that really interested me. Anyone with little kids will tell you they are tired. The kind of tired you have never experienced as a non-parent, nor will you ever experience as a non-parent. The kind of fatigue you experience when you are a parent is pretty indescribable-so I am not going to try and describe it here. My experience is also muddled by the fact that I am Diabetic-this disease also comes with it's share of fatigue.
Before I was diagnosed I wondered often to myself how people worked full time and made it through the day without a nap-those few months before my diagnosis there were days when I was counting the minutes to my son's naptime because I was in desperate need of lying prostrate in a room for a few hours myself! Not only would I have a nap during the afternoon, I would be ready for bed by 9 and sleep all night sometimes up to another 9 hours-and still feel tired.
In the last few months things have finally turned around. I think the use of my pump is really helping me as well. Thank you Omnipod! www.myomnipod.ca I was checking my stats today-this cool little device keeps track of things like average blood sugar, my highest and lowest readings in the last 30-90 days, etc,etc. In other words, a plethora of info. In the last 60 days my average blood sugar was 6.4-my highest reading was a 12.2 my lowest was a 2.9. In my last 30 days my average blood sugar was 6.1 my lowest reading 3.3 and my highest was 10.2. Pretty damn good for someone without a functional pancreas.
As you can see-it appears that Isagenix has helped me tighten up my control a little bit more (the Type A in me loves this), it has helped my energy levels extremely, and it has connected me with a whole other world of motivated, healthy people just like me that want the most out of life. Not a bad place to be.
Jeff and I did the system more designed for Athletes-a system designed to have you eating 6 times a day, clean food, and two of those meals are yummy protein shakes. We also did something that in truth I have never done before and that is cleansing 1x/week. I am still not a huge fan of cleansing and am not sure I believe it is truly necessary but I tried it none the less-I stepped out of my comfort zone. The people at Isagenix feel that cleansing helps the body to "burn more fat"- I am still of the mindset that if you are eating a healthy, balanced diet I have a hard time believing you need to have a liquid diet only a few days a month to "boost metabolism" and "give your digestive system a break". But I tried it, and I would still like to complete more research on cleansing because this concept seems to be popping up more and more often these days.
For now I will let the results show themselves. As I said I didn't do this for weight loss-when I started I was 122.9 lbs-when I finished I was/am 122.8 lbs. But I have lost a total of 9 inches from my abdomen, buttocks, thighs and arms. Where did it go? I have no idea. :) And I didn't need a nap today. :) :)
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| Before May 29/13 |
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| After June27/13-I look like I have more energy! Haha. |
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| Drinking a 'cleanse for life' concoction-Day 21 |
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