I’m Finally Making Progress Again I did plateau for a while after my trip out of town and the food photo shoot. It seems like it took forever to get back into a groove. I was so messed up with my blood glucose levels that I’m back taking insulin several times a day – not …
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Its So Easy for me to Lose Ground!
I Fell off the Wagon I was doing so good but now I’ve found how easy it is for me to fall back and lose ground. Speaking of falling back – I did it – literally. On a Wednesday night at church, I was rolling my wheelchair backward up a sidewalk (I do that because its so hard to push myself …
I’m off all my insulins – Success!
SUCCESS WITH MY INTERMITTENT FASTING (IF) About the time I started doing IF, I met Dr. Manuel Lam online and he offered to help me, as I was struggling on how to determine how much of my insulins I should use and how to begin my intermittent fasting. He was awesome with helping manage my …
17 Down, Less than 100 to go!
CONTINUING TO LOSE WEIGHT! This is Day 34 of my journey in intermittent fasting and I’m down 17.4 pounds and practically off my insulins. This is the best thing I’ve ever found for my diabetes and my health. My fibromyalgia pain is almost all gone too. As for the experience, its been great. I continue …
My Fasting Ups and Downs
Each Day Has its Own Ups and Downs I continue my journey with IF (intermittent fasting) to cure my diabetes and to lose weight. Today is Day 22. I’ve had such awesome success these 3 weeks of fasting for my health. I have lost just under 15 pounds, reduced my insulins from 182 to 10 …
My Cure is in Sight!
My Intermittent Fasting is Definitely Working I just finished fixing my husband a brunch of bacon, eggs and toast. And all the time I did not crave food. I’ve been fasting now for over 42 hours and I did not get hungry while cooking his meal. Overall, this is the easiest “diet” I haven undertaken …
Success With Intermittent Fasting
Success at Last! I’m continuing on my journey with intermittent fasting (IF). Since I started this journey on December 11th, I have lost almost 10 pounds (from 160 to 150.8). I’m also noticing that my tummy is becoming a little flatter (so nice!). But the best result is that my insulin requirements have dropped dramatically. From …
Continuing My Cure!
Beginning My Journey of IF (Intermittent Fasting) I began this journey on Sunday, December 11, 2017. A couple of weeks before that I had one of my few bouts with depression when it hit me that my daughter and her family, including my two precious and adorable grandsons, had only six more weeks until they moved out …
Experiencing a diabetic low (hypoglycemia)
What a hypoglycemic attack is like? Many people may wonder (even some new diabetics) what a hypoglycemia attack or a diabetic low feels like. I’ve had many of them and while I’ve never been so low as to lose consciousness or require hospitalization, none of them have been any fun. What is a diabetic “low”? …
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Lets follow Hippocrates advice
Hippocrates had some good advice Hippocrates said “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food” -Hippocrates Hippocrates was one of the most important figures in establishing medicine as a profession. He lived around 300-400 years BC. He founded the Hippocratic School of Medicine and is thought of as the Father of …